August 23, 2009

Making You More Active - Energy Drink for Sport Enthusiast

Rick Stein and Japanese Food

Energy drinks improve athletic performance.

Is this a false claim or a mere belief of sports enthusiasts and fanatics?.

Women are usually the primary buyers of products such as foods and household items-more than $6 trillion a year, according to Time magazine. When more women began working outside the home in the 1970s, marketing efforts to reach them began in earnest. Nowadays, companies are trying to appeal to women less as the "do it all" consumer and more as someone with a strong self-image-self-assured, confident, and secure. "It has to be subtle, showing a woman in a position of power where she is respected," said Lisa Finn, the editor of the newsletter, Marketing to Women. Condescending to women, such as coloring a product pink, for example, may not go over well.

Green tea acts on two fronts: it increases antioxidants and anti-cancer agents in our blood, boosting our immune strength, while its regular use has proven to bring about weight loss. Recent research reports indicate that green tea contains fifty times more health benefits than Vitamin E and C supplements! Certain studies have also proved that drinking a cup of green tea every day for one year can cause a visible weight loss: up to five pounds a month!.

The Luna bar may have been the first obvious product marketed directly to women. Introduced in 1999, Luna bars are 100 percent natural and "contribute to women's nutrition" with ingredients such as green tea extract, nuts, and seeds. It is also fortified with folic acid, soy protein, and calcium-essential nutrients for a woman's daily nutritional needs. It was created to assist women to obtain more of the nutrients lacking in their current diets.

Other products marketed to boost women's diets include Women's Bread and Zoe Foods cereals. The founders were looking for foods that could replace hormone replacement therapy and help to alleviate menopausal discomforts such as hot flashes. Zoe Foods' Flax and Soy Clusters, for example, is a granola cereal with flaxseed and soy, providing phytoestrogens, fiber, protein, and omega-3 fatty acids.

While the carbohydrate content of the energy drink for sports lover can aid in fuelling active muscles that will help prevent fatigue, the result is that it will boost an increasing effort for the players. This is the truth regarding the effect of energy drinks for many sports inclined people.

Sports drinks also contain supplements that are useful for replenishing fluids and nutrients utilized by the body after strenuous activities and sporting events. Some of the said drinks are pre-made liquids while the others can be made through own mixing.

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