Water, Sports Drinks, and Other Fluids - Nancy Clark

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The following is a sneak peak at Nancy Clark’s upcoming book on endurance nutrition - The Cyclist’s Food Guide: Fueling for the Distance

The following is a sneak peak at Nancy Clark’s upcoming book on endurance nutrition.

Excerpt from The Cyclist’s Food Guide: Fueling for the Distance
By Nancy Clark RD and Jenny Hegmann, 2005

Water is an essential nutrient, equally important as carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Active people need adequate water for body fluids:

• Sweat to dissipate heat

• Urine to help carry away the waste products

• Blood to help carry oxygen and fuel to working muscles

• Body fluids to lubricate joints

• Gastric juices to digest food

Sweating accounts for the majority of fluids lost during cycling. [.....]

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date: April 18, 2005