Outdoor Recreation & Sports

Exercisers spend millions of dollars on special sports drinks, even though none increase endurance more than the food from which they are made. Here’s some simple information so you can tell the difference between sports drinks and determine their benefits in terms of providing enough energy or hydration to prevent cramps. When you're not exercising, don't get in the habit of using sports drinks or any other sugared drinks to quench thirst. Look for sports drinks containing the maximum number nutrients including minerals, vitamins, amino acids and other nutrients beneficial for nutrition in sports and overall health including Ginseng, Green Tea and Taurine.

In sports nutrition we look at the nutrients, like proteins, carbohydrates, fats vitamins, minerals and waters as teammates who work and play together as a team to carry the day in victory. Indeed, unless antioxidant enhanced sports nutrition (with glyconutrients) are used to offset the increased free radical burden, the BODY will suffer as a result of intensive sports training, stress, and competition. However, when glyconutritional sports nutrition was NOT used, the damaging effects of the free radical burden appeared to remain in the body for about five days.

One important fact that you should appreciate in sports nutrition is that just because you do not feel hungry, does not necessarily mean that your body has all the nutrients it needs. However, with the sports drink market so competitive and with many new ‘players’ it’s sometimes hard to tell one from the other.

I may not understand the fascination with playing a sports game or watching it on TV over playing it in real life, but it’s still good. Within the last 15 years we have seen the sports cards and collectibles market fall from grace only to rise again to it’s current form.

One sports collectable that some may not consider a sports card but has always been a fascination to me is the 1952 and 53 Dixie Cup lids. My first recollections of sports card collecting were in the early 50's when baseball was a major part of my life. When it comes to sports, Indianapolis has developed a strong presence with two professional teams, and the development of major amateur sports complexes. Nowadays there isn’t such a huge market for sports cards but about 5o years ago, that was all the hype. Now it seems only the few devoted people are still collecting but at the same time, the cards are worth a lot more now, so I guess it all balances out in the long run.