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TREVOR’S M INERAL PROJECT
By Trevor Dunn
MY QUESTIONS
 How do electrolytes affect sports play?
 What are the positive and negative affects of electrolytes?
 What drink helps replenish electrolytes the best?
BAC K G R O U N D O N E L E C T R O L Y T E S
 Electrolytes are salts that carry an electric charge.
 Some Examples of electrolytes are Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Chlorine, Phosphate
and Magnesium.
 Electrolytes are in your blood, urine and body fluids.
 The cells in your body rely on electrolytes to:
1.
Control cell membrane stability
2.
Carry the electric charges needed for muscle contractions caused by nerve impulses.
SODIUM
 Sodium plays a key role in normal nerve and muscle functions.
 You lose Sodium through urine and sweat.
 The body continually monitors blood volume and sodium and other electrolytes.
 When either becomes too high, sensors in your heart, blood vessels, and kidneys
detect the increases and stimulate the kidneys to decrease sodium then returning blood
volume to normal.
 When blood volume or sodium concentration becomes too low the sensors trigger
mechanisms to increase blood volume.
P O TA S S I U M
 Potassium is necessary for the normal functioning of cells, nerves and muscles.
 Potassium is mainly lost in urine, but some Potassium is lost through the digestive
tract and sweat.
 A great increase of Potassium can lead to Hyperkalemia which can lead to irregular
heartbeat.
H OW D O E L E C T R O L Y T E S A F F E C T
S P O R T S P L AY ?
 Research shows that if you are doing high intensity physical training you should drink
electrolyte drinks instead of water.
 Electrolytes are important in sports because when you sweat you lose body fluids and
when you drink something that has electrolytes, it helps replenish the body fluids you
lose.
 A sports drink that is easily metabolized will help with hydration, but electrolytes are
the key.
W H AT A R E P O S I TI V E A N D N E G ATI V E
A FFECTS O F EL ECTRO LY T ES ?
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Sometimes you can have too much or too little electrolytes that would be considered
an imbalance of electrolytes.
 An imbalance of electrolytes can lead to heart failure or death. Other problems can
be kidney failure and loss of body fluids. Some symptoms that show you that you have a
electrolyte imbalance are:
 Vomiting, low blood pressure, rapid heart rate, sunken eyes, confusion or loss of
consciousness. You would have an electrolyte imbalance if you had a altered amount of
Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium and Sodium. Some types of problems with electrolyte
imbalance is hyperkalemia when you have too much Potassium or hypercalcemia when
you have too little or too high Calcium.
W H AT D R I N K H E L P S R E P L E N I S H
E L E C T R O LY T E S T H E B E S T ?
 I learned that a lot of different drinks that help replenish electrolytes better then Gatorade
some of them are Cytomax, Accelerade and GU20.

I learned that Cytomax is the best drink when you want to replenish electrolytes and is most
healthy.
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In a 8oz can of Cytomax has 7.25 grams sugar when a 8oz can of Gatorade has 14 grams
of sugar, finally Cytomax has 60.75 grams of Potassium when Gatorade has only 30.
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So overall Cytomax is better for you and replenishes more electrolytes.
T H A N K S F O R WAT C H I N G
 Goodbye