Fluid Maintenance and Carbohydrate Replacement During Exercise

The Gatorade company maintains an outstanding website on this topic and they keep the material current. Because they cover it far better than I could, I am recommending that for further information on this topic, you consult their pages.

To enter the Gatorade website, go to http://www.gssiweb.com. To use their Reference Desk, you will need to subscribe to this website which can be done immediately and without charge. If not already a member, click on the On-line Membership button and follow the directions–be sure to remember your user name and password. Then select the Reference Desk option.

1. Select the Enter Reference Library
2. Select Fluids 2000

Two relevant articles are found at:

3. Select Fluids 2000: (06) How much should I drink--and when??
4. Select Key point from ACSM . . . .

This article summaries the 1996 ACSM position stand on fluid replacement.

5. Return to the Fluids 2000 menu and select Fluids2000: (09) What's the latest research on fluids and performance?
6. Select the Research Summaries . . . .

This article summaries various research on exercise, carbohydrate, and hydration studies.

Gatorade also has other good research-based articles on a variety of topics that are written by leading exercise physiologists. Return to the Reference Library menu and look around.