Summer heat combined with baseball, soccer, tennis or other outdoor activities can lead to thirsty — and potentially dehydrated — kids. Sure, water is always a good choice. But sometimes kids are looking for a little more flavor punch. So what are your options?Skip the Soda
Although kids may beg for a soda, stand your ground and resist. Sodas bubble with high levels of caffeine and sugar, an unhealthy combination for anyone. In fact, a 12-ounce can contains about 25 to 60 milligrams of caffeine and a whopping 10 teaspoons of sugar. Even sugar-free sodas still contain acids that can damage children’s tooth enamel and cause tummy troubles.
Sugary, caffeinated sodas also cause a dramatic blood sugar spike and drop that can leave kids tired and edgy. Children are typically more sensitive to caffeine. Yet caffeine’s long-term effects on children’s growing and developing bodies haven’t been sufficiently researched. But caffeine is known to negatively affect sleeping patterns in children. Even if children are able to go to sleep after drinking caffeine, they may not get restorative, deep sleep. The resulting sleep deficit affects health, school performance and behavior. Too much caffeine can also lead to headaches and restlessness in children.
Serve Up Refreshing Nutrition
When it’s time for your child to recharge, serve Reliv’s Cool Punch Innergize!®, a naturally flavored sports drink that includes essential vitamins and minerals to restore energy and prevent dehydration. It offers the flavor kick kids love with the nutrition they need at just 70 calories a serving.
Plus, Innergize! doesn’t contain any simple table sugar (sucrose). Rather, it supplies energy through a combination of fructose and complex carbohydrates that are more efficiently absorbed and used by the body to produce energy. Innergize! also contains key minerals to maintain electrolyte balance and provides 100 percent of the RDI for Vitamin C. And Innergize! is easy to tote along to games by the bottle full or by the quart.