How do sports drinks give you more energy than good old H2O?

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Science homework. Researching sports drinks Useful/not useful, how they work, pros + cons?

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Answer by zinha
not useful they only have calories and it makes you more trusty
for sport it better to drink water cause they don’t have calories and you don’t get trusty .

always drink water when you are playing a sport. =)

Answer by word
Water doesn’t have anything other than H2O… sports drinks have added substances…. However, sports drinks don’t really give you energy, they have electrolytes, which is claimed to hydrate you better, which is the purpose of sports drinks, but they make my mouth feel dry and more thirsty…