The problem when water is not enough

Since a while sports drinks have been gaining popularity. These products promise to help you to exercise better and increase energy levels. It is true that water is the best choice for hydration, but when we exercise, we lose electrolytes (medical term for salts, specifically ions) from perspiration and it is necessary for the body to recover them. Also, we can get a carbohydrate boost from sports drink, which is very useful when doing exercise.

Till this point, sports drinks are nothing but a helpful beverage. However, there is a huge problem that can be associated with this product. All the benefits can turn into damages when the drinkers are not athletes. People who work in offices, teachers and others that seek to get an “energetic blow” drink sports drinks. And what is worst, kids also prefer these beverages because of their taste and colors. Sports drinks are supposed to serve a specific function: to enhance exercise performance.

When sports drinks are used for others purposes, the body can suffered the consequences. High amounts of sugar and proteins are contributing to increase obesity levels in kids and adolescents. Caffeine is another component present on sports drinks. It can produce headaches and if consumed after initiated the exercise can even provoke gastrointestinal problems.

These problems could be solved if both, companies and us, worked together. The questions are: Are companies disposed to tell all the truth about their products? Are we going to start drinking water or other beverages?

Cellphones, useful even to make a call.

Cellphones. How much time can we stay away from a cellphone these days? We use our cellphones to set our alarms, to write down our to-do lists, to take pictures, to record videos and sometimes, even to make a call or send a text message (haha). I’ve heard some stories from my grandfather in which he tells about how people “survived” thirty years ago without a cellphone.  They had to organize all their meetings several hours before the time by the phone and they were supposed to be punctual as they were not able to let their friends or bosses know they were arriving late. Nowadays, it’s hard to believe that someone could have organized his/her entire life without a cellphone’s help.

At the beginning, the cellphone was a brick look-like device that was used only to make calls and send text messages. From a one colored-screen technology the cellphone went to full colored screens. Nowadays, cellphones even count with 3D technology so we can watch TV or movies in our cellphones! These devices are an important part of our lives during these days. It is very common to see 10-yearls old kids carrying a cellphone on the streets, calling their friends, playing video games and so on so FORT. We cannot imagine one day without our beloved cellphone.

Cellphones are very useful and, at the same time, very fun to use. But, we should be more aware of the real use of these devices. Sometimes, it becomes more important to be able to watch TV in a cellphone than to have good signal in order to make calls. Technology is consuming us, and we are doing nothing but texting how fun it is to be consumed.