Mother Nature at the Gym: Blackcurrant Sports Drinks Pack a Punch

You’re at the gym working out, building up a killer thirst and running low on energy, and you gulp down a big-name sports drink, ingesting an artificial mixture of chemicals, coloring and sugar — lots of sugar. Or instead, you pull out a bottle of a sports drink made from natural blackcurrant, and do your health a favor.

Sports drinks provide athletes with more than a serious dose of hydration: they can be potent ways to gain a safe (read: legal) edge in performance. And they’re big business, with products from beefed-up water to bright blue power blends, representing millions of …read more