Comparitive Study on Coconut Water, Carbohydrate Electrolyte Sports Drink and Sodium Enriched Coconut Drink on Measures of Hydration and Physical Performance in Athletes

Abstract

Coconut water which contain sodium, chloride, potassium and glucose as a rehydration fluid. Recently, attention has been given to coconut water, a natural attentive to manufactured sports drink, within initial evidence indicating efficacy with regard to maintaining hydration. The study aim to compare coconut water, sodium enriched coconut water and carbohydrate electrolyte sport drink and sodium enriched coconut drink on measures of hydration and physical performance of athletes. This is a comparative study conducted in NIT, Faridabad. The purposive sampling was done to select 8 male adults (18-30) years, athletes. Anthropometric measurement and biochemical measurements were measured by using standardized process. Blood pressure and heart rates were measured by electric BP machine. The results revealed that after three hours of dehydrating exercise test, a physical performance test was conducted by using treadmill. Regarding treadmill performance, mean and standard deviation of total exercise time in Plain water was 43.62±5.92, coconut water 44.00±5.65, carbohydrate electrolyte sports drink 43.75±5.70, and sodium enriched olive coconut drink was 44.25±5.35 but the difference was not statistically significant. The study concluded that the sodium enriched coconut drink has a better effect on the performance as compared to other drinks but differences were not so, more sample can be included to have better results.