Sports Nutrition / Electrolytes / Etc.

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So woe is me, it's getting uncomfortably warm... and for me, that

means lots and lots and lots of sweating, particularly when I'm

playing ultimate frisbee or tennis. In the warmer months, a day of

tennis is often followed by a night of very unpleasant cramping, so

I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas on what I might eat or drink

before, during and after exercise to try to effectively rehydrate and

replace electrolytes without resorting to toxic sugar-water crap like

Gatorade, which obviously I'm just not going to drink.

More generally, I thought the larger subject of sports nutrition might

be interesting. I've noticed that regular consumption of raw liver

improves my reflexes fairly substantially, and now that more serious

players are coming back to the courts, I'm finally getting motivated

to go back to eating liver a few times a week. Does anyone have

similar or different or related experiences or observations? What

does the available scientific literature tell us about athletic

performance and genuinely healthy eating?

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