The problem with most sports drinks is they are overloaded with sugar, this is due to a combination of having the glucose to help with absorption but then adding more sugar to mask the salty taste of the electrolytes. What you end up with is a carbohydrate loaded drink that is forcing unnecessary calorie intake while rehydrating.
Typically sports drinks contain high amounts of sugar and only moderate amounts of electrolytes that don’t truly reflect the levels that we lose in sweat. SOS, as an Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) contains important electrolytes, in particular sodium and potassium, in the levels that are stipulated by the World Health Organisation to meet optimal hydration standards. For example, SOS contains 3 times the sodium of the market leading sports drink.
