I have investigated it in the literature and I found that drinjs with high content of a sugar in , are less satisfying than water but I want to know the reason of that.
For example Coke doesn`t satisfy the thirst as water does . Could you tell me the reasons of this fact?
thank you
One reason hat come in my mind is that drinks such as soda don’t release as many of the appetite blunting peptides during digestion but you get still ton of calories, while with water you did not get those calories. So while humans only evolved with water and milk in the past, this could be one reason.
It depends a little on what you mean by "satisfying". Are you talking about "thirst"?
Certainly sports drinks require 'sugar' (glucose) to speed the absorption of fluid from the gastrointestinal tract. This is optimized at around 6-8%. Glucose content above or below this will slow absorption.
In addition, the electrolyte content will effect the rate of absorption. If i remember correctly, I think optimal is around 50 mmol.L-1.
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