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Sports Drinks: Winners and Losers

Bottled waters and sports drinks are a multibillion-dollar industry, but ABC News' medical contributor Dr. David Katz says these drinks offer little more than extra calories, sugar and sodium to our diets. Katz reviews the winners and losers of sports drinks and fortified waters. The Losers Gatorade 8 ounces has 50 calories and 110 milligrams of sodium. Katz says that Gatorade might be appropriate for elite athletes like Lance Armstrong. But it is marketed to everyone, providing...Full Story
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