Customized, portable hydration
That’s why you need to try Nuun Sport, a hydration product that
offers the right balance of electrolytes and glucose to ensure optimal
hydration before, during and after exercise. It was the first hydration
product on the market that separated electrolyte replacement from
carbohydrates. What makes Nuun Sport even more innovative is
that it comes as a tablet – you drop one tablet in 500 ml of water and
within a couple of minutes you have a sports drink that’s ready to
help you stay optimally hydrated during your next workout or race.
Nuun Sport is a quick and easy solution to your hydration needs.
There are 13 different f lavours available in easily transportable canis-
ters of 10 tablets, making it easy for runners to find the drink that
meets their needs in terms of taste and performance.
As an added bonus, because Nuun Sport doesn’t contain an excess
of sugars and glucose, there is only one gram of sugar and 10 calories
in a 500 ml serving. That means you’re getting the electrolytes you
need to stay hydrated and to perform, without the added calories
you’d prefer not to take in. Nuun gives you the performance and is
easy on your stomach.
“Plain water doesn’t hydrate, regardless of what people say,” says
Dr. Stacy Sims, an American Environmental Exercise Physiologist
and Nutrition Scientist now based in New Zealand. Nuun was
developed in response to her research, inspired by her own athletic
endeavours that include pro bike racing, university rowing, Ironman
and Xterra triathlon racing, along with ultra-marathon running.
Dr. Sims’ research also showed the importance of separating your
hydration from your fuel when you’re training and racing. Yeah, that’s
right – those “sport” drinks that you think are helping you fuel are
actually exacerbating those stomach issues. The research shows that
you need to hydrate yourself with the stuff in your water bottle, feed
yourself with stuff you can put in your pocket.
Clean product. Clean planet. Clean Sport.
Nuun looked at Sports drinks and felt that the existing choices
were off. They set out to create a product that elevated your
hydration without dehydrating you. They reduced the impact
on our planet by avoiding the energy used to ship water every-
where in single-use plastic bottles. And lastly, they championed
the idea that sports nutrition companies need to be a voice for
clean sport to level the playing field for all athletes.
Everything about Nuun is purpose driven. Each Nuun Sport
dissolvable tablet offers the optimal amount of electrolytes. It’s
environmentally friendly – you use your own water bottle, fill
it up from a tap or fountain, and drop in a tablet, dramatically
reducing plastic waste in your home and at race sites.
Nuun intersects the world of sports nutrition and natural
products, too. Only all-natural ingredients are used, there
are no genetically modified organisms (it’s non-gmo) and
is vegan-friendly. It’s also certified with Informed Choice
(InformedChoice.org), which means that athletes can use the
products with complete trust that they don’t contain any
banned substances.Going long
When it comes to efforts longer than 90 minutes, it turns out
that you do need a drink with more sugars in it along with all
the electrolytes to replace those that you’re sweating out. That’s
where Nuun Endurance, the product you’ll find at events like the
Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon and the Scotiabank
Ottawa Marathon, comes in. It might come in a powder form, but
like Nuun Sport the formula is designed to hydrate, not to fuel.
“ Those sugars are in there to activate f luid transport gates,”
Dr. Sims says of Nuun Endurance. “ The sugars are in there for
functional hydration, it’s not about fueling.”Science, not hype
Nuun Sport is taking off with Canadian runners because it’s
so convenient and works better than water or other carbo-
hydrate- and sugar-based sport drinks. You perform and feel
better, all thanks to a tiny tablet that you can drop into a water
bottle. Race directors are seeing results in better hydrated
runners. The Canadian Running Series, for instance, who put
on the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Toronto Marathon, the
Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5 k and many other
races, started out offering Nuun in their lululemon events and
now provide it at all of their events. No wonder, Nuun is scien-
tifically proven hydration with a purpose – you give your body
what you need, and leave out all the stuff you don’t.nuunlife.com Nuun 23sponsored content