Are sports drink like Gatorade okay when intermittent fasting?

[debbysln]

I'm currently doing 18:6 intermittent fasting. My fasting timeframe is 8pm to 2pm and my feasting timeframe is 2pm to 8pm. I exercise during my fasting time, around 1 am or 2 am after work because it is the only time I am available to do so. My concern is that aside from water, I can't help but drink Gatorade (but just a small amount. I don't finish a while bottle) during workout. Is that okay?

[RagnarRedbeard]

If you're drinking it during your fasting time then you're wasting your time with IF because it's not only about calories, it's mainly about digestion. The way IF works is that certain things happen when your digestive system doesn't have to digest anything for a long time. That's where the benefits come from. The sugar in the drink even though it's only a small amount is breaking your fast because it has to be digested.

[Kurαȷ]

Sugary drinks don't really have that many calories.
It's like 50~100 kcal at most (depending on bottle/can size), it won't do away with most benefits of intermittent fasting.

[jahaims]

They have a ton of sugar unless you get the zero calorie ones but then you are taking in artificial sweeteners.

[DizzyDesii]

isn't it full of salt tho?

[pizzapizzapizza]

Plants crave electrolytes.

[Iron_Man]

Yes...

[debbysln]

Does it not break the fasting? Coz it's a sugary drink, right? And it has some calories in it. But I don't really drink a lot of it during workout coz my workout routine isn't that extreme anyway.

[Iron_Man]

It’s not like you’re taking a meal replacement drink
thats just fluids and you’re not having a protein milkshake either

[pizzapizzapizza]

"You might not be an Athlete, but you can drink like one"