Comments on: Tested: NUUN Active Hydration Tablets

By: Proper Hydration for Endurance Sports

Proper Hydration for Endurance Sports — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:28:34 +0000

[...] the very least, I’d use Nuun to get electrolytes. Nuun is a great choice if you hate sports [...]

By: Proper Nutrition and Hydration for Longer Road Bike Rides

Proper Nutrition and Hydration for Longer Road Bike Rides — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:16:36 +0000

[...] eating a gel or part of an energy bar every 45mins. I’m looking at getting something like the NUUN you reviewed, and bigger bottles. Although don’t know if I should be finding something to add [...]

By: Dom

Dom — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:18:14 +0000

I’ve had good experiences with NUUN too, but i’m not diggin the AS either, everyone write a letter to the company asking for a completely natural version?

By: Levi

Levi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:47:26 +0000

@Bob

Great point! Gastric distress is definitely a problem when it comes to artificial sweeteners and similar substances.

Luckily I have an iron stomach when it comes to sports drinks. Sugar, HFCS, maltodextrin, sorbitol, sucralose, etc. – I’ve tried drinks with all that, and I can do alright with any of them.

(The only downside to that is that I forget to mention potential gastric distress issues in my reviews!)

By: Bob Sharpley

Bob Sharpley — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:38:03 +0000

Hi Coach- just wanted to give another point of view on sorbitol and maltitol. In my case I have tried these ingredients in diet products and they cause a lot of gastric distress including cramps and flushing of digestive system. The distress caused by maltitol is much worse than the distress caused by sorbitol. Oddly enough this does not affect everyone the same. My wife can ingest both these ingredients without any adverse effects. Thanks for all your information and your help!

By: Levi

Levi — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:43:09 +0000

@hstryk

Yeah, I used a tube of Nuun before even catching the acesulfame K in there. Ingredient lists are tricky, especially when it’s royal blue text on a light blue background!

Fluid looks interesting, I’ll check into that.

@James

That’s a good comparison chart. I’ve tried Elete in the past, and I thought I’d be replacing it with Nuun because I liked the flavor… but now it looks like I’ll have to get some more Elete.

By: James Greenwood

James Greenwood — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:36:32 +0000

I thought you mike like this comparison of a few of the electrolyte products out there.

http://new.eletewater.com/index.php?page=compare-elete

I have been using Elete (http://new.eletewater.com/) for 2 years now (fluid and tabs) and have been super happy, but I think the flavor might be nice for shorter sessions like you said.

By: hstryk

hstryk — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:09:37 +0000

I am so glad you reviewed this! I read your blog a lot and noticed your preference for natural sports products. I was going to recommend you try Nuun. I LOVE this stuff, thanks for the thorough review. I was convinced there had to be a bad sweetener in this, and now my fear is confirmed. I get cramps easily, and found that drinking Nuun (along with 2 other pints of water) before my runs really prevents cramping. (I sweat A LOT)
Can I recommend you try Fluid Recovery Drink? http://www.livefluid.com/ It’s a more natural option for a recovery drink than my past favorite, EnduroxR4. Endurox’s sugar made me crash, and thus continue crashing throughout the day. I find Fluid helps speed recovery without the awful crash, and contains better ingredients.