Special Features
- Glucose to fuel muscles
- Essential mineral body salts (electrolytes) to maintain fluid balance
- Body fluid and muscle fluid buffering systems to help avoid cramping
- Vitamins essential for converting glucose into energy
- Delicious (non-salty) apple flavour
- No stimulants or preservatives
Formulated supplementary sports food – Energy supplement
Survivall Sports is an invaluable energy and fluid replacement supplement for sports performance and recovery, especially suitable for cyclists, tri-athletes and marathon runners. It can be used before, during and after sustained exercise.
Survivall Sports has a high level of pure glucose, the most readily available source of energy to fuel muscles.
Most athletes do not fully replace fluids lost through endurance sports.
As dehydration sets in, performance begins to fall away. Dehydration severely limits sweating, places dangerous demands on circulation and may have serious health consequences. Survivall Sports is a pleasant tasting drink which is easy to take
to maintain hydration and replace lost body salts.
Survivall Sports has a delicious thirst-quenching apple flavour.
It does not have a salty taste. It contains no preservatives and
no stimulants.
It has a considerable advantage over other commercially available replacement drinks in Australia because, besides it non-salty taste, its proper ion-to-ion ratio more closely resembles body fluid composition than other drinks.
Other sports drinks only replace sweat lost during exercise whereas Survivall Sports saturates both plasma and muscle with quantity and quality mineral body salts.
Survivall Sports contains high sodium and potassium in the correct ratios. Most other sports drinks contain low sodium and practically no usable potassium.
Survivall Sports contains a high level of magnesium. Most other sports drinks contain very little magnesium.
Other sports drinks have a low glucose content whereas Survivall Sports has a high glucose content with a fast delivery system.
In addition Survivall Sports contains buffering systems to help avoid the build up of lactic acid.
Mineral body salts (electrolytes) within body fluid systems
Survivall Sports contains the scientific duplication of essential body salts (electrolytes) in the blood, muscle and body tissue systems. Without these essential mineral body salts, all living bodies cease to function property.
Survivall Sports incorporates a unique delivery system which closely relates to natural body requirements when under physical stress.
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Electrolytes are a major component within our body fluid systems which carry nutrients and oxygen to various tissues and organs to maintain life. |
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Electrolytes are used in the body for converting carbohydrate into glucose which is stored as glycogen in the liver or muscle cells as an energy source. |
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Electrolyte exchange between muscle tissue cells is responsible for the ability of the muscle tissues to function efficiently under a prolonged period of work. |
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Electrolytes maintain the body’s osmotic pressure and fluid content within each tissue cell compartment. |
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Electrolytes dispose of the body wastes generated from normal metabolism and by-products generated from stress or physical work. |
The Function of Cell Buffer Systems
During muscular activity glucose is utilised as an energy source. The by-product of glucose metabolism is lactic acid. Accumulation of lactic acid within tissue cells is the major factor for tiring and lack of stamina to perform work continuously.
Cell buffer systems helps avoid the build up of lactic acid and allow the muscle to completely utilise the glucose stored in the muscles to produce energy for work performance.
Scientific experiments on muscle function have indicated when
25% of the stored glucose within a muscle tissue is used, the accumulation of lactic acid will prevent the muscle from performing work (cramping). When cell buffer systems are added muscles will resume work until all stored glucose is completely used.
Vitamins C and B6, supported with additional
B vitamins
Both of these vitamins are essential for glucose metabolism which gives the body energy to work. In addition both vitamins detoxify the body waste generated from work and metabolism.
In day to day living the average adult will require 2 to 3 litres of water per day, viz 1 to 1.5L for perspiration and 1 to 1.5L for urine excretion.
Problems arise when a body is placed under abnormal stress, such as caused by exercising for long duration; disease symptoms such as fever, vomiting and diarrhoea and exposure to a hot climate, all of which can cause copious loss of water and electrolytes.
Dehydration severely limits subsequent sweating, places dangerous demands on circulation, reduces exercise capacity
and exposes the participant to health hazards associated with hyperthermia, such as heat stroke, heat exhaustion and muscular cramps.
Such fluid and concomitant electrolyte losses need to be replaced quickly and efficiently if decrements to performance and health are
to be avoided.
Trial results indicate Survivall can have real benefits such as -
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Lowering of work heart rates during the course of exercise. |
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Substantial decrease in heart rates following a mid-run drink. |
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Better maintenance of blood volume. |
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Plasma volume changes were relatively large with Survivall showing an initial increase after the first drink followed by a decrease during the run and a restorative increase after the recovery drink. |
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Plasma sodium and potassium levels remained very steady. |
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All subjects in the trial expressed their preference for Survivall over water as a replacement fluid. They found that whilst it was difficult to ingest the recommended volumes of water the same volume of Survivall with its pleasant taste, was readily consumed. This is very important as under stressful conditions voluntary fluid intake does not keep up with the rate of fluid (sweat) loss. Replenishment of only one half of the loss is normal. |
The relative effects of fluid replacement as opposed to no fluid replacement
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Without Fluid |
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With Fluid |
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Body weight can decrease by an average of 4.0 kg during a marathon. |
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Body weight can be maintained providing fluid intake equals fluid loss. |
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Body temperature rises to a higher level increasing the risk of death from heat stroke. |
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Body temperature can be maintained at a comfortable level even after 5 hours of marching in the heat. |
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Plasma volume decreases can range from 10 to 32%. |
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Drinking cold saline solution periodically whilst working in the heat can maintain the integrity of the cardiovascular system. |
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Heart rates are higher and stroke volume decreases.
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Ingestion of glucose can positively influence serum glucose levels during and after 2 hours of running. |
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Negative [Na+], [K+] and [Mg2+] balance is produced in the body through losses of these electrolytes in the sweat and urine. |
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Survivall Sports increases performance by:-
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Hydrating the muscular cells with the proper proportions (quality and quantity) of mineral body salts. |
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Delivering high potassium loading into muscular cells. |
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Supplying sufficient sodium to extracellular fluid. |
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Delivering quality and quantity of cell buffers to muscles. |
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Elimination of soluble ammonia waste through urine (detoxification). |
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Having a pleasant apple flavour without being salty. |
Survivall Sports has the following attributes:-
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Quickly absorbed (≤ 30-40 minutes mouth to muscle) to prepare the body and brain for stamina. |
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Delivers glucose to muscles quickly (≤ 20-30 minutes). |
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Helps avoid the build up of lactic acid during strenuous activity. |
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Quickly helps physical recovery (≤ 30-45 minutes). |
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Disposes of metabolic waste (≤ 30-45 minutes). |
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Contains no stimulants. |
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Contains no preservatives. |
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May be consumed hot or cold. |
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Tastes good. |
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Promotes a feeling of wellbeing. |
Survivall Sports is a food product which complies with the Formulated Supplementary Sports Foods Standard. This Standard defines and regulates the composition and labelling of foods especially formulated to assist sports people in achieving specific nutritional or performance goals.
Most electrolyte drinks comply with a different Standard which deals with packaged waters and water-based beverages which contain food additives and in certain cases, nutritive substances.
How to Use
Endurance sports: Dissolve the contents of four sachets (four serves) in one litre of water. Drink 500mL one hour before activity. Drink remainder as needed during activity and afterwards to aid recovery. Consume additional water as required.
Moderate exercise: Mix the contents of one serve (one 30g sachet) in 250mL water and allow to dissolve fully. Drink up to four serves
a day if the exercise is strenuous and the weather is hot.
Nutritional Information
Serving Size 250mL Servings per pack 1
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Per 250mL serve |
Per 100mL |
Energy |
488kj(116 Cal) |
195kj(47 Cal) |
Protein |
0g |
0g |
Fat |
0g |
0g |
Carbohydrates |
29g |
11.6g |
Vitamin C |
20mg(50% RDI) |
8mg |
Vitamin B3 |
5mg(50% RDI) |
2mg |
Vitamin B5 |
0.5mg |
0.2mg |
Vitamin B6 |
0.5mg(31% RDI) |
0.2mg |
Vitamin B12 |
1mcg(50 RDI) |
0.4mcg |
Magnesium |
32mg(10% RDI) |
12.8mg |
Phosphorous |
100mg(10% RDI) |
40mg |
Potassium |
120mg (3.1mmol) |
48mg |
Sodium |
90mg (3.9mmol) |
36mg |
Ingredients
Glucose, citric acid, sodium phosphates, potassium, chloride, magnesium, sulphate, sodium citrate, vitamins B3 B5 B6 B12 & C, apple flavour.
Not suitable for diabetics, children under 15 years or pregnant women.
Use only as directed with a nutritious diet. Gluten free.
Does not contain stimulants, artificial colours or sweeteners or preservatives.
Companion Products
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Presentation and Availability
Survivall Sports is available in a pack of 120g Net which contains four individual 30g sachets. Also available in a 900g value pack. Available from pharmacies.
