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SMART PRODUCTI
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Personalized Sports Drink Design

for Athletes and Sport Lovers

The most effective exercise occurs when the body receives proper energy support and is enough to replace
fluids lost through sweat when exercising. This was because the amount of sweat secretion is unequal among
individuals, so they need water and electrolyte replacement to get the body hydration, quench thirst, reduce
fatigue, and enhance individual physical performance.

The smart skin patch can measure the water level in the body and developed, including weight, sex, workout type, and the environment,
process through the application, providing helpful information for exercises to create a personalized sweat profile along with recommendations
planning and better recovering the body. It also increases confidence that about fluid and electrolyte intake. These recommendations are
every exercise will get the most benefit. A sports drink is generated with processed before, during, and after the workout, including guidelines
a combination of water, sugar, and electrolytes that support sports players on food consumption. The procedure for using this device started with
and exercises. It can be consumed before, during, and after exercise to filling in specific information on the exercises app. After that, attach
compensate the sweat loss, which is divided into three categories according a sweat patch on the inner left forearm 2-3 inches from the elbow,
to the concentration level as follow: which is a clean, dry area with no lotion, sunscreen, or spray on the
1. Hypotonic: This beverage contains less than 4% sugar. It is suitable skin. Press down firmly for 10 seconds to seal the patch and wear it
for long-term exercise and a high volume of sweat loss. during sweating exercises for a period of 20 minutes to 2 hours. During
2. Isotonic: The beverage contains 4-6 % sugar. It is also suitable for exercise, the patch will gradually generate a color bar in the sweat
long-term exercise and losing a lot of sweat, but it can increase the energy rate and sodium concentration channels which is an essential mineral
during exercise more than the hypotonic solution. for the body to regulate fluid balance and help muscle function. After
3. Hypertonic: This beverage contains 6-10 % sugar and is suitable the user completes a workout, they can track their sweat loss profile
for medium-term fitness but uses a lot of energy. The drink has a high or the loss of individual water immediately by scanning the patch on
sugar content; therefore, it provides quick energy. However, this type is the arm with the app. It will summarize the result regarding the amount
not suitable for replacing sweat loss because of the high concentration. of fluid lost and the water that the body should intake for recovery.
As a result, the body secretes water in the intestines for dilution before The sweat profile can also reuse for the same activity in a similar
absorbing sugar and mineral reaching the body, resulting in increased environment in the future. The main information displayed on the
thirst. application is divided into three categories as follows:
Like sugar, electrolytes are the key ingredients that provide energy in • Fluid loss: The total amount of fluid you lose during a workout
sports drinks because sweat is composed mainly of water, approximately is used to calculate hydration needs.
99%, and 1% electrolytes. The notification of the Ministry of Public Health • Sweat rate indicator: The amount you sweat over one hour
No. 195 prescribing the standard for 1 liter of sports drink must contain helps calculate the fluid loss.
sodium content not less than 460 - 920 mg and potassium not more than • Sodium loss indicator: The amount of sodium you lose through
195 mg. Usually, an athlete’s sweat patterns vary depending on sweat your sweat is used to calculate electrolyte needs.
levels, forearm sodium loss, body weight, and type of exercise or the The sweat patch works best when you’re doing workouts that
intensity workout. Therefore, the monitoring system of the water loss for cause you to sweat the most such as basketball, cycling, treadmill,
individual athletes was developed to design the water intake and avoid football, and tennis. The microfluidic patch technology is outstanding
cramps or dehydration during exercise. and different from conventional sweat analysis methods, which are
The world-class electrolyte beverage company for the exercise, sports time-intensive and laborious. Therefore, this patch is a special aid for
player, and sweating person is launching a water loss tracking system athletes and those who seriously take care of their bodies after
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and hydration levels in the form of a sweat measure patch combination exercise, together with the consumption of sports drinks according
with the fitness monitoring app platform. A tracking app was invented using to the personalized requirements.
deep expertise and knowledge in sports nutrition and sports science to Smart sweat patch provides helpful information to both
obtain an energy-adding guideline based on individual physiological and manufacturers for designing appropriately nutritional beverages to
allows the coaching staff to analyze long-term exercise plans. It can specific needs customers as well as consumers to monitor the changes
calculate for required energy according to the specific needs of individual in their own body and increase the best performance exercise. It can
sports players and provide the data for athletes or those who exercise to be used as a guideline for developing other forms of beverage products
know “how much the body sweats” and “how much sodium is lost.” to satisfy the real needs of consumers.
Moreover, this app also evaluates the water level and the risk of dehydration
of the body, which can able substituted with electrolyte drinks after exercise
appropriately. The development and design of the sweat patch come with
an electrolyte drink in a comfortable, non-slip squeeze bottle and More Information Service Info C005
concentrated nutrients in a small cup for mixing with normal water called
“Drinkfinity pod.” ข้้อมููลเพิ่่�มูเติ่มู / Additional Information
The sweat patch is a biomarker related to exercise and nutrition data. 1 PepsiCo บริิษััทผลิิตเคริ่�องดื่่�มเกลิ่อแริ่ท่�พััฒนาแผ่นแปะผิวหนังวัดื่ริะดื่ับการิสููญเสู่ยนำ�า
As a wearable device for measuring sweat volume, it is designed to be สูำาหริับนักก่ฬา
single-use disposable to analyze the water loss level, evaluate the
efficiency and the metabolism level while the sports player is wearing and เอกสารอ้างอ่ง / References
motion. The device consists of microchannels that capture tiny amounts สูมาคมนักกำาหนดื่อาหาริแห่งปริะเทศไทย. 2562. ก่อน ริะหว่าง หลิังวิ�งควริดื่่�มนำ�าอย่างไริ.
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insights, the sweat patch uses custom algorithms on a smartphone app sures-sweat-hydration-levels.html
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