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Beverage product, especially for rapidly replacing liquid and carbohydrates in the human body during periods of heavy muscle work, consisting of an essentially monosaccharide-free, hypotonic solution of soluble oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides and mineral salts such as sodium chloride and other salts occurring in body liquids in an amount of at the most 3 grams per liter beverage, preferably at the most 1.5 grams per liter, which solution may contain suspended particles of insoluble polysaccharides, optionally together with a minor amount of aroma substances conventionally used in such products, and vitamin additives. The solution or suspension has an osmotic pressure in the range of about 7.5-1.0 atmospheres at 25.degree. C., preferably 6.0-2.5 atmospheres and especially 5.5-3.0 atmospheres. The beverage product contains as the oligosaccharide a from the taste point of view desirable amount of one or more sweetly tasting oligosaccharides within the DP range 2-5, such as saccharose and maltotriose, in combination with polysaccharides with an average molecular weight within the range from 900 up to the molecular weight of starch, preferably about 900-2500, in which case the product is essentially clearly water-soluble. Preferred embodiments are beverages containing 20-70 grams of saccharose, 5- 200 grams of essentially water-soluble oligosaccharides with an average molecular weight in the range of about 900-2500, aroma substances and mineral salts in an amount of about 0.5-1.5 grams per liter beverage. A process for rapidly replacing water lost by perspiration and preventing a decrease of the glucose content of blood during periods of extended heavy muscle work is characterized by per os administrating a beverage product according to the definition above to the human body.

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