Do Energy Drinks Really Give You Energy, or Just a Fat Stomach

I received a lot of questions about all these new energies, “” drinks that have hit the market in recent years. They seem to be in style, especially with youth, and promise you the world with outrageous claims of all the super power going to have, and how it will be crushing the competition in their sport, and so on. So a couple of questions arise: Is the “energy” drinks really any good for you? Is it really increase your energy? You really have some sort of magical energy formula? They will help you lose weight? First, let’s look at what most of these energy drinks are usually made of. Most of them are simply carbonated water loaded with gut fattening corn syrup, high fructose, caffeine, taurine amino acid and B vitamins thrown some random to show to fool you into thinking that something is healthy these concoctions. Let’s start with corn syrup, high fructose. Well, here we have empty calories that go straight to your belly fat and are actually worse for you than plain old refined sugar. Ok, so say they have low-sugar or sugar-free varieties as an alternative to HFC loaded energy drinks. Yes, but now has the problem of harmful chemicals in artificial sweeteners. Another problem with artificial sweeteners is that there are some researchers that believe artificial sweetener use leads people to consume more calories without realizing it and gain more weight in the long term. I will not go into detail on that because that was filled by a full debate on its own. Trust me that artificial sweeteners and artificial chemicals in foods in general, all the news is bad for your body! What about caffeine? Well, first, the caffeine itself does not provide “energy”. Technically, the only substances that actually provide energy are calories (carbohydrates, proteins and fats). However, caffeine can be a help to brighten and wake some people up through the central nervous system stimulation. Note, however, if you are a regular coffee drinker, you probably addicted to caffeine, and probably will not benefit much from the caffeine in energy drinks anyway. Moreover, instead of caffeine added to some soft drinks, I prefer my caffeine from a natural source like green, white or oolong tea, which actually provide healthful antioxidants too! Now, what happens to that magical blend of taurine call and B vitamins that is loaded in energy drinks? Well, big deal. . . taurine you can get almost any source of protein. And the vast majority of the B vitamins are simply comes out in the toilet in their urine. Vitamins are best obtained naturally from real food sources, not artificially added to some carbonated drink. Your body simply does not use fake sources of vitamins as readily as natural sources of real food. As you can see, in my opinion, I give all these energy drinks, a great moment thumbs down! It is best to mix your own homemade energy drink with some iced unsweetened green tea, oolong and white, some 100% pure berry or pomegranate juice, and perhaps a touch of a type of whey protein skimmed . Well, I hope this article cleared up some confusion about these energy drinks that are so heavily marketed these days, and help you make more informed decisions for your health.