What are healthy energy drinks? Do they really exist – or is this just marketing hype? Did someone in the advertising company just slap the word “flour” on the can and hope no one checked the ingredients? Sometimes they did, but not always.
First, let’s review some research on what is healthy or unhealthy about a particular drink. That would be a good start, wouldn’t it?
What yes drinking alcohol, in essence – and what would be appropriate for someone called “health”?
Energy drinks are essentially a combination of one or more stimulants, flavoring, usually some added sugar for palatability, and herbs/amino acids/vitamins to reduce stress. high because of the stimulant and helps to build normal energy.
(This is ideal of what the energy drink can do, but in practice some manufacturers cut corners. It’s good to remember, “Let the buyer beware!”)
Tea, coffee, and some types of herbal stimulants such as guarana, coca, cacao, yerba mate, khat, ephedra, and kola nut are widely used around the world. Tea and coffee are the most well-known and have been shown to have some health benefits, although they have some habits.
Most parents won’t be too scared by their kids drinking coffee, cola, or a cup of tea – Agree?
Unknown ingredients, when checked on the label, are often the source of public skepticism in drinking water. Sometimes this doubt is justified and sometimes it is not – it depends on the property yes and its purpose.
For example, ephedra, which is rarely used in energy drinks, have cause some problems, such as irregular heartbeat, heart attack, stroke, and even death in a few moments. These are not symptoms that create a happy, growing customer base, as you can imagine!
Taurine, on the other hand, acts as a modulator, which is the “manager” of energy. It is also an antioxidant, which helps to avoid the free radicals produced by the body in its daily processes. It has been found safe and effective enough to be used in infant formula, so there is no reason to fear taurine. He has a purpose here. (See Wikipedia for more benefits of taurine.)
A legitimate reason for concern arises around the sugar and caffeine content of energy drinks.
The high levels of caffeine and other stimulants are a reason for concern among many parents and doctors, but equal attention should be paid to the large doses of various types of sugar in soft drinks.
The average American eats about half a pound of sugar every day! A large part of this comes from soft drinks, including energy drinks and coffee. At nearly two ounces of sugar in a tall can of this type of drink, it doesn’t take very long to get three half pounds of sugar.
Eating too much often leads to weight gain, which leads to diabetes type 2. Diabetes is on the rise in America and around the world and it is a serious problem, eventually death.
Dr. Joseph Mercola recently listed 76 different medical problems caused by our obsession with sugar. The amount of sugar in energy drinks is often inappropriate for them to be a healthy energy drink.
Ironically, such research I have taken in the so-called health food stores show the soft drinks in their coolers that have 18-29 grams of sugar. Sugar is sugar, whether it is organic cane sugar or not. An exception to this is the use of agave syrup sweeteners, which contain a lot of fructose which is particularly dangerous.
Another cause for concern is the way companies often choose to sweeten their drinks without using sugar. Artificial sweeteners actually cause weight gain, plus some of them have been shown to cause damage to the brain and nervous system. Aspartame is the worst of these funds, causing tumors in research animals and infertility in the next generation of offspring when pregnant mothers consumed aspartame, compared to the same people will receive.
The potential for long-term brain damage is revealed in the aspartame study by Dr. Russell Blaylock and others. Sucralose is another sweetener that gives many reasons to avoid it.
Exaggerated caffeine content is often rare when these drinks are sold as “healthy drinks”. It should be noted that the brands that use guarana and green tea extracts as stimulants avoid the over-stimulating potential of caffeine.
The combination of caffeine, sugar, and young people’s lack of knowledge about these drinks is what worries parents. When alcohol is added to the mix – or some combination of other drugs – then it is impossible to predict what will happen.
But, to be honest, this is not the fault of the energy drink itself, but is evidence of the lack of education about the responsible use of this drink.
When one knows where the situation is and is able to find a drink that is suitable for healthy energy, there is nothing to fear – and many things to gain – from of these drinks.
Of course, there is common sense among parents to throw up their hands and simply stop their children from drinking any of these strange drugs. This would be unwise because young people may drink alcohol, however, and pass their parents in the process.
In the same way, many adults who do not have much risk for dinner every night, can enjoy a healthy energy, if they are able to recognize one.
I hope this article can serve as a guide to de-mystifying the confusing concept of health drinks. I have agreed to enjoy their use as a healthy alternative to coffee.
