vendredi 29 mars 2013

Energy Drinks and Food Bars - Critical Information

By Kimrose Pianote


When it comes to energy drinks and food bars, there is a ton of inconsistent information. One vindication for this is due to there being hundreds of brands which utilize generic names for their manufactured goods. Any individual can name a beverage an "energy drink" or "energy bar", although this can have an array of meanings. This means you have to suspiciously take a look at every product and find out what its ingredients are. To aid you in sorting out your way through the energy drinks and food bars of today's marketplace, we'll be presenting some beneficial options for differentiating between reality and hype.

The primary source of energy received from energy drinks is caffeine. This is, of course, the same stimulant that motivates people all over the world to drink coffee or tea in the morning and throughout the day. Energy drinks contain more caffeine in one drink than a cup of coffee might have. Drinking energy drinks to quench your thirst results in your consuming greater amounts of them in a shorter amount of time as you gulp them down quickly. This can lead to the side effects associated with too much caffeine, which includes anxiety, insomnia, headaches and, in extreme cases, heart problems. So it's a smart idea to use water to quench your thirst especially during exercise and revert to the old fashioned way of consuming caffeine.

As an exchange for energy drinks that are jam packed with sugar and caffeine, a lot of health food stores and supermarkets are presenting all natural beverages with no additional stimulants. These include fruit juice blends fortified with "superfoods" such as spirulina or blue green algae, coconut water or kombucha tea, which has been used in Chinese medicine for centuries.

Many of these bars are well known for the amount of sugar they contain but you might be surprised by how many of them also contain disguised sugars. One of the most common sweeteners used today is high fructose corn syrup, which has been linked with many health problems from liver diseases to diabetes. This is highly discouraged if you are trying to lose weight. Another sweetener that has recently been outed as high in fructose is agave nectar. The bottom line is that energy drinks or food bars that are high in any kind of sweetener aren't very healthy.

You don't want to cause dehydration by consuming energy drinks during exercise. Most energy drinks are high in calories and the sugar in them is a natural dehydrator so it's best to avoid them during exercise. Instead consider relying on water instead to keep you hydrated. You may find various thirst quenchers or waters with added sugars available on the market today but these are to be avoided as well. So stick to basic flat tasteless water for best energy drink out there. Energy drinks and food bars as you can see, require forethought and good judgment. Since most companies are not concerned with your wellbeing so much as their own deep pockets it's important that you be aware of those that are really good for you and not just listen to all the hyped up advertising. With so many energy drinks available you must find out which ones really are good and which are more of a junk food in a "healthy package".




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