I was prompted to write this article Energy Drinks Are They Good For You after reading an article in a popular national newspaper in the UK. The headline was "More sugar than coke, more caffeine than coffee – the ‘dangerous’ energy drinks that Britain’s teens are hooked on"
Now whilst the article was highlighting the consumption of dangerous energy drinks by refence to teens (the largest group of consumers) the truth is that many adults are consuming these in quantity to give them the energy they are lacking to go about their daily lives and it's pretty scary!
According to the article around 1.7 million people in the UK consume energy drinks two or three times a week and studies are mounting to show a variety of problems linked to the consumption of energy drinks including mental health issues and poor sleep.
Amid increased concerns of what regular consumption of energy drinks might be doing to our health, a group of researchers at the University of Pisa and Sapienza University of Rome came together to publish a definitive study of how they impact the human body.
The resulting scientific paper The Dark Side Of Energy Drinks is a shocking revelation of how the combinations of ingredients within products such as Red Bull, Monster and Lucozade can affect organ systems from the brain to the gut
What Is In Energy Drinks
Energy drinks are perhaps best known for the high doses of caffeine they deliver with studies previously showing that regularly consuming these products can initiate physical dependence on caffeine.
As a yardstick, a 330ml can of Coca-Cola contains around 33mg of caffeine, while a mug of instant coffee gives you around 80mg of caffeine. However, according to The Dark Side of Energy Drinks paper, 500ml of either Red Bull or Monster contains 160mg of caffeine, while 500ml of Sting energy drink contains an astonishing 290mg. Energy drinks have also been previously criticised for containing excessive amounts of added sugar.
Drinking 500ml of Red Bull will see you ingest 54g of sugar – equivalent to 13-and-a-half teaspoons. While some leading brands have responded by launching sweetener-flavoured alternatives such as Red Bull Sugarfree, with Prime drinks also opting for sweeteners over added sugar, there are growing fears about the possible health risks of many widely used sweeteners such as aspartame, sucralose and acesulfame K.
Dr Safia Debar, executive health GP at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London says "People don’t realise that artificial sweeteners still have an insulin-raising effect on the body which impacts your blood sugar and if you think about the buzz from the caffeine, and then changes in your metabolism and blood sugar control, if you’re having them regularly, it will lead you to chase that buzz and lead to more general excess caffeine consumption
It's clear that just as we should be eating less ultra processed food we should also be extremely careful about consumption of energy drinks and better understand the side effects on our physical as well as mental health.
A Natural Energy Drink Alternative
It's not all doom and gloom however as there are good energy drinks which contain naturally sourced ingredients which can indeed give us an energy boost when we need it
One such is an energy drink from Amare Global available in the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe
Whilst the ingredients differ slightly from one country to another due to country regulation the product whilst giving you and energy boost does not have the harmful ingredients in shop purchased energy drinks.
I obviously have a vested interest in sharing products that are healthier for our bodies and I think it's up to all of us to think more carefully about what we consume
Let's look at Energy+ Pomegranate & Lime
What's In It & How Does It Work
What Is It
Amare Energy+ is carefully crafted with high quality ingredients, ensuring maximum potency and effectiveness. Our formula is free from any artificial colours, or preservatives, making it a safe and healthy
choice for your energy levels.
How It Works
Packed with powerhouse ingredients such as Guarana Seed Extract, Grape Seed Extract, Maritime Pine Bark,
Apple Extract, Pomegranate Extract, and Vitamin C, this food supplement will help to focus and to give you a
sustained energy boost.
Why You‘ll Love It
Do you want to say goodbye to feeling sluggish and tired? Our Amare Energy+ will boost your physical
and mental energy with the help of Vitamin C. Plus, our formula is free from artificial colours, and preservatives, making it a safe and healthy choice for your daily energy needs
But don't take my word for it take a good look for yourself and next time you are in the supermarket take a look at what's in one of those popular energy drinks
This all natural energy drink can only be purchased from a licenced distributor (that's me) and not in any supermarket at present...
Maybe one day
You can explore Energy + Pomegranate Lime and my other favourite products (I like to drink it together with Edge Watermelon and Mentabiotics - called "Happy Juice") but you can add it to sparkling or still water or blend into a smoothie with your favourite fruits
Make it up and take it with you in one of those popular drinking flasks and feel the benefits of the good without the bad
Why not try it - you might be pleasantly surprised how good you feel and it's got no harmful ingredients!
Check it out here (use the "Shop Now" button to explore and select Amare Products for information and pricing)
So if you are busy and you or your teens need that energy boost try getting them drinking something healthy that will also give them that much needed boost during the day without those harmful caffeine side effects
Any questions do let me know as always happy to help and even have our formulator create you a video message if you would like
