Energy Drinks
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title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">What's your favorite?</div>Mine is SPIKE Shooter.
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It's Only available in Colorado, and I think in Northern California. It has 300 mg of caffeine and has been banned from a couple hundred Seven Eleven's across Colorado after a couple HS students were sent to the hospital. It's supposedly 6 times as potent as Red Bull, and the label says not to exceed 1 can a day. It also suggests starting out with 1/2 a can daily to find out your tolerance.
It's also very very tasty, it has absolutely no bitterness to it at all.
I'm also diabetic, and it contains no sugar, and has 0 carbohydrates at all, so it's win.
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CAUTION: This product contains strong stimulants and should not be combined with any other stimulant or fat-loss product.
WARNING: Do not use if you are under the age of 18 or elderly. Do not take with any other stimulant or weight-loss supplement or any prescription or over-the-counter medicine. Do not use if you are pregnant or nursing or at risk of being treated for high-blood pressure, heart disease, hyperthyroidism, spasms, psychiatric disease, suffer from migraines, have asthma, or are taking asthma medication. Discontinue use if you experience dizziness, headache, nausea, or heart palpitations. If you have trouble sleeping, do not take within 6 hours of bedtime. Keep out of reach of children.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So, what energy drinks do you like.
<img src="http://www.a1nutritionproducts.com/g/h150/prod/biotest/spike_shooter_84oz_24cs.jpg" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
It's Only available in Colorado, and I think in Northern California. It has 300 mg of caffeine and has been banned from a couple hundred Seven Eleven's across Colorado after a couple HS students were sent to the hospital. It's supposedly 6 times as potent as Red Bull, and the label says not to exceed 1 can a day. It also suggests starting out with 1/2 a can daily to find out your tolerance.
It's also very very tasty, it has absolutely no bitterness to it at all.
I'm also diabetic, and it contains no sugar, and has 0 carbohydrates at all, so it's win.
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CAUTION: This product contains strong stimulants and should not be combined with any other stimulant or fat-loss product.
WARNING: Do not use if you are under the age of 18 or elderly. Do not take with any other stimulant or weight-loss supplement or any prescription or over-the-counter medicine. Do not use if you are pregnant or nursing or at risk of being treated for high-blood pressure, heart disease, hyperthyroidism, spasms, psychiatric disease, suffer from migraines, have asthma, or are taking asthma medication. Discontinue use if you experience dizziness, headache, nausea, or heart palpitations. If you have trouble sleeping, do not take within 6 hours of bedtime. Keep out of reach of children.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So, what energy drinks do you like.
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Thats horrible. Why are they allowed to sell that stuff?
Whats with the good old water? Not good enough?
300mg of caffeine per litre & full of sugar & tastes like awesome.
Also, only 96p per litre! Awesome.
Whats with the good old water? Not good enough?
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Nope, water doesn't compensate for my lack of sleep.
I now usually drink coffee every day. Normal coffee at work, sometimes I'll stop at a coffeeshop for a cappuccino, mocha, or something like that.
Energy drinks don't hold a candle to continuously drawing from an active pot of coffee.
Energy drinks don't hold a candle to continuously drawing from an active pot of coffee.
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True, and when I have an active pot of coffee at my disposal, I drink coffee. However, one cup of coffee doesn't last me, and at my place of employment, there is no coffee pot to leech coffee from, and even if there were we can't drink it while working.
When I'm home, I drink strong black coffee if I need to stay up.
Plus, Spike is definitely not Monster, it lasts longer, and works better. Oh, and the can is much smaller, only 8.3 oz.
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I also like tea, I drink a lot of it, particularly Earl Grey, Oolong, and good 'ol green tea.
Pretty sure I'm addicted to caffeine, I get horrible migraines when I don't have it.
Nope, water doesn't compensate for my lack of sleep.
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Bad answer...
Water has wonderful restorative properties. It is a natural, fat-free appetite suppressant that contains no calories and no cholesterol. It is low in sodium, helps the body metabolize fat, helps maintain skin and muscle tone, and improves energy levels.
Every physiological function depends on water. Water helps regulate body temperature, transports oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and antibodies; helps eliminate toxins and other wastes from the body; and lubricates your joints as well as your hair, skin, mouth, nose, and eyes.
Water protects organs and tissues, increases the efficiency of proteins and enzymes essential to metabolism, and relieves water retention (though it may seem counterintuitive, when you're retaining water, the best course of action is to drink more water, not less).
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<b>If you allow yourself to get dehydrated, every part of your body suffers.</b><!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> Dehydration has been linked to asthma and allergies, constipation and heartburn, hypertension and headaches, poor muscle tone, and inefficiencies in digestion, metabolism, and organ function.
Warning signs of dehydration include mental confusion, pain in the joints, stomach, and back, and low energy.
Keep your energy levels up, particularly after a workout, by making sure you get enough.
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... and guess what? Caffeine dehydrates!</b> <img src="http://www.nsmod.org/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif" border="0" alt="IPB Image" />
Hey, dude, read his post again.
He said water doesn't compensate for his lack of sleep. Not that water doesn't help him or keep him healthy or whatever. Maybe he likes some caffeine in the morning to wake him up straight away since the caffeine boost will keep him a lot more awake than some water would do.
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lol 46g sugar.. you are aware that is practically poison for your body?
Hey, dude, read his post again.
He said water doesn't compensate for his lack of sleep. Not that water doesn't help him or keep him healthy or whatever. Maybe he likes some caffeine in the morning to wake him up straight away since the caffeine boost will keep him a lot more awake than some water would do.
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Jimmeh, if you read my post again you'll see no claims that water will compensate for a lack of sleep, but you will see claims where it increases energy levels (I can vouch for this if you care not to believe it) and prevents dehydration. Your claim of "crap" only reinforces your ignorance of the importance of proper hydration. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />
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lol 46g sugar.. you are aware that is practically poison for your body?
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The warnings on some of them are for kicks right? It also was my opinion and I dont drink the stuff. Go ahead if you need it. Plus people can get addicted to energy drinks.
Jimmeh, if you read my post again you'll see no claims that water will compensate for a lack of sleep, but you will see claims where it increases energy levels (I can vouch for this if you care not to believe it) and prevents dehydration. Your claim of "crap" only reinforces your ignorance of the importance of proper hydration. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink-fix.gif" />
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No, my point was you said that his answer was bad yet was entirely correct.
Water can increase energy levels, sure, it won't keep me awake like 2l of coke will though.
I don't really enjoy those energy drinks, I stick with Pepsi and these Starbucks things... forgot what they're called but they're good.
The warnings on some of them are for kicks right? It also was my opinion and I dont drink the stuff. Go ahead if you need it. Plus people can get addicted to energy drinks. <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You seem not to have noticed, those nutrition facts are for an ordinary can of Mountain Dew.
I find juice tastes better than soda (although a mountain dew occasionally is good too), you just need to find a good tasting juice. Plus I don't get what's up with the Coca Cola, it's like Europe's using the new coke and the US is bent on coke classic (...point being, I can stand to drink the Coke over here, but back in the US it leaves the crazy super-sugary residue in my mouth). Sprite tastes like crap over here, though (to me). Anyway, I can't stand coffee and I like tasting things for the flavor and not for potential chemical 'benefits'...so I'm fine with a cappicino every like ...month. Then I think I'm pretty wired the whole day, but I don't think it's a good substitute for other drinks, because I can't really concentrate any better with it, I just seem to talk faster (...which doesn't help much, because I don't say all that much to begin with).
And, thanks depot, thank you for illuminating to us that water is a necessary chemical for our body, incase anyone past the age of ...3 days... didn't realize that yet.
...err, Red Bull, I guess, that's the only energy drink I've ever tried... I had a sip of one once or twice. Unless <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afri-Cola" target="_blank">Afri Cola</a> counts. Those are sort of my once-per-month-cappicino replacement.
Water gets many thumbs-up in my opinion, it's refreshing, vital for the body, and usually doesn't contain any crap that your body doesn't need. And very, very cheap. So, it doesn't taste of anything interesting; why should it have to? We are living in a culture of pleasure > purpose, at the cost of your money and health. And I am a massive indulger in this culture, despite my inner thoughts (which I am currently making outer) saying 'just put the drugs away...'. Refined sugar <i>is a drug</i>, as is caffine. Not that I oppose drug use, but I think moderation is required for a healthy lifestyle; physically and mentally.
Then again, I smoke, drink Dr Pepper and am rather fond of chocolate, and tea. I feel like a culprit and victim at the same time.
Depot fails at detecting sarcasm. Also, no one said anything about water increasing energy, so I have no idea where you're getting the "few realise" bit from.
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All you have to do is read through the thread and see how many people favored water. I maintain it's the most under-rated energy drink available, AND it does a fine job of helping me ward off the sleepies...
a) water
b) canada dry
c) coffee
d) juice
e) <a href="http://www.leuveninc.com/SITE/UPLOAD/IMAGE/nalu.jpg" target="_blank">nalu</a>
I only drink nalu like...twice a week though, so meh.
(edit: by the way, this was at home, generic soda and beer when I'm not home usually)
Water might help up to a certain point, but if you are sleep deprived and you need SOMETHING to keep going till you can sleep again, then caffeine does the trick. Sure assuming you are well rested, water might just help you stay focused. Once you are hydrated, caffeine can help you get a bit of kick. It happens to be a stimulant, which no matter how essential water is, it is not directly a stimulant. Anyhow, caffeine does not cause all the water to get sucked right out of your body, you just need to drink more liquids to compensate. (and more trips to the bathroom for sure).
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Laptops solve that problem. *flushes*