How harmful is it to your body to always drink energy drinks? After reading the ingredient list, do you still dare to drink them?

Do you have friends around you who love to drink energy drinks: have a can when they stay up late to work overtime; have a can when they watch football all night; have a can when they drive a long distance.

However, the harm of energy drinks may be more serious than many people expect. Drinking them in large quantities for a long time will not only make people more and more prone to insomnia and anxiety, but may also cause weight gain.

Today we are going to take a look at what you think are “energy drinks”.

1. What are energy drinks?

Many people confuse functional drinks with energy drinks, but in fact, these two are not the same thing at all.

In the early years, functional drinks were a rather general concept, referring to drinks with health benefits. Therefore, the outer packaging of real functional drinks at that time generally had the words "health food" on it.

However, the term "functional beverage" has been abolished in the national standard "General Rules for Beverages". It has been replaced by "special purpose beverages", including energy drinks, sports drinks, nutrient drinks, etc.

The following special purpose beverages are popular and all belong to energy drinks:

2. Can energy drinks really refresh the mind?

Whether it is a real functional drink or an energy drink, can it really refresh the mind, invigorate the brain and resist fatigue?

For example, let's take a look at the ingredient list of Red N. You can see that it has a lot of ingredients that sound very scientific, such as taurine, caffeine, B vitamins, etc.

Caffeine is familiar to everyone. It is the most widely used central nervous system stimulant in the world. Caffeine has been detected in several beverages we purchased:

The caffeine content of Red N Vitamin Functional Drink, An N Ji, Ao D Li and Le H is consistent with the labeled value.

Magic Z and Red N vitamin flavored drinks have relatively high caffeine content, but caffeine is not found in the ingredient list. Their caffeine comes from this ingredient: guarana extract.

Guarana is a plant whose seeds have a higher caffeine content than coffee beans, so the absence of caffeine does not mean that there is no caffeine, it may be higher. Some ordinary beverages also add guarana extract to achieve a "refreshing" effect.

Because of the presence of coffee, most functional drinks can really refresh your mind. But whether you drink coffee or energy drinks, the energy it brings to you is only temporary, and after the effect fades, the fatigue will not dissipate.

3. How harmful is it to your body to always drink energy drinks...?

Caffeine Addiction

The caffeine in energy drinks can indeed reduce fatigue, but this central nervous system stimulant can make you addicted. In simple terms, drinking one can of energy drinks worked before, but now you may need N+1 cans.

The total amount of caffeine consumed by a normal adult per day should not exceed 400mg, and the amount consumed each time should not exceed 200mg ≈ 3 cans of Moz ≈ 4 cans of Red N. Therefore, even if you drive long distances, you cannot drink energy drinks as water. If you feel very tired, it is recommended that you must find a service area and take a rest in time.

In addition, energy drinks containing caffeine can also produce a "sober drunken" effect if consumed with strong alcohol. Under the stimulation of caffeine, drinkers cannot realize that they are already drunk, and the result is that they drink more and more!!!

Excessive sugar content

In addition to caffeine, the sugar content of these energy drinks cannot be underestimated:

It can be seen that one can is enough for a day's sugar intake. Long-term and large-scale drinking will not only make people fat, but may also increase the risk of diabetes.

Although as health awareness becomes more and more popular, energy drinks have also been launched in low-sugar and sugar-free versions, we still recommend that everyone drink energy drinks in moderation while maintaining a healthy and regular lifestyle, diet and work and rest schedule.

In addition, the following groups are advised not to drink it: children, pregnant women, diabetics, people who are sensitive to caffeine, people with heart disease or poor kidneys, etc.

There are many difficulties in the work and life of adults. At some special moments, we have to admit that we need to cheer up and complete the tasks at hand.

But at some point in your life, stop and take a good rest, you will find that things are not as bad as you imagined. After waking up, you can face everything in a better state.

So if you are tired and sleepy, take a break. There is no magic medicine that can keep you awake forever.