Today on the shelves of stores you can find an energy drink for every taste. According to the producers, they do not bring any harm. But why then did they try to limit energy drinks in distribution? Let's see what the benefits and harms of energy drinks are, because the talk is about us and our health.
Benefits of Drinks
Of course, the main advantage is that the energy industry really lifts the mood and stimulates mental activity .
Energy drink can be chosen based on your needs. Many miracle drinks have their destination - either for hard work (hard-working workaholics) or for active recreation (if you are an athlete or a nightclub frequenter). The first group of drinks consists mostly of caffeine, and the second - from vitamins and carbohydrates.
Since energy contains a complex of vitamins and glucose , they can be considered useful. It is not worth writing about vitamins - their benefits are known even to children. Glucose also provides vital organs of the human body with energy, quickly penetrating into the blood and participating in oxidative processes.
Previously, the best energy engineer was coffee, with him and compare energy drinks.
- First, the speed of the power engineers is much better, but all because they are fizzy.
- Secondly, efficiency - if a cup of coffee works only 1-2 hours, then the energetic keeps you in tone for 3-4 hours.
- And, of course, convenience - packaging energy can always be taken with you and used anywhere and in any situation.
The dignity of the masses and, it would seem, nothing should be alarming. But there is no good either. Unfortunately, miracle drinks have a lot of flaws.
Harm to drinks
The first of the drawbacks - a strict dosage of the drink (you can use no more than one or two cans per day). Abuse of energy can lead to increased blood pressure and sugar in the blood.
In Denmark, France and Norway energy drinks are sold only in pharmacies and are considered a medicine. Officially they are prohibited. And the Swedish authorities on the way to such a reform - is being investigated three deaths (according to unreliable information) that occurred as a result of the use of power engineers.
As already noted, vitamins in drinks, of course, are contained, but they can not replace the multivitamin complex.
Also, the big misconception is that energy drinks give us energy. In fact, the beverage itself does not contain any energy , but its components cause the body to use its own energy. So to say, the contents of the can serve as a key to the hidden reserves of the body. Thus, we unnecessarily spend our own energy, for which later we have to pay off later with insomnia, fatigue and prolonged depression.
Everyone knows that caffeine is harmful. And its content in power engineering does not reduce the degree of harm. Operating from three to five hours, caffeine depletes the nervous system and is addictive. A young organism is especially harmful to the effects of caffeine.
In addition, vitamin B, contained in many such beverages in large quantities, causes rapid heartbeat and trembling in the limbs .
Also, energy drinks have a diuretic effect , so athletes should remember this and do not take energy after training, because during sports, the body is already losing a lot of fluids.
Excess dose threatens side effects: tachycardia, psychomotor agitation, increased nervousness, depression.
Taurine and glyukolononakton , contained in energy, according to experts, may be unsafe. Scientists do not yet know their effects, especially in combination with caffeine. And in one jar of energy drink the daily dose of taurine is exceeded several times, and in two banks of such a drink the daily dose of glucoronachton is exceeded five hundred times.
As you can see, the benefits of the power engineers are much less than the harm, but the modern rhythm of life is really ruthless, and there is no guarantee that you will not even need a miracle-drink bank once. Of course, the use of such drinks should be avoided, but if the moment comes, and you have to do it, be sure to carefully read the rules for their use.
Recommendations for the use of power engineers
- Do not exceed the daily dose of caffeine - do not drink more than two cans of the drink per day.
- Be sure to rest and regain strength when the action of the drink ends.
- Do not drink energy drinks after exercise - sports increase blood pressure, and energy drinks will increase it even more. It may be dangerous.
- After a drunk energy drink, do not eat foods containing caffeine (for example, tea, coffee), otherwise you can exceed the dose. Caffeine is excreted from the body in 3-5 hours, but even then, no more than half.
- Many energy drinks are caloric, so if you are trying to lose weight, take them only before training, and not after it.
- Do not mix energy drinks with alcohol. As already mentioned, caffeine increases blood pressure, and alcohol enhances its effect. You can get a perspective of a hypertensive crisis soon.
Contraindications
Energy is contraindicated in pregnancy, adolescents, children and the elderly. In addition, people who suffer from hypertension, glaucoma, sensitivity to caffeine, sleep disorders and cardiovascular diseases are also not recommended to use them.
According to doctors, energy drinks are a vitamin substitute for coffee, and nothing more, besides, much more harmful. So decide for yourself what's best. Maybe coffee with chocolate in the old manner is not worse?