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"As one example, British researchers reported in 2006 that people who consumed energy drinks, which contained hefty amounts of sugar and a little caffeine, did not feel more energized. Instead, the energy drinks slowed their reaction times, suggesting that the drinks made them more fuzzy and tired. Many candy bars, in both supermarkets and health food stores, are marketed for their energy-boosting benefits. Nearly all of them contain various sugars, which would place them high on the glycemic index." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"It has maintained a reputation for being an energy enhancer, leading to its inclusion in a lot of sports and energy drinks. Truth be told, it really doesn't "give" you energy, but it does help balance and restore you if you're burned out. Taurine is seriously depleted under the stress of hard exercise, so a case can be made for including it in drinks if they're truly used by athletes rehydrating during heavy workouts. Proven Heart Health Taurine is just a great overall heart nutrient. Nutritionist Susan Mudd, M.S., C.N.S." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"You will likely benefit from reducing your intake of caffeine (coffee and colas), energy drinks, and alcohol. If you have trouble giving up coffee, limit your intake to two cups in the morning and don't add sugar. As an alternative to sugar, consider the herbal sweetener stevia, which is available in health food stores. If you often have to work for long stretches and don't have time for a nutritious lunch or dinner, keep some healthful snacks handy." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.)

"Caffeine Caffeine—present not just in coffee but also nonherbal teas, many sodas, energy drinks, chocolate, and even some foods—can have a pronounced effect on sleeping habits. Even just Dietary Recommendations a few cups of coffee in the morning for Better Sleep can have a major effect on quality and quantity of sleep at night, especially „ Eliminate stimulants from your diet for sensitive individuals. Caffeine has . ¦ Eliminate allergenic foods been associated with insomnia, periodic i." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.) "Tea, soft drinks, and energy drinks are other common sources of caffeine. These days you can even buy caffeinated water and prepared foods with added caffeine. In addition, many over-the-counter medications (cold and cough preparations, weight-loss drugs, pain relievers) contain caffeine or caffeine-related substances and can also increase sleep disorders. Recently, coffee and chocolate have both been touted for their high levels of antioxidants, and in fact, caffeine itself is an antioxidant. A 2005 study found that coffee is actually the top source of antioxidants in the U.S. diet." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.)

"Instead, the energy drinks slowed their reaction times, suggesting that the drinks made them more fuzzy and tired. Many candy bars, in both supermarkets and health food stores, are marketed for their energy-boosting benefits. Nearly all of them contain various sugars, which would place them high on the glycemic index. They may temporarily boost blood-sugar and energy levels, but they also lead to a subsequent plummeting of blood-sugar levels." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.) "For all practical purposes, most of these energy bars are just another type of candy bar, and energy drinks are a soft drink that most people could do without. How Do the Glycemic Index and the Glycemic Load Fit In? To appreciate the effect of refined sugar and carbohydrates on your body, it helps to understand a little about the glycemic index and the glycemic load. Both terms are rankings of how quickly sugar- and carb-containing foods get absorbed and boost blood-sugar levels." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.) "Often, because people feel tired, they consume too much caffeine in the form of coffee, energy drinks, and soft drinks. Unfortunately, all that caffeine exacerbates the stress, leaving people too edgy to fall asleep at bedtime. If you must have caffeine to get going in the morning, limit yourself to two cups. After that, stick with water, green tea, or herbal teas. Feeling stressed is often a sign that you do not have adequate personal boundaries protecting you against the excessive demands of work or other people." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"Sip on water or sports energy drinks every 15 minutes, as hydration will speed up the healing process and keep the body cool while you are in the sun. Do not drink alcohol, hot drinks, or beverages with caffeine while in the sun; they increase the rate of dehydration. Supplements: Vitamin A nourishes the skin and destroys free radicals, which can harm cells in the body. Take 50,000 IU thoughout the day, but do not take more than 10,000 IU a day if you are pregnant. Vitamin E aids in tissue repair and helps heal scar tissue. Take 400 IU a day." - Marshall Editions, 1000 Cures for 200 Ailments: Integrated Alternative and Conventional Treatments for the Most Common Illnesses (Get the book.)

"Even high-caffeine energy drinks, such as Red Bull, SoBe No Fear, Full Throttle, Monster, and Mountain Dew MDX, have less caffeine than Starbucks' coffee. Regular Mountain Dew and cola soft drinks also have appreciable amounts of caffeine, as well as sugars or the artificial sweetener aspartame (which is closely related to the stimulating neurotransmitter phenylethylamine). If you are a regular coffee drinker, you know that caffeine can be as addictive as alcohol or street drugs. Missing a cup of coffee—not getting your hit—can give you a headache or leave you feeling exhausted." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.)

"Caffeine also is added to soft drinks; in these, you know exactly how much you are getting. energy drinks made for adults, like Red Bull, put about 80 milligrams in an 8-ounce can. Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, and other soft drinks marketed to children have less ?0 to 40 milligrams in 12 ounces. In the middle of that range, caffeine stimulates but does not bother most people. Take in more than your personal limit, however, and you may feel nervous, shaky, and sleepless." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"These fashionable "energy drinks" are rich in caffeine and are therefore used as general tonics and to counteract fatigue. Guarana is also available in the form of chocolate bars, chewing gums, syrups, powders and tablets. The product allegedly has aphrodisiac properties and is widely used to help with weight loss programmes (claims are often exaggerated). Guarana is nevertheless listed as a functional food. Nutritional value Limited. Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant that may cause sleeplessness, lack of concentration and heart palpitations when taken at high doses." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.)

"Avoid "energy drinks" and store bought "fruit flavored" juices made from concentrate. • Limit sweets to no more than 3 times weekly and buy all-natural or organic sweets containing natural sugars. • When you have a craving for sweets or soda, eat fresh fruit such as watermelon or citrus fruits instead. This will help stabilize your blood sugar and satisfy the body's craving for sugar. • Cleanse your colon 2 to 3 times weekly with a high quality oxygen based colon cleanser to reduce the acidic environment in the bowel and also the excessive fermentation of sugars." - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"From humble beginnings we now have a new generation of energy drinks with dozens of them designed to provide the body with artificial energy. These include Red Bull®, Rock Star, Bawls®, 180 Energy Drink®, Monster® and yes, even an energy drink called Cocaine. Guzzling these synthetic concoctions is the perfect solution if your goal is to create chemical imbalances in your body and brain. There is no way to know how these products translate into future health problems." - Craig Pepin-Donat, The Big Fat Health and Fitness Lie (Get the book.)

"Caffeine is now every generation's drug of choice, gearing them up for what needs to be done whether they want to do it or not. energy drinks containing large doses of caffeine and herbal stimulants like ephedrine, guarana, and ginseng have overtaken bottled water as the fastest-growing sellers in the beverage business. The Starbucks Corporation, which sells coffee drinks, started as a local coffee shop in Pike Place Market on the waterfront in Seattle, Washington. Just 13 years after going public, it has more than 6,300 locations in 30 countries (yes, there is one on every other corner!" - Ray Dodd, BeliefWorks: The Art of Living Your Dreams (Get the book.)

"Daily news on nutritional supplements, energy drinks, sport nutrition and vitamins. Free access to news on health food in North America. Nutrient Data http://www. ars. usda. gov • The main in-house research arm of the US Department of Agriculture. Research news, find-a-researcher, consumer and educational information on a wide range. Nutrition Data. httpJ/www.nutritiondata. com • Nutrition facts, calorie counter and calculator promotes healthy eating by telling you, in simple terms, what is good and bad about the foods you eat. P&G Hair Care Research Center http./lwww. pg." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

"Empirical evidence seems to support this claim and is probably responsible for so many juice enthusiasts labeling parsley-containing juices "energy drinks." HOW TO SELECT AND STORE Parsley can be grown at home or purchased fresh from the grocery store. Whenever possible, choose fresh parsley over dried. Parsley should be vibrant green, fresh, and free from yellowed leaves or signs of decay. Fresh parsley should be kept in the refrigerator in a perforated plastic bag for no more than a week." - Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D., The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (Get the book.)

"It was also reported that "energy drinks" really do not give you energy. Another report is headlined with "Coke Wants to Fool You With Their Bottled Water." The most shocking was the headline "Would You Give Your Toddler Seventeen Teaspoons of Sugar a Day?" This article talked about how "drinks" marketed to children by the publicly traded companies are specifically designed to get the children chemically addicted to their food by loading it up with sugars. 25. Not convinced that all drugs are ineffective and dangerous?" - Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures They Don't Want You to Know About (Get the book.)

"Literature See also the entries for Camellia sinensis, Coffea arabica, Paullinia cupana, and energy drinks. Blanchard, I., and S. J. A. Sawers. 1983. The absolute bioavailability of caffeine in man. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 24:93-98. Bohinc, P., J. Korbar-Smid, and A. Marinsek. 1977. Xanthine alkaloids in Ilex ambigua leaves. Earmacevtski Vestnik 28:89-96. Braun, Stephen. 1996. Buzz: The science and lore of alcohol and caffeine. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Dews, Peter B., ed. 1984. Caffeine. Berlin: Springer. Freise, F. W. 1935." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.) "Literature See also the entries for Myristica fragrans and energy drinks. Ahrens, Helmut. 1995. Safer Use von Partydrogen. In Risiko mindern beim Drogengebrauch, ed. J.-H. Heudtlass, H. Stover, and P. Winkler, 37:129-38. Frankfurt/M.: Fachhochschulverlag. Bopple, Friedhelm, and Ralf Knufer. 1996. Generation XTC: Techno und Ekstase. Berlin: Verlag Volk und Welt. Cousto, Hans. 1995. Vom Urkult zur Kultur: Drogen und Techno. Solothurn: Nachtschatten Verlag. Emboden, William A. 1985. The ethnopharmacology of Centella asiatica (L.) Urban (Apiaceae). Journal of Ethnobiology 5 (2): 101-7." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.) "Uncertainties about the purity and quality of these products, combined with the development of a tolerance toward MDMA and the need for a "natural" alternative, have led to increasing numbers of plant products (so-called natural drugs) appearing on the party scene (cf. energy drinks). Distributors and producers advertise these products, usually sold under the name herbal ecstasy, as natural surrogates for MDMA, promising "very similar effects" (Leitner 1995; Saunders and Wright 1995)." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.) "A collection of so-called energy drinks. Advertisements for such beverages often claim that they are more stimulating than cocaine and more psychedelic than LSD. Han-Shi Other Names Cold food powder, cold mineral powder, five-mineral powder, han-shih, han-shih san, han-shi powder, medicinal powder made from the five minerals, wu-shi The Chinese politician He Yan (in office 240-249 c.e.) was one of the most important philosophers of the Wei dynasty." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.)

"It can be found under many labels and as an ingredient in many herbal formulas, energy drinks, and protein bars. Unfortunately, too many (unethical) manufacturers are simply adding the guarana name to their labels to capitalize on its popularity—and adding chemical caffeine to their products instead. New standardized extracts of guarana are available these days that "guarantee" and "standardize" the extract to the caffeine content." - Leslie Taylor, ND, The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs: A Guide to Understanding and Using Herbal Medicinals (Get the book.)

"Caffeine is also the active ingredient in most cola and other energy drinks such as Red Bull, which sold over 100 million cans last year. Chocolate and green tea also contain caffeine, but much less than these drinks. Kicking the habit If you want to be in tip-top mental health, stay away from stimulants. This is doubly important for those with mental health problems because too much caffeine can, in some, produce symptoms that lead to a diagnosis of schizophrenia or mania. This may happen because high caffeine consumers can become both allergic to coffee and unable to detoxify caffeine." - Patrick Holford, The New Optimum Nutrition Bible (Get the book.)

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