Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Energy drinks ingredients




The fastest way to boost up the energy lever is through energy drinks. They are favourite, not just among adults but also among kids and they have become a “must have” in every refrigerator. But of the people don’t even know what they contain and are those ingredients good for them. There are many different kinds of energy drinks today, but most of them have same basic ingredients:

• Caffeine – it stimulates the central nervous system giving the body a sense of alertness, but it can also have some side-effects, such as dizziness, irritability, allergies and jitters, especially if you have more than 200 mg in your body.

• Sugar – you have probably noticed that all of those drinks have a lot of sugar in it. The glucose actually boosts up the energy level in your body.

• Taurine – it is natural amino acid produced by the body, and it takes care of your heart beat and muscle contractions.

• Ginseng – it relaxes the nervous system and it is that it stimulate the hypothalamic and pituitary glands which leads to creating adrenal corticotropic hormone.

• Carnitine – very popular when it comes to fat burning process.

• Vitamin B – especially B12 that provides a lot of energy to your body and increases your metabolism.

• Guarana Seeds – it increases the energy level and the alertness, and it has more caffeine that coffee beans.

• Creatine – it is popular among bodybuilders because it makes the muscles grow faster.

• GinkoBilboa – it is very popular as a memory enhancer.

• Chaoline – it can enhance memory capacity and rise energy levels especially in combination with some other ingredients.

• Antioxidants – energy drinks usually have a lot of those, such as Vitamin C, E, A and selenium.

There are many other ingredients, but these are the most common in every energy drink. Many people say that the boost of energy usually comes from caffeine and sugar only, and not those other ingredients. But like in many other energy supplements, the perfect combination of all those ingredients can only make them way they are. Luckily, there are lots of natural health products such as Nuriche today, so it is better to choose some of those, especially if you are not sure about effects of some ingredients. Let’s be realistic, they wouldn’t be energy drinks if they had only natural and 100% healthy ingredients, they would be only regular juices.

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