In recent times, our society has been saturated with various
highly caffeinated energy drinks which the intake supposedly tends to
portray one who takes it as being socially inclined, especially when it
is combined with other alcoholic drinks.
If you are one
of the many who imbibe in taking energy drinks copiously, especially in
an effort to party longer, exercise better and what have you, then you
might want to have a rethink before you open the next can.
*Energy Drinks
Although
energy drinks have their many advantages and positive side effects, the
impact of these drinks also depends on how they are consumed. Many
people tend to abuse them, drinking more than one at a time and even
mixing them with alcohol.
If you consume energy drinks while
sweating, the effects can be particularly dangerous. Yes, you read
right;The effects can be dangerous because you can be severely
dehydrated quickly especially as it makes you to urinate in unhealthily
quick successions.
It is true that energy drinks improve
performance, increase concentration and speed and it also stimulate
metabolism but do you know that you can experience all those
afore-mentioned benefits through adequate sleep? Ironically, excessive
intake of these energy drinks disturb your sleeping patterns. Does that
not suggest anything to you?
Sadly, these drinks have a
misrepresentation of the volumes of the various ingredients that make up
the contents of each can.These misrepresentations are written cleverly
in illegible lettering making most consumers who will rather not want to
go through the stress of checking what has been written on the can
before gulping down the content to be misled....and also easing the
manufacturers off the blames of misinforming the public about the
nutritional facts and over dosing the public with caffeine and vitamins.
Energy
drinks contain more caffeine than a cup of coffee, plus an unimaginable
quantity of sugar and other chemicals that pose great threats to your
health when there is too much intake. Now, calculate the amount of cans
you take per day and imagine what your health condition holds for you in
few years' time.
Have you ever noticed that when you take your
various energy drinks,you experience an immediate surge of strength
which does not last forever? I know nothing lasts forever but shouldn't
stimulants like energy drinks last for a reasonable long while? They
succeed in stimulating your nervous system quickly and make you feel
energetic at first and when all the sugar in your bloodstream are used
up, you are left feeling more fatigued than you were before the intake.
Other
negative side effects like inordinate mental coordination, drowsiness,
irregular heartbeat, jitters and anxiousness should make you slow down
on the intake of these drinks. Are you having a re-think already?
- by Adams Odunayo
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