• Question: Does enery drinks actually work?

    Asked by jannynishy11 to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 20 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by macklev2.
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      Sean Murphy answered on 20 Mar 2012:

      They do for me. Regardless of what other additives they claim are beneficial, these energy drinks are basically concentrated sugar and caffeine drinks. Any other ingredients have only minimal effect in keeping you alert and awake. Typically these energy drinks can have as much sugar as a can of coke, and as much caffeine as 1-2 coffees. You should try and keep consumption of energy drinks to a minimum as they are not good for you. Easier said than done on an early morning.

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      Lena Ciric answered on 20 Mar 2012:

      I think they work, too. I’m no good with caffeine so I never have the red bull type drinks. I do have lucozade type drinks after running, though. To be honest, I think as long as you have something sugary and something salty it would have the same effect – you need to replace the water and salt from sweating and the calories you’ve lost (or some of them anyway…).

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      Laura Waters answered on 21 Mar 2012:

      They help but not for long. Best to use them with something longer lasting like pasta or bread too.

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    ogoldfinch09 commented on :

    The question really is “Do energy drinks have more energy than regular drinks?” because they obviously all contain some amount of energy. You would have to compare the amount of joules of the energy drinks to the amount of joules of other drinks to tell if they have more energy in them but sometimes the term “energy drink” is just a sales ploy.