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this may be in the wrong place.
i have been told by one person that drinking enegry drinks makes you gain weight (for obvious reasons) but i was told by another that it speeds up your digestion and you loose weight, i was just wondering if anybody knew the truth? im inclined to believe its the first one.
dont worry im not going to go on an extreme energy drink diet, i was just wondering.
i have been told by one person that drinking enegry drinks makes you gain weight (for obvious reasons) but i was told by another that it speeds up your digestion and you loose weight, i was just wondering if anybody knew the truth? im inclined to believe its the first one.
dont worry im not going to go on an extreme energy drink diet, i was just wondering.
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Normally if I want energy there and then I'll down a glass of smoothie or juice or something.
It depends what you do with this extra energy though. If you go swimming and running marathons, you probably wont find yourself gaining weight, on the other hand if you chillin' on the couch with a vodka and red bull everynight it could cause you to put weight on.
sugar = energy so makes you gain weight
caffeine = a diuretic which makes you loose water from your body and speeds up your metabolism but i wouldn't say enough to significantly loose weight given its overly counteracted by the sugar content.
It's why drinking red bull with alcohol is even worse as alcohol is a depressant.
I drink the stuff almost everyday and when exams arise I drink it for at least 10 hours of the day.
Vodka redbull is my fave drink on a night out too, so I'm really considering cutting it right down now :no:
Haha yeah it's my favourite drink too. I've tried to cut down alot recently though.
I had this fucked up red bull rip energy drink called 'Merlin' in a pub last night. It had loads of crazy pictures all over the can and tastes like banana.
I read in a magazine this weekend that it's pretty much impossible to speed up your metabalism using drinks and things like diet pills. The only way to really speed it up is through exercise and increasing muscle mass in your body, as muscle burns more calories that fat. So I wouldn't rely on energy drinks to speed up you metabolism.
Ive always been weary of alcohol and redbull, when i was a kid someone told me a horror story that you would get cancer if you got it... now im older i realise its not true but i'm still weary of it.
My ex used to drink 4 red bull to wake him up if he had a late night before work... really bad i know!!
Well if your heart is working harder then you will be using mor energy through that if nothing else, so yes your metabolism will eb increased to cope with the extra demand you place on your body, common sense really.
Diet pills, which i'm presuming containing some sort of amphetamine derivative, like ephedrine maybe, would do the same and also dampen down your appetite.
Not saying it's a good idea, cos it isn't, just saying that it will have some sort of effect.
In the long run, like someone has said, energy drinks are crap as there is so much sugar in them and too much caffine isn't good for you.
Which is exactly what I have been saying too...
In the end it's people wantig a shortcut to losing weight when they'd have been better off just doing the sensible thing, eat less/better and do some excercise!
Oh how did he do that! When I used to drive to visit my parents (400 miles) I'd have about 3 or 4 and a couple coffee's and I'd shake the rest of the night (though I never realized it, apperantly I was real annoying to be close to) and just lay awake exausted but unable to sleep! It was pure torture (and thats why I did it every time
Ephedrine again is good and does speed up metabolism etc but then it's a stimulant at the end of the day, so it depends how your body agrees with them.
For me, I am hyper-sensitive and even a can or two of coke can leave me crash off the caffeine and feeling like shit! Once I did ephedrine for 6 months straight and I couldn't get out of bed for a week almost when I came off!
Anyway, to the actual 'energy' drinks like lucozade etc, these are good to have POST work-out, ie. the simple fast acting carbs rush into the body and replenish glycogen stores.. only if you haven't got a more suitable alternative to hand though..
I'm not surprised you felt like that after doing ephedrine for that long. I'd personally feel less ill if i was doing actual speed rather than lots of ephedrine!
Haven't taken any since back then actually, may have a crack sometime in the future see how I get on with them for a pre-workout boost.
I know, i tryed to tell him to stop. Ive had more than one to try stay awake a few times and i didnt think it worked until i got all shaky and couldnt sleep.