The dangers of energy drinks for your body.
Energy drinks have become very popular nowadays as a way to boost energy levels, wake you
up and improve exercise performance.
However, these drinks only give an artificial boost of energy by stimulating your adrenal
glands. This is not healthy long term and can cause some major damage to your health.
In today's video we will share with you the
12 dangers of energy drinks and how to reverse the damage in a healthy way.
1. Blood Pressure
Energy drinks contain high amounts of caffeine and sugar which act as stimulants to the body.
These give you a quick boost as they stimulate your adrenal glands to pump out more adrenaline
and cortisol. Although this makes you feel very awake and alert for a short time, it
is actually causing damage to your nervous system.
2. Heart Attack
Over time the high caffeine and sugar in energy drinks causes a hardening of the arteries,
which means they become stiff and less flexible. They then become clogged with calcium and
cholesterol which can lead to a heart attack, as the blood can no longer flow freely.
3. Stroke
Studies show that energy drinks also increase a person's risk of stroke by 500% percent.
The stimulants within the drink deplete your potassium reserves. This is an important electrolyte
which helps to recharge your cells and keep the heart beat in a regular rhythm. Energy
drinks can cause irregular heartbeat which leads to stroke.
4. Addiction
The high sugar in energy drinks spikes the blood sugar leading to a quick burst in energy.
This is dangerous for the body as the blood should only contain less than a teaspoon of
sugar. The body releases insulin from the pancreas to quickly remove the sugar from
the blood, which then causes you to feel tired again, with mood swings and low mood. This
also depletes your B1 levels making you feel like you need another energy drink. This causes
a cycle of addiction.
5. Muscle Weakness Many people believe that energy drinks will
improve their exercise performance and restore glycogen and sugar to the muscles. However
most energy drinks are loaded with high fructose corn syrup, dextrose and fructose. These types
of sugar go directly to the liver through the portal vein, and do not refuel the muscles
like regular sugar. In fact these sugars are the main cause of belly fat and fatty liver
disease.
Energy drinks also deplete magnesium, a key electrolyte which is needed to produce energy
in the mitochondria for exercise.
6. Diabetes After consuming too much sugar from energy
drinks and carbs the cells start to reject sugar and insulin. This leads to insulin resistance
and rapidly heightens your risk of diabetes, weight gain, obesity, arthritis, eye disorders,
heart attacks, strokes, and poor overall health.
7. Tiredness As the body becomes insulin resistant from
consuming energy drinks, important nutrients can no longer get inside the cells. This causes
waves of tiredness when you have 'come down' from the stimulants of the drink. You will
lose concentration, have poor memory, mood swings, tiredness and brain fog.
8. Insomnia
Drinking high amounts of caffeine is well known for causing insomnia and preventing
you from falling asleep at night. This is because the nervous system has become imbalanced
and the brain is overloaded with neurotransmitters. The adrenals will be producing too much cortisol,
keeping you feel stressed and tense at night. This causes you to drink more energy drinks
the following day, leading to an endless cycle.
9. Heart Palpitations Energy drinks cause dehydration, a boost in
stress hormones and a deficiency in potassium. All of these lead to a poor heart rhythm and
you may experience palpitations. This is where you feel that your heart is beating out of
your chest and can be very frightening. You can also feel this in your neck, ear and throat
when laying down.
10. Headaches You will experience lots of headaches or migraines
when you come down off energy drinks. These are withdrawal symptoms triggered mainly by
the caffeine but also the high amount of sugar.
11. Anxiety Studies have shown that some people contain
a genetic variation in the adenosine receptors. These people are more prone to anxiety disorder
when consuming caffeine and energy drinks. Large doses of caffeine can also cause panic
attacks in some individuals.
12. Drug Interaction Some of the ingredients in energy drinks can
cause problems by interacting with medications prescribed by a doctor. If you are taking
medication for depression be sure to cut the drinks out immediately.
As you can see there are many dangers of drinking energy drinks. We recommend avoiding these
at all costs and improving your energy levels naturally instead.
13. You can purchase electrolyte powders which
contain no sugar or caffeine. Electrolytes are electrically charged minerals which energise
the muscle and nerve cells in the body.
14. Magnesium is the one of the main electrolytes which feeds the mitochondria. These are the
powerhouses or energy factories of the cells. Magnesium triggers cellular respiration and
will give you endurance, strength, mental focus and energy.
15. Potassium is another important electrolyte
which regulates the heartbeat, helps the muscles to contract and relax, and works with magnesium
to keep the cells at full energy capacity.
You can get your magnesium and potassium easily by consuming large salads with leafy green
cruciferous vegetables. These will also detox your liver and help the mitochondria to make
pure cellular energy.
16. To fix your addiction to energy drinks you can take nutritional yeast, a natural
source of the B vitamin complex. This helps to restore your nervous system and restore
your sleep patterns. The natural B vitamins in nutritional yeast will also help your mitochondria
to produce energy.
17. Intermittent fasting can be used to balance your hormones and insulin. Simply eat all
of your meals within an 8-hour window during the day, and allow the rest of the day for
your body to rest and digest. This will rapidly boost your energy levels and you will have
no need to take stimulants and power drinks.
Intermittent fasting also triggers a process called mitophagy in the body. The body starts
to recycle old damaged mitochondria and make new healthy ones. These energy factories then
begin pumping out more energy for your muscles and nervous system.
18. Taking a shot of wheatgrass juice powder daily will supply lots of vitamin C and chlorophyll
for higher oxygen levels in the blood and improving the mood and energy.
To learn more about boosting energy levels,
be sure to see our next video entitled "Foods That Boost Energy Levels"
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