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ETS TALK NUMBERS &IFTEEN PERCENT OF KIDS BETWEEN THE AGES OF TO ARE OVER WEIGHTˆTHATS DOUBLE THE NUMBER SINCE 7HATS MORE OUT OF CHILDREN WHO ARE OVERWEIGHT WILL REMAIN OVERWEIGHT AS ADULTS 4HIS IS BAD NEWS BECAUSE OBESITY IS LINKED TO CHRONIC DISEASES )N FACT PERCENT OF CHILDREN AGES TO YEARS SHOW AT LEAST ONE SIGN OF HEART DISEASE RISK AND FOR THE lRST TIME IN HISTORY MOST CHILDREN WILL HAVE SHORTER LIFE SPANS THAN THEIR PARENTS !ND ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTING CAUSES IS ENERGY DRINKS 9ES ENERGY DRINKS )F YOU BELIEVE THOSE mASHY SPORT DRINKS WILL GIVE YOU A PERFORMANCE EDGE YOUD BETTER TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LABELS ) PUT AN OUNCE OR TWO OF ' IN A GLASS OF APPLE JUICE )T MIXES INSTANTLY SO NOW ) HAVE A DELICIOUS DRINK THAT HAS MORE THAN A HUNDRED TIMES THE NATURAL NUTRIENT VALUE THAN THE PLAIN APPLE JUICE $R 'REG 3HEPARD #%/ AND &OUNDER "IGGER &ASTER 3TRONGER !

MAJOR INGREDIENT IN THESE SO CALLED hENERGYv DRINKS IS RElNED SUGAR OF THE HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP VARIETY 4HIS IS NOT A NATURAL PRODUCT )T IS MANUFACTURED SWEET SYRUPˆWITHOUT NUTRITION OR ANY OTHER BENElT BESIDES CALORIES 7HILE IT IS TRUE THAT ATHLETES SHOULD HAVE CARBOHYDRATES SHORTLY AFTER TRAINING OR PLAYING TO AID THE MUSCLES IN RECOVERY TOO MUCH SUGAR AS IN PRIMARILY HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP DRINKS RAISES INSULIN LEVELS HIGH AND QUICKLY CAUSING THAT TENDENCY TO CRASH ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER INTAKE 4HIS IS THE SAME REASON THAT SODAS ARE A BAD IDEA WELL ONE OF THE REASONS %XCESSIVE SUGAR IS LINKED TO DENTAL DECAY OBESITY CANCER BLOOD SUGAR DISORDERS TYPE )) DIABETES AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS INCLUD ING AGGRESSION AND !$$ 3UGAR CONSUMPTION INCREASES FAT STORAGE AND CAN DISRUPT BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS AND CAUSE US TO EAT MORE THAN WE NORMALLY WOULD )N ONE OF THE BIGGEST MARKETING CONS OF THE MODERN ERA MANY FOOD COMPANIES BEGAN PRODUCING LOW FAT FOODS REPLACING THE FAT WITH SUGAR TO ENHANCE THE TASTE 4HIS IS BAD NEWS FOR THE OVER WEIGHT ADULTS AS WELL AS CHILDREN AS SUGAR INCREASES OUR APPETITES SO WE EAT MORE )N ONE STUDY ON LOW FAT FOODS IT WAS FOUND THAT THOSE WHO SWITCHED TO LOW FAT ICE CREAM ATE TWICE AS MUCH AS THOSE WHO BOUGHT REGULAR ICE CREAM &URTHER WHEN YOU EAT A LOT OF LOW FAT FOODS ITS NOT AS SATISFYING AS HIGH FAT FOODS AND PEOPLE TEND TO EAT A LOT MORE TO COMPENSATE 2ESEARCH ALSO SHOWS THAT ENERGY DRINKS CAN CAUSE CHILDREN TO BE lDGETY HYPERACTIVE AND POSSIBLY RAGEFUL &URTHER GUARANINE ANOTHER COMMON INGREDIENT IN ENERGY DRINKS IS CHEMICALLY IDENTICAL TO CAFFEINE AND MAY INCREASE THE SIDE EF FECTS OF CAFFEINE )N ADDITION TO THEIR SHOCKINGLY HIGH LEVELS OF CAFFEINE AND SUGAR MANY ENERGY DRINKS INCLUDE MILK PROTEINS THAT CAN SLOW DOWN POST TRAINING RECOVERY BY GETTING THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM IN FULL SWING WHILE THE BODY IS TRYING TO COOL DOWN AND RECOVER FROM EXERTION !

LITTLE PROTEIN RIGHT AFTER A WORKOUT IS lNE A LOT IS NOT !ND DONT FORGET THAT MANY SO CALLED ENERGY DRINKS DONT HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF GOOD ENERGY PRODUCING INGREDIENTS IN THAT THEY ARE LOADED WITH ARTIlCIAL SWEETENERS AND WITH ADDITIVES THAT ARE UNHEALTHY NUTRITIONALLY VOID AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS /THER THAN THEIR CALORIES THERE IS LITTLE OR NO NUTRITIONAL VALUE IN ENERGY DRINKS 4O SUM IT UP -OST ENERGY DRINKS ARE BAD NEWS )S 4HERE A 0ERFECT (EALTH $RINK !THLETES TAKE NOTE 4HE lRST STEP TO GOOD NUTRITION AND IMPROVING ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE IS TO STOP CONSUMING HARMFUL ENERGY DRINKS AND REPLACE THEM WITH SOMETHING THAT IS GOOD FOR YOU 3O WHATS THE SOLUTION WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A DRINK THAT WILL QUENCH !NOTHER UNDESIRABLE INGREDIENT IN ENERGY DRINKS IS CAFFEINE #AFFEINE HAS ADDICTIVE QUALITIES AND WITH DRAWAL MAY CAUSE DROWSINESS IRRITABILITY NAUSEA VOMITING DEPRESSION AND DIFlCULTY IN SLEEPING YOUR RAGING POST GAME THIRST HELP YOUR BODY RECOVER AND ACTUALLY IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH WITHOUT BEING A MEAL SUBSTI TUTE !N IDEAL ENERGY DRINK WOULD HAVE LOTS OF NUTRITION TO HELP YOUR BODY RECOVER AND HEAL NOT MUCH PROTEIN SOME NATURAL SUGAR BUT NO ARTIlCIAL SWEETENERS 7E FOUND JUST SUCH A DRINK AND ARE CONlDENT TO RECOMMEND IT AS THE BEST POST TRAINING RECOVERY OPTION IN LIQUID FORM OUT THERE )TS ' SUBSTANCE YOUR BODY CONVERTS INTO VITAMIN !

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IN ' IS TIMES THAT IN THE EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF CARROTS )MPORTANTLY THE BETA CAROTENE AND VITAMIN % ARE ABSORBED WELL UNLIKE THESE VITAMINS IN ENERGY DRINKS WITHOUT ANY FAT OR IN SUPPLE MENTS TAKEN WITHOUT FOOD HAVING FAT BECAUSE IN ' THEY ARE SUSPENDED WITH LIPIDS SPECIlCALLY LIPOCAROTENES FATS THAT PROMOTE ABSORPTION /+ SO ITS GOT A WEIRD NAME ,ETS HAVE A LOOK AT WHATS IN IT AND WHY IT IS SUCH A GREAT DRINK FOR ALL ATHLETES ' IS NOT LIKE YOUR TYPICAL RECONSTITUTED ORANGE JUICE )TS MADE FROM THE AMAZINGLY NUTRITIONAL !SIAN GAC FRUIT ALONG WITH THREE OTHER VERY HEALTHFUL FRUITSˆ3IBERIAN PINEAPPLE #HINESE LYCIUM FRUIT AND CILI FRUIT ALL ENORMOUSLY RICH IN ANTIOXIDANTS 4HE LEVELS OF TWO FANTASTICALLY BENElCIAL NUTRIENTS ARE VERY HIGH IN ' LYCOPENE ANOTHER POWERFUL ANTIOXIDANT AND CAN CER PROTECTIVE PLANT CHEMICAL AND ZEAXANTHAN 4HE #HINESE LYCIUM FRUIT IN ' CONTAINS TIMES MORE ZEAXANTHAN THAN CORN SO IT IS A SUPERIOR SOURCE COMPARED WITH OTHER TYPICAL FOODS AND ' HAS TIMES THE LYCOPENE OF TOMOTOES 9OUD HAVE TO EAT A LOT OF TOMATOES TO MATCH ONE GLASS OF ' h7HATS AN ANTIOXIDANTv ) HEAR YOU SAYING !NTIOXIDANTS ARE CHEMICALS IN FOODS PRIMARILY VITAMINS BUT ALSO SOME MIN ERALS CO ENZYMES AND OTHER SUBSTANCES THAT STOP HARMFUL CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN THE BODY 4HESE REACTIONS OCCUR WHEN FREE ELECTRONS CAUSE CHAIN REACTIONS AND LEAVE UNSTABLE MOL ECULES IN THEIR WAKE 4HESE MOLECULES CALLED FREE RADICALS NO THESE ARE NOT UNIMPRISONED TERRORISTS CAN CAUSE $.!

DAMAGE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISEASES AND ACCELERATE THE AGING PROCESS 3TRENUOUS EXERCISE PRODUCES AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FREE RADICAL REACTIONS DUE TO ITS ACCELERATING EFFECT ON METABO LISM )NCREASED METABOLISM IS ESSENTIALLY AN INCREASE IN THE COMBUSTION PROCESS THAT RUNS THE BODY AS MUSCLES BURN MORE CALORIES FOR FUEL AND AS RESPIRATION RATES INCREASE 3O IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE MORE ANTIOXIDANTS YOU HAVE ON HAND TO QUENCH THESE DANGEROUS REACTIONS THE BETTER OFF YOU WILL BEˆTHE FASTER YOU WILL RECOVER THE LESS STRESS YOUR BODY WILL SUFFER AND THE BETTER YOUR HEALTH WILL BE PROTECTED 'AC JUICE IS ABSOLUTELY LOADED WITH FREE RADICAL lGHTERS IN THE FORM OF THE ANTIOXIDANTS BETA CAROTENE A PRECURSOR TO VITAMIN !

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From BFS Magazine — May/June 2005. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).