Accelerate Natural Energy

For years, many people have turned to energy drinks for an added kick to help them get through the day or other stressful situations. Do all the ingredients in energy drinks really work? The answer is very controversial. Many ingredients in energy drinks, such as Taurine, are added because of hype or inconclusive evidence.

Most tests on individual ingredients are funded by energy drink companies and corporations. The tests are extremely controlled and biased for positive results. These tests often return a broad correlation, but very rarely conclusive evidence stating that an ingredient (that isn’t a stimulant,) causes, in the case of energy drinks, an increase in performance.

Using Taurine as another example. There have been TONS of scientific tests run on the effects of Taurine combined with Caffeine. Energy drink companies often claim that Taurine combined with caffeine is the secret combination to enhanced performance. When searching for answers, I could not find one test that was paid for by an unbiased source–all were funded by energy drink companies. After reading more about this combination on webmd.com and other trusted medical websites, which stated that the finding of Taurine combined with Caffeine increasing performance “remains controversial”.

On top of skewed tests, there is no known long-term knowledge about the effects of supplementing with such high amounts of Taurine and similar ingredients. Although Taurine is a naturally occurring amino acid, in the past it was rarely consumed in the quantities that it is today.

In response to the influx of energy drinks on the market, many companies are emerging with new, natural energy supplements. These are marketed as a healthy alternative to energy drinks. These natural energy supplements often include some sort of stimulant, like energy drinks, but replace many controversial ingredients with natural alternatives. They may even be more effective than energy drinks in improving performance.

If biased and inconclusive test results aren’t enough to sway you from reaching for an energy drink next time you feel drowsy, consider their unknown, long-term effects. There are a lot of secrets hiding behind the pretty labels of energy drinks on the market. Don’t let the marketing get the best of you. I’d personally rather be certain about my health, than have to question safety of the unfulfilling jolt of energy provided by an energy drink.

There are multiple ways to naturally increase energy. Stick around, I will cover them in a later post.