energy drinks

[wilsonian]

bit of a daft question, but i've been drinking lucozade alot recently but i'm now feeling the downer (after runing out)!

can any one recommend a good energy drink that has the least amount of a down side?

[Agent]

Red bull : Just sends you hyperactive for a few hours if you drink 3+ in a short time.

Or maybe thats just me...

[wiltonson]

do you guys actually find those energy drink really work? to me it's just like another softdrink. perhaps the enhancement is only minimal

[scottyman]

it's the sugar =- I think generally fructose which enters the bloodstream faster.

other stimulants can be added

[wiltonson]

but if you watch those advert, it gave the impression that you will get extra boost of energy. in reality i don't feel any difference.

[Russ]

lucozade sport is always the way to go.

[wilsonian]

well i have been drinking the sprts stuff.

i find red bull gives me a good shot but it's so damn expensive!

[headbrace]

Jolt Cola, the best damn energy drink. Period. Tho Irn-Bru is pretty good too

[Stringent]

I once had Red Bull, Lucozade and a cup of black expresso coffee after each other. I was buzzing for ages!

[Rabs]

I cant remember where I saw it but it was proven that unless you drunk about 5 cans of red bull there was no affect on energy etc

[Theo]

The RAC brought out their own so-called "energy drink" which is supposedly something like 5 times stronger than Red Bull. Still - doesn't beat a packet of proplus being washed down with a cup of black coffee.

[Rabs]

Hehe, yeah pro plus and a black coffee is groovy

[Punky]

if you drink a load of Red Bull or similar in a short period of time (3-4hrs) then you can experience what is called a 'red bull crash'. u just pass out and go all wierd. my friend said it happened to one of his mates, and it was well wierd. i dunno why it happens though.

[Theo]

Someone in the Bolton club scene died about 4 or 5 years ago, I think I heard it was something to do with drinking too much Red bull and Vodka, but it was a long time ago... and I'm currently having trouble remembering what day it is atm.

[Knoxville]

8 double vodka and red bulls seriously messed up my mate once, she couldn't remember a thing that'd happened like a few seconds earlier.......:/

im up for doing 25 of them in a night aswell

[Elmo]

too much red bull accelerates the heart rate causing you to feint/pass out.

It's the taurine (bull hormone) that supplies the energy, but you gotta drink a couple of cans before it actually give you physical energy. 1 can does me before a nice 3 hour exam and keeps my brain working, but that's the only time i really drinkt he stuff cos it's so expensive.

the lucozade sport stuff works for a quick injection of energy as it has pure glucose in it which is absorbed into the blood stream quicker and is used in its normal form (i.e isnt broken down ) to produce ATP (the form of energy used by the body)