energy drinks – Always Feeling Tired? Give These Natural Energy Boosters A Try
Always Feeling Tired? Give These Natural Energy Boosters A Try
When you seem to be always struggling just to get through the day, natural energy boosters may be the healthier alternative than always relying on sugar-rich energy drinks. Some of the leading causes of fatigue are lack of sleep, poor nutrition, and stress. When you feel tired, it’s just the body sending signals that it isn’t getting enough sources of energy to last the day. It’s a good thing that there are ways to get yourself refreshed in the middle of the day without taking in excessive caffeine.
It’s important for you to understand first and foremost the role that different substances can play as an energy booster. Sugar may give you that quick surge of energy you need but it doesn’t stay that way for long and you may even suddenly feel more lethargic than before. Some energy products contain an unfamiliar substance called guarana, but that’s really just caffeine in another form. Others have niacin which can also pep you up, although what this chemical does is open up your capillaries and give you an energy rush which stays longer than one from sugar and doesn’t cause you to crash. Still, it’s best to go with natural energy boosters.
If you’re putting too much effort in concentrating on whatever it is you’re doing or even just keeping your eyes open, the first thing that you should do is to get up and get moving. Do a bit of stretching or any physical activity to speed up your heart rate and respiration. This action also helps circulate oxygen around the body, making you feel energized. While exercising may not be the first thing you think of when you’re tired, it’s one of the quickest ways to get back your energy.
With some individuals, that constant sluggish feeling may actually stem from a deficiency in their diet. In this case, the best remedy for this is to take up a health supplement like acai berry. Acai is a good source of protein, which, together with omega fatty acids, serves as fuel to the body to keep it invigorated for a long time. What’s important about omega fatty acids is that the body alone cannot produce them and they can only be had through food intake. Acai also contains essential vitamins and minerals, plus a high level of antioxidants. If you feel your d
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iet may be the cause of your lack of energy, acai supplements may be just what you need.
Aside from the above tips, getting a good night’s rest is also essential to maintaining your energy level. The body does need to recharge after hours of functioning and if it doesn’t get that, it’s but natural that it will not be in top condition the following day. You should also make sure that you get the right amount of water intake daily. Dehydration is a common cause for fatigue and lethargy and what’s interesting is that many fail to realize they are actually dehydrated. Try all these natural energy boosters and you’ll find you won’t be needing those quick fixes after all.
By: Allison Jacobs
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Supposedly Americans consume an average of 280 milligrams of caffeine per day. That would be about three cups of coffee. Then again, we’re not all taking in our caffeine by way of coffee…
So What is Caffeine?
Caffeine occurs naturally in many plants and serves as a mildly addictive stimulant that our country appears more than mildly addicted to.
We now manufacture the chemical and so we don’t have to rely on plants to get it anymore. We then market it to kids, teens and adults for a hefty profit. Some people think this is horrible. But others cannot survive in our fast-paced modern society without it.
Are Energy Drink Caffeine Levels Too High?
Here are the energy drink caffeine contents of some popular brands:
Brand / Mg of Caffeine per Ounce
Rockstar: 10
Monster: 10
Redbull: 9.5
Coffee: 7-51
Coca Cola Classic: 2.9
It is said that anywhere between 200-300 milligrams of caffeine has little effect on the average adult. On the other hand, push 600 milligrams and you could experience the side effects many have reported including nausea, insomnia, heart arrhythmia, irritability, nervousness, anxiety, muscle tremors and headaches.
In the case of caffeine overdose, factors such as age, weight, stress, drug use (legal and not), smoking habits and other conditions play a significant role. But no matter what your lifestyle is and no matter what your biology, you are still vulnerable to caffeine overdose.
Let’s look now at how much caffeine there is per can of some popular energy drinks:
Brand / Mg of Caffeine
Rockstar 16 ounces: 160
Monster 16 ounces: 160
Redbull 8 ounces: 80
Coffee 8 ounces: 57-145
Coke 12 ounces: 35
Still nothing wrong here, right? We’re nowhere near that 600 milligram mark…
Wrong.
People don’t slowly sip their energy drinks like they do their piping hot coffee. They pound them. And they don’t drink one over the course of an hour like they do their coffee either. Many people, young people especially, chase one can with another and chase that one with yet another.
And since some energy drink companies are beginning to package their liquid energy in larger and larger cans, these kids are beginning to take in dangerous levels of caffeine.
This is scary when combined with the fact that many energy drinks market themselves towards the party crowd and the sports crowd. How healthy can it be to be pumping these kinds of energy drink caffeine levels into our bodies when it’s proven that caffeine raises our heart rates and gives us headaches amongst other things?
What Should We Know About Energy Drink Caffeine Levels? Limiting yourself to one serving from time to time should be no harm to you. But beware of the ever-increasing size of the cans and do a quick calculation of how much caffeine you’re consuming in total.
What You Need to Do: Before you buy your next bottle or can, inform yourself about what you’re consuming and consider an alternative healthy energy drink.
Everyone needs a boost from time to time. We just deserve to know about what we choose to consume.
Why you should NOT drink iced drinks.
There’s a saying in Chinese medicine that goes: “ABOVE ALL ELSE, PROTECT YOUR DIGESTION.” By “digestion”, they mean processing of both FOOD and FLUIDS. Think about this…
If you aren’t processing FOODS properly, you aren’t turning food into BLOOD and ENERGY (“Qi,” as the Chinese call it) for your organs to function properly – so your organs are literally “fatigued” and can’t perform their jobs well.
Your heart CAN’T function. Your lungs can’t function. Your kidneys, bladder, liver, gall bladder, stomach and intestines are all “fatigued” and can’t do their job.
And, your IMMUNE SYSTEM doesn’t have the energy to protect you from cancer, colds, flu, radiation, etc.
And that’s just the problems with not processing foods. If you’re not processing FLUIDS properly…
..fluid collects in your tissues (Chinese medicine calls this condition “Dampness”.)
This FLUID ultimately congeals, and becomes a condition called “Phlegm” (this includes, but is not the same as, having phlegm or mucus.)
This “Phlegm” leads to obesity, depression, urinary infections, dementia, seizures, cysts and tumors, sinus headaches, allergies, all breathing problems like sinusitis, asthma, COPD, and a host of other problems.
Furthermore… the processing of food and fluids includes ELIMINATION… so you will have problems with constipation, diarrhea and urination.
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If you look through my website at www.natural-health-remedies.net you’ll see that all the diseases listed there have improper eating as one of the main causes of that condition.
In some cases, the problems come directly from the food itself. But, in most cases, the problem comes from how the food negatively affects your digestion, with the weakened digestion then leading to the disease condition.
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So, how do COLD DRINKS damage your ability to process food and fluids?
Here’s a simple analogy…
When you put water on the stove, it moves faster… there’s more activity.
When you put water in the freezer, it slows down (freezes)… there’s less activity.
Cold DECREASES activity. Heat INCREASES activity.
Chinese medicine describes the act of digestion as a WARM process. Energy (and life itself) is warm. When we are dead, we’re stone cold dead…
It has been shown through THOUSANDS of years of observation in China that, if we drink chilled or cold liquids, we decrease our digestive activity.
We HURT this warm process of digestion (cold negates heat).
FIRST OF ALL, this causes food and liquid to be digested poorly. Similar to when your car can’t completely combust fuel, food isn’t digested properly and you’re left with a sludge (which, in Chinese Medicine, is called “STAGNANT FOOD” and/or “PHLEGM”.)
That “SLUDGE” is often the ROOT CAUSE of problems such as a weak immune system, weight gain, fatigue, cysts, allergies, sinusitis and certain types of headaches.
SECONDLY, warming up the cold fluids CONSUMES energy (heat), leaving you with a net loss of energy.
THIRD, your weakened digestion now can’t produce good quality energy from the food you eat, leaving you with less energy for your organs to function properly…
..do you get the picture? You can (and will) end up with nearly every disease imaginable.
What to do about this?
You MIGHT be lucky enough to have strong digestion and not feel too affected by cold drinks. Consider yourself blessed. But, if you’re already in a somewhat weakened state…
..drinking COLD drinks might be one of the “straw’s” that breaks the camels back. Here’s my advice:
If you have ice water with your meals, stop.
If you drink your drinks cold from the refrigerator, stop.
Drink no more than a teacup of room temperature or warm water (or green tea) with your meals.
If you eat at restaurants, tell the waiter “No ice, please!”
One the biggest offenders is the ice water you get out at the restaurant. Just before eating a big meal, you put out your “digestive fire” (read that as DAMAGE your digestion) with that freezing cold water. Big mistake!
Iced drinks really aren’t good for anybody. Nature didn’t intend for us to frequently drink cold or frozen liquids. Refrigerators and freezers are extremely recent in terms of the history of human diet.
Not to mention, there’s just not a lot of refrigerators out there in nature!
*** Think about the implications of COLD FOODS here, too. Obviously, they’re equally damaging. ***
It may take some getting used to, but drinking room temperature or warmer water is a good first step toward being healthier.
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Keep it warm!
About The Author
Bob Dorris, D.O.M. (Doctor of Oriental Medicine) is a Florida state licensed acupuncturist for the past 13 years and a long time practitioner of alternative medicine. He has published many articles and conducted workshops and lectures throughout the U.S.
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