Do Energy Drinks REALLY Give You More Energy? Dr Ekberg

Do energy drinks work? Stay tuned I'll explain how it works.

Hey I'm Dr. Ekberg with Wellness For Life and if you'd like to master health

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hit that notification so that you don't miss anything. Do energy drinks really

work? What do they do? Well it all depends on how you define that question because

it's sort of like asking do credit cards work. Well of course they do but it

depends on what you want out of it. So an energy drink can't truly give you energy

any more than a credit card can truly give you wealth. Both have their

applications so if you're having a really sluggish day or if you have some

deadlines to get through and you need a temporary boost of energy and focus sure

you can take an energy drink and you can get through that crisis that event a

little bit better. But if you're looking long-term to provide the body with more

energy then it doesn't really work any more than a credit card can get you

wealthy so the only way that you truly get energy is if you supply your body

the things that it needs to make energy so your cells make energy your

mitochondria inside the cells is what actually makes most of that energy so

you need fuel substrates you need fat protein carbohydrates then you need

oxygen and then you need all these little cofactors such as vitamins and

minerals and all the little stuff in between and if you provide all that and

there's not much too much stuff in the way then your cells can make energy and

if you take an energy drink however and you feel that boost of energy that's not

really making energy that's called a stimulant and a stimulant is kind of

like your whipping a horse that's plowing the

field sure you can get him to go a little bit further but if you don't

provide some rest and some proper nutrients and some environment for that

to recover then it's not gonna work very long so every time that you take a

stimulant it's sort of like you're using a credit card you are borrowing from the

resources of the body sure it'll get you through the next little thing through

the next period of time but it's not building you energy so if you're looking

to get through a couple of stressful hours sure use it occasionally if you

feel like you have to but understand it is not a healthy thing because just like

a credit card you're gonna have to pay it back at some point you are paying

with your health so occasionally it probably is not gonna hurt you too much

even though I wouldn't necessarily recommend it

long-term I would definitely not recommend it so let me know what your

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