Not only can it help you boost your spirits before exercise, it turns out that energy drinks can also be consumed like this!

Energy drinks can be found everywhere in our lives. We may carry a can on our desks when we stay up late, in our bags before a game, or on our way to the gym. We all know that we can drink energy drinks when we exercise, stay up late, or want to concentrate, but do you know? In fact, after exercise is also a great time to replenish energy. Let the nutritionist explain it to you today!

It not only refreshes the mind, but also eliminates muscle fatigue and accelerates recovery.

The three most important ingredients in energy drinks are "caffeine, taurine and B vitamins". We are all familiar with these ingredients, but what are their actual effects? Let’s look at them one by one!

caffeine

Supplementing caffeine before exercise can improve fat utilization and enhance endurance exercise performance. If you take it after exercise and combine it with carbohydrate supplementation, it can accelerate the recovery of glycogen in the muscles, allowing you to fill up the energy consumed by exercise more quickly and quickly prepare for the next challenge!

Taurine

Taurine can be said to be the most distinctive representative ingredient of energy drinks. It is a type of amino acid. When we usually do high-intensity exercise or high-intensity mental work, taurine is an important nutrient to help us maintain our condition. So when we stay up late, we always think of energy drinks, but what if we supplement it after exercise?

According to research, taking taurine after exercise can reduce muscle fatigue, allowing us to enjoy exercise without worrying about fatigue affecting our lives.

Vitamin B complex

For people who exercise, it is very important to reduce fatigue and improve recovery efficiency. The body will be more or less worn out during exercise, so rest and recovery become particularly important.

In addition to being absolutely related to our metabolism and energy utilization, sufficient B vitamins are also important nutrients for stabilizing nerves and emotions. A sufficient amount of B vitamins can allow us to have better repair and recovery qualities. In addition, the hematopoietic and immune functions involved in the B complex can also help athletes maintain a healthier state.

In addition to before and after exercise, people with high brainpower and high labor can also drink it in moderation

It sounds like the ingredients in energy drinks can put us in better shape whether we take them before or after exercise, but what about other things besides exercise?

What other times in life could you use an energy drink? The main ingredients of energy drinks, such as carbohydrates, caffeine, taurine, and B vitamins, are nothing more than replenishing muscle energy and maintaining spirits. Therefore, people who require high mental effort and labor (such as engineers, construction workers, and marketing industry) or those who have irregular lifestyles and stay up late (students, e-sports players, musicians, etc.) can actually drink them in moderation if necessary.

Give priority to adjusting your lifestyle and don’t drink more than 3 cans a day!

In the past, we have all heard some myths about energy drinks, such as that they are just for early onset and acquired stamina, or some news reports abroad about people feeling unwell after drinking large amounts of them.

Nutritionists would like to remind everyone that excessive intake of caffeine, the main ingredient of energy drinks, can indeed put a burden on the body. Just like drinking coffee, drinking too many cups a day may affect your health. The recommended daily caffeine intake for adults is less than 300 mg. For the caffeine added to common energy drinks, there is no need to worry too much if the amount consumed a day is controlled within 3 cans (those who are used to drinking coffee, cola, tea, etc. are advised to reduce the amount slightly).

In addition, refined sugar must also be considered. When not exercising, it is not advisable to consume too much refined sugar. When used to boost spirits, one can is enough to replenish our physical strength.

Finally, the nutritionist still wants to remind everyone that energy drinks are only to supplement our food. The most fundamental thing is to adjust our daily routine. Only with enough sleep and rest can we have a healthier life and maintain better work efficiency!

This article comes from Good Food Class

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