EPTHealthy Alternative to Energy drinks? - Page 2
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Mothra
United States1448 Posts
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ArvickHero
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Kh0rne
Australia85 Posts
1) sleep per night 2) exercise 3) drink water & eat healthy 1)having a good sleep helps with your energy throughout the day so much. 2)getting your blood flowing and the chemical release that exercise gives you helps ENORMOUSLY. seriously just doing 20 pushups and 20 situps when you wake up or while the computer boots up will help you a lot. 3) keep hydrated,but dont overdo it. (Water should be your drink of choice) Eating healthy snacks > eating fatty/ sugary snack foods. Try to keep something like oranges / apples in the fridge instead of a candy bar or an energy drink. Fruit is also delicious  I'm glad that you have started to fix the energy drink problem you were having. It can be very unhealthy if you overdo it. | ||
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Deleted User 61629
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C:asper
United States17 Posts
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Elegy
United States1629 Posts
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hazefrog
United States16 Posts
This stuff is godnectar for me. Gives me energy, mental clarity and puts me in a good mood. | ||
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NarutO
Germany18839 Posts
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
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HardlyNever
United States1258 Posts
I'm not trying to be a douche in your blog, but you might need to seriously reconsider your life, and not just what you are drinking. | ||
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Ulfsark
United States958 Posts
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LaSt)ChAnCe
United States2179 Posts
maybe replace them with water eh | ||
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Snuggles
United States1865 Posts
Another thing is to try to replace the things you like to snack on with fruits and veggies. Like oranges, bananas, and celery. It does a great deal in the long run for your health. | ||
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seiferoth10
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I've moved to the sugarfree varieties of energy drinks and diet sodas (diet Dr. Pepper is aaammaaazzziiinnngg) when eating out, else ice water most of the time. When I want something flavored, usually Arizona iced tea is what I grab, the calorie/serving ratio is pretty decent compared to sodas/juices. Don't believe the hype, energy drinks aren't poison, they're just a coffee alternative. Treat them as such. | ||
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Gatsbi
United States1134 Posts
I don't use them very often, but they work very well. | ||
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MattBarry
United States4006 Posts
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xmShake
United States1100 Posts
Your caffeine tolerance is probably way fucked up right now so the first step is to just cut the redbull for starters. If you need something to perk you up in the morning then drink some coffee or black tea; if you have trouble staying awake after this you probably aren't getting enough sleep. Try to get 8-9 hours of sleep and go to bed at the same time / wake up at the same time every day. If you get sleepy during the day, take a 20 minute nap around 1pm, but make sure to wake up immediately and do not stay in bed. You can increase the benefit by drinking a cup of tea or coffee beforehand and you get hit with the caffeine right as you're waking up. Overall the best alternative is to not use them since they cost a lot of money and unhealthy (sugar), but tea and coffee are acceptable alternatives assuming you don't use too much sugar (preferably none). | ||
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Hurricane
United States3939 Posts
Energy drinks/coffee will help you get up, but I've found them to be pretty useless unless I really need to stay up and get something done (ironically tonight is one of those nights). The hardest part by far is the first 5-10 minutes after getting out of bed, after that you should be fine. Just force yourself to get up and make breakfast or something. Getting your body moving will help immensely with waking up and food will give you energy to stay awake. I'm guessing that you drink so much redbull because you feel tired after the effects of the last one you drank wear off. If you get a reasonable amount of sleep (6+hours) and you have food in your stomache and you are hydrated there should be no need for energy drinks. | ||
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Endymion
United States3701 Posts
On January 30 2012 03:10 mOnion wrote: most of the drowsiness you feel in the morning stems from the amount of water you lose during the night while you're constantly exhaling rhythmically without any interruption for 8 or so hours. SO fixing that dehydration in the morning is top priority, so my routine in the morning is downing a bottle/glass of water while my coffee brews. so like eri said, coffee is certainly better than red bull. also I would recommend apples in the morning for their water and caffeine supplement as well. (I literally buy like a shitton of apples on like a boring sunday afternoon and just chop em up into a large bowl which is like my "breakfast snack bowl") good luck with your switch! also working out is a great way to stretch your energy. as in waking up at a regular hour, and doing a fitness exercise. this will carry your more nutritious wake-up cycle throughout the day so you don't crash in the afternoon. wow i never knew that dehydration from sleep makes you tired, weird | ||
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Arterial
Australia1039 Posts
You'll be awake in no time. | ||
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