Energy Drinks

iamstop

How often do you normally consume energy drinks?

I'd only rarely have the one red bull and dark rum (with lime) if I'm out on a night and feeling a bit less energized then I think would be needed to stay up till home time but I know a few people who drink energy drinks on the regular.
I'd drink the odd coffee during the day to keep me alert if I had important work to do but that'd be it.

gerbear1

I drink a red bull or monster either every day or every 2 days.

MrStuffins

Is it just me or do energy drinks not work?

gerbear1

MrStuffins wrote: »

Is it just me or do energy drinks not work?

They always give me a boost.

phasers

Whenever I fancy one, maybe once a week or so?


Once though I had to finish a huge essay for college in one day, so I downed five of them in one go. I swear, I was like Fry when he drank the 300 cups of coffee

cesc77

Never.Amazing how humanity existed without energy before advertising came along.

FatherLen

i like them and tend to drink them when i have enough money to spend the shocking amount of money they cost.


i dont like that too many of them gives ya the shits

starviewadams

They're full of nasty stuff,stick to the auld water myself!

phasers

FatherLen wrote: »

i like them and tend to drink them when i have enough money to spend the shocking amount of money they cost.


i dont like that too many of them gives ya the shits

€2 shops are your friend, five cans for €2

Overheal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs

Cupcake_Crisis

I cant drink them anymore. I used to be addicted to them and now even the smell of some of them makes me feel sick.

Alter-Ego

I try not to drink them but you just can't beat a Lucozade for easing a hangover.

Pherekydes

Is Tyskie an energy drink?

flutterflye

Never.

About 3 coffees a day though.
Although there is only a certain window of temperature perfection, so I never finish the cup.

kfallon

Drink Spar Berry Isotonic stuff before I go playing football so that's 3 times a week....other than that I avoid them!

Overheal

flutterflye wrote: »

Never.

About 3 coffees a day though.
Although there is only a certain window of temperature perfection, so I never finish the cup.

http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Coffee-MWBLK-Mug-Warmer/dp/B000CO89T8

flutterflye

Overheal wrote: »

http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Coffee-MWBLK-Mug-Warmer/dp/B000CO89T8

Ha! Thanks

g'em

MrStuffins wrote: »

Is it just me or do energy drinks not work?

It's not just you

Caffeine tablets are the shizz though.

Miwadi + couple of spoons of sugar + teaspoon of salt + 200mg caffine = energy drink equal to anything on the market in terms of "energy" benefits.

cesc77

Ah,the Lucozade.....you cant beat it.But that,I think is more due to the lovely taste as opposed to the pickup which caffeine loaded drinks give you.Tiredness is a weakness of the mind.We convince ourselves that we need a pickmeup.Get up and go for a walk or shake yourself mentally.

I wonder how our forefathers coped without these taurine loaded supplements?

baaaaaa

galwayrush

Orange Monster, 2 cans most days, definitely works.
Green Monster with Jaegermesiter, now that really works.;)

super_furry

cesc77 wrote: »

I wonder how our forefathers coped without these taurine loaded supplements?

They died.

Check mate.

Big Nasty

I don't get any kick out of them at all. Same with coffee - warm drinks make me sleepy. I could down four double espressos and not notice a thing.

Nothing like a bottle of luco on a Sunday morning though!

cesc77

super_furry wrote: »

They died.

Check mate.

They may have died,but they didnt have this crap coursing through their veins to help them through the day.They just got on with things.

Oh,you were being humorous there......Nice one.

shoulda said check,to give me a chance to come back before youre ultimate finish.Perchance thats all ye have:pac:

Naikon

I drink at least two large tablespoons worth of instant coffee a day. Energy drinks on top of that depending on the task at hand, but not all the time. I wake up with flu like symptoms:(

Aishae

MrStuffins wrote: »

Is it just me or do energy drinks not work?

gerbear1 wrote: »

They always give me a boost.

i dont find they do anything that enough cups of tea or a can of coke wont do.
ive always thought of them as just a marketing ploy for more carbonated or sugary / flavoured water drinks.
red bull is bloody disgusting though.... far too sweet.

id rather be hopped up on something day-cent like a dozen cuppan tae
do less dammage to the pipes - i hope!

Ruu_Old

Steven Seagal Energy Drink! Linkage!

I don't drink energy drinks anymore, used to drink many cans of Red Bull (love the taste despite most people I know saying they could smell it across the table! ) but now that I run and workout a lot they are pointless. I need to be able to get my sleep and recover fast so am down to chocolate milk and/or protein shakes.

Richard Hillman

Lucozade sport before football and a red bull after football.

Naikon

Has anyone tried that Cocaine drink? If only I could source the stuff here.

I can dream...

irishgunner1

have some tesco isotonic before and after running,find red bull picks u up for a bit then u get a bit of a hangover after it and you feel even worse imo

Red bull with vodka or in jagerbombs.

Lucozade the morning after.

liah

I've tried a ridiculous amount of energy drinks. Rockstar Juiced being one of my favourites (tastes like gummi bears). But I don't actually drink them all that often. I guess I sort of unofficially collect them.

Have cans of Red Bull, Red Bull Cola, Monster, Rockstar, Relentless, Rockstar Punched, Rockstar Juiced, Rockstar Recovery, Rhino's purple, Take Off, Rhino's black, Sexergy, and Schwarze Dose 28 sitting behind me. Have also tried Sobe, Jolt, Jolt Cola, Cocaine, and a wide variety of others I can't think of right now.

The irony is they do absolutely nothing for me, so I have no idea why I even buy them.

TheBuilder

The likes of lucozade and that taste nice but really its all pyschological, diluted orange with a pinch of salt does the exact same thing for you.

Big Nasty

TheBuilder wrote: »

The likes of lucozade and that taste nice but really its all pyschological, diluted orange with a pinch of salt does the exact same thing for you.

Salt!?!:eek:

TheBuilder

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Salt!?!:eek:

Yep, tiny pinch of salt in it. I didn't believe it either until we done it in my college course.

Teddy455

Have a Bpm Berry Red once or twice a week.
Have a lucozade every Sunday after mass.

Big Nasty

TheBuilder wrote: »

Yep, tiny pinch of salt in it. I didn't believe it either until we done it in my college course.

Would have expected sugar or caffeine - how does salt work in terms of energy boosting?

TheBuilder

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Would have expected sugar or caffeine - how does salt work in terms of energy boosting?

Its not energy boosting really, its replaces whats lost during sweat. The main point is the sugar in the orange drink is as beneficial as your lucozades.

The main research we done was into the benefits each gives, powerade was a slight improvement but the rest were all similar to tap water mixed with orange/blackcurrant etc.

Darius.Tr

Almost never, as it never works for me when needed, neither does coffe....

Celly Smunt

Anybody remember being over in the America when you could get a supersize red bull in mcdonalds?,serious heart attacks

Chris P. Bacon

I used to drink redbull everyday,but its to expensive so just have one or two cans a week now,i drink Lucozade every once in a while with my dinner.

Big Nasty

TheBuilder wrote: »

Its not energy boosting really, its replaces whats lost during sweat. The main point is the sugar in the orange drink is as beneficial as your lucozades.

The main research we done was into the benefits each gives, powerade was a slight improvement but the rest were all similar to tap water mixed with orange/blackcurrant etc.

So Red Bull or whatever is no better than Miwadi!

What good does the salt do?

TheBuilder

MCMLXXV wrote: »

So Red Bull or whatever is no better than Miwadi!

What good does the salt do?

Red bull would be different altogether because of the caffeine content which will give you a rush.

When you sweat, and if you do sports and you get a bit of sweat on your lip, you'll taste salt. Thats because the sweat is removing electrolytes like sodium and potassium from your body that are essential to your body fluid. Fruit like a banana replaces the potassium, salt (sodium chloride) replaces the sodium.

Powerade has these added, as does Lucozade lite, but are no more beneficial than the water and miwadi.

pajero12

g'em wrote: »

It's not just you

Caffeine tablets are the shizz though.

Miwadi + couple of spoons of sugar + teaspoon of salt + 200mg caffine = energy drink equal to anything on the market in terms of "energy" benefits.

:eek: That's Disgusting, A pinch is enough to replace electrolytes!

LuckyGent88

Used to have 2 to 3 Lucozade's a day, not anymore though although i do miss there taste so bad.

Cant stand the smell of Red bull and the like so dont go near them.

digme

iamstop wrote: »

How often do you normally consume energy drinks?

I'd only rarely have the one red bull and dark rum (with lime) if I'm out on a night and feeling a bit less energized then I think would be needed to stay up till home time but I know a few people who drink energy drinks on the regular.
I'd drink the odd coffee during the day to keep me alert if I had important work to do but that'd be it.

sugar and water do the same thing

ItsAWindUp

Never, due to the fact that their taste is quite similar to that of urine.

Shiroki

At Kings of Concrete 2 years ago Monster were handing out free cans to everyone. I drank a total of 6 cans without any food for the day. I was a very sick boy :pac: I enjoy the odd RedBull though

Angron

Fairly regularly, the one I tend to drink the most is Monster, though occasionally I'll drink Rockstar or something.

dsmythy

Love Monster. Doesn't do much physically for me but definitely focuses the mind. Great buzz. Kind of want one now....

JayEnnis

Naikon wrote: »

I drink at least two large tablespoons worth of instant coffee a day. Energy drinks on top of that depending on the task at hand, but not all the time. I wake up with flu like symptoms:(

Why the **** do you still drink them then?

And all you people sitting behind desks all day, every wonder why athletes don't drink them? Because they don't work, you get a sugar/caffeine high and then you crash. An apple + water and a bit of exercise will do the job ten times better than this artificial muck. A lack of energy is down to the mitochondria in your cells not working to their full potential. Exercise makes them work 100%.

Esoteric_

If I'm at home, I'll drink a can anytime I'm working because at home I can only sleep about 5 hours per night 'cause of responsibilities at home and I work in a physically demanding job so it keeps me going for my shift.

If I stay in my boyfriend's house, I'd drink 2 cans a day easily. Terrible to drink that much, but I like the taste of it tbh.