5 Hour Energy Drink Scam
Energy drinks are the rage today as we overdo it all day, stay up all night, and then try to drag ourselves out of bed the next morning to go through that routine yet again. Just take your 5 Hour Energy drink and you can get through the morning grogginess ready to take on the day. But the big question is, are these kinds of energy drinks healthy?
Many energy drinks can actually make you fat because of the added high fructose corn syrup or other kinds of sugars. But wait, claims 5 Hour Energy, we don't put any sugar in our energy drink. Okay, great, you don't put a natural sweetener in your chemistry experiment, you put in an artificial one instead that is chemically based on chlorine. It's called splenda and it is in everything that is sugar free, including the ever popular diet sodas.
Not only do these drinks contain artificial sweeteners, they also contain other chemicals that enhance the flavor of the beverage that are harmlessly given the name natural and artificial flavors. Natural flavors are code for excitotoxins which can precipitate and aggravate neurological disorders later in life. So the question then becomes, do you want to consume an energy drink that contains a real sweetener, highly processed sugar, or do you want one with artificial sweeteners and flavor enhancers instead? Oh, and let's not forget about the rocket fuel, sodium benzoate preservative as well.
How about let's not consume either kind of energy drink, let's make our own out of natural ingredients bursting with nutrition and get real, life giving energy. Store bought energy drinks are a scam because they are nothing but chemistry set concoctions that artificially excite your brain and trick you into thinking you have more energy, and to top it all off, they are completely devoid of nutrition. The artificial vitamins and amino acids contained in these drinks are the only thing that appears to be nutrition, however, they are at such elevated levels that your body can not utilize them and you essentially end up flushing them down the toilet.
The alternative to the 5 hour energy drink scam is green smoothies. While there are many different varieties of green smoothies, my favorite is a easy mix of these simple ingredients:
Green Smoothie Recipe
1 banana
1 handful of baby spinach
4 ounces of filtered water
1 tablespoon of cold pressed virgin coconut oil
1 tablespoon of ground flax seed
1 tiny scoop of Primal Defense probiotics
6-8 ice cubes
Mix in a Vita Mix or comparable blender until smooth.
For those of you that are new to the green smoothie thing, when you use spinach, they really are delicious and the cold pressed virgin coconut oil gives your smoothie a creamy and delicious taste. You can leave out the probiotics if you want, they just assist in digestion.
I've recently started drinking green smoothies again and one in the morning makes me feel like the anchor I've been dragging around for years is gone. I don't necessarily have mountain climbing energy, but I also don't feel like I need to take a nap every afternoon either. I can get through the day, every day, without feeling like I can't keep my eyes open. Having a continuous level of energy, all day long is amazing and makes you productive and able to focus on your tasks at hand.
Don't participate in the unhealthy processed 5 hour energy drink scam or any other drink scam. Drink healthy green smoothies and give your body the fuel that it really needs, real nutrition.
