Energy drinks - I love low carb monster!

[Anonymous]

so I love monster - it is so good. I can chug them and uggh they make me feel so good and happy. are they bad? I can drink 3 a day easy. I used to drink a lot of caffefine before - coffee, whole 2 liters of mountain dew, etc. so the caffefine is nothing new.

question - is drinking monster bad for you? have you had bad consquences or good? I drink the low carb (10 cals per serving so 20 in a can)- could I still gain weight?

[Comet]

For me drinking monster is very bad! Because caffeine to me works differently than to most of people! It makes me very sleepy! And I can take a coffee for the night to make my sleep better!

It took me a while to figure it out, as it's about any caffeine... I remember when I was cycling outside the city in the summer, I bought one monster, I expected it to give me an energy boost.. but after a minute.. daaamnnn. I suddenly felt so dizzy.. and I wanted to sleep so bad...! and I was so far away from home... sh*t I'll never drink monster again!

I'm not sure can you gain weight of it.. don't be so quick to believe in marketing claims like ''low carb" check is there sugar and how much! The main reason why people become fetter from lemonades and drinks is the terribly high amount of sugar in there!

Also they often write there the Latin name of "sugar" like "monosaccharide" or "fructose" - the less you know the less worried are you!

If your reaction to caffeine is normal, then all you got to worry is heart exhaustion and caffeine addiction & withdrawal symptoms.

Also.. energy drinks are extremely overpriced! They are p*ss cheap to manufacture, but the prices they charge for them are like wow! But if people are ready to pay for such price, they will be ready to sell for such price!

[martyfellow]

These are chemical concoctions and I would limit how much of them yu drink in a day. It's better to have a healthy normal diet than to rely on them.

[saphirasilverwings]

I doubt it will cause you to gain weight. However, energy drinks are usually considered to be extremely unhealthy. They are packed with sugars, artificial sweeteners, and acids. Plus, you risk caffeine overdose and addiction. They are also dangerous because they are extremely dehydrating, and people don't realize that even though they're drinking a liquid, they are not rehydrating their body- they are doing the very opposite. So drink a glass of water for every energy drink you consume, PLUS the water you would normally need to stay healthy.

[saphirasilverwings]

P.S. Coffee and other drinks containing caffeine are dehydrating too. But energy drinks have a higher concentration of caffeine, plus all the other weird chemicals you're getting, so they are even more dehydrating and have an even greater negative impact on your health. At such high levels caffeine is a drug.

[SuperCurious]

It's not the carbs you should worry about, its kindney stones. Make sure for every glass of carbinated drink you have, you drink at least 2 glasses of water with it. All the sugar and ingredients will build up in your kidneys and form kidney stones, and those are PAINFUL. Also, read the label on monsters, your not supposed to drink more than 2 cans a day. They will mess up your system. So in turn, Yes, drinking all that cafein is definitely bad for you

[temptationfalls]

Artificial sweetener that your body doesn't know how to process so it processes it just like sugar, so many vitamins it overloads your body and you pee half of them out, but otherwise not that bad. Not good for you by any means but not that bad.

[WoIIie]

Drinking energy drinks is absolutely horrible for you. It's worse than soda in general.

[SlicedMango]

you wouldn't gain the pounds. but on the other hand the caffeine still isn't good for you.