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Old 08-26-2007, 02:48 AM   #41
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My parents. Well, 1 teaspoon with tea or something, I simply couldn't tolerate it.
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Old 08-26-2007, 01:50 PM   #42
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I guarantee you that if you never started drinking energy drinks obsessively, you'd be the same as you are now in terms of energy, possibly feeling better. And to be honest, I really can't see a situation where I'd need one.
Hold on there, I never said I drink -energy drinks-, just soda. I don't really find the two to be that comparable. I don't ever intentionally consume anything like that, because as I said, I don't need it. I don't drink anything caffeinated unless I have to; this includes energy drinks and caffeinated soda. Almost all of the soda I drink is caffeine-free by my own choice (I'll sometimes have a can of a caffeinated version of a drink when there's nothing else available, but rarely).

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I am a healthy eating optimist. I believe there are no long term ways to getting more energy. Just supply yourself with what is necessary. And those short terms ways (i.e. energy drinks) just become less and less effective when you actually need them for energy. There are chemicals that do the body good that you will never hear of, which are rarely found in vitamin supplements, and they're found in fruits and vegetables and possibly meats that you may eat. It's not that caffeine is such a bad thing--Rai (older, banned member who's into the body and mind and drugs and such) keeps mentioning how amazing tea is and some of the stuff I know about health is from him, and his rattling encouraged me to get more into it. I actually owe it to him for being health conscious, to be honest. He kept talking about how healthy living is all about feeling healthy and good, and that I've babied my taste buds into liking sugar and getting cravings for it--something I've found to be true as my health and tolerance for food improves.
If healthy living is all about feeling healthy and good, then I've been living healthily all my life. I don't think there's ever been a point (at least within memory) that I've felt "unhealthy" or "bad" beyond when I was sick with seasonal allergies or something. And I don't experience cravings for sugar, nor do I, like I said, drink energy drinks.

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I have doubts that you're even telling me the truth, to be honest, and you're just saying that to justify not eating healthy.
Which is exactly what I expected. Although now that I think about it, I can't be 100% certain that my problems as an infant really occurred, since I only heard about them from my parents. Maybe they just told me that so I wouldn't freak out and think I was developing a disease, instead having me think it was just a quirk I've had all my life. It's possible, I admit, which lends credence to Chrissi's unofficial diagnosis.

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Not sure. The only -exclusive- nutrients that can be found in milk and other dairy products that I am conscious about, as everyone should be, are calcium and vitamin D (milk has some other stuff in smaller quantities but it's ignorable, really). Milk, from what I heard about my acne and such, has hormones in it which aggregates acne. There's a lot of stuff on it so I wouldn't doubt it. And I had acne, and still do have a little. So I was put on a diet. Milked turned into water.
I'll do some research then.

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To make up for calcium (the Flintstones vitamins I take have very little calcium in them) I take two pieces of Viactiv calcium every day:

http://www.viactiv.com/products/inde...c=Calcium_main

It's like a Tootsie Roll with calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin K! I'm not exactly sure why vitamin K is in there, but I probably wouldn't get enough of it without Viactiv, so I won't argue.
Besides the fact that I've never heard of Vitamin K, this is another thing like brushing my teeth. Often I don't have time to do something, and when I do, it never crosses my mind to do it, since I haven't been able to develop a habit for it. I'm not saying that taking supplements would take too long, but rather that when I wake up in the morning, there's generally only one thing on my mind (during the school year it's school, during the summer it can be anything). It isn't until a couple of hours later, when I'm in the middle of doing something, that I suddenly remember "Oh wait, I was supposed to do this..."

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It was an example on how one showers to reap the benefits. You shower for 15 minutes and it's really worthwhile. People don't complain that you smell like crap and your skin isn't oily and disgusting! Brushing your teeth for 2 minutes twice, possibly three times a day is such a small investment for the same amazing benefits.
Like I said above, while time is an issue somewhat regularly, more often it's the fact that I can't remember to do it, being preoccupied with something else.

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The fact that you have no problems with your teeth as you drink sugary stuff AND you rarely brush them is odd. I'm sure you could easily maintain this while having good smelling breath if you just brush your teeth. The future could yield problems.
Perhaps "rarely" is too strong of a word, unless you consider twice or thrice a week "rarely." That's about as much as I remember/have time to brush my teeth.

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Also curious: you have enough time to post about your problem on the Internet, even on weekdays. Do you type at 800 wpm or something? Wake up 3 minutes earlier and brush yo teeth. Go to bed 3 minutes later and brush yo teeth. Just brush yo teeth. If you have all of this energy you're talking about, no problems sleeping, etc., this should be no problem.
Like I said, more often than not it's a problem with remembering to do so than not having time (although it's also a problem somewhat often). Oh, and I'm not in school yet, which is why I have time to post on weekdays. Come September 4th, however, and I won't be able to be very active at all on this forum; I just won't have time.

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Smoothies are better tasting than most sugary snacks and they don't even need to have any added sugar. That's why they are amazing, sir.
Well, I disagree there. Most "sugary snacks" (that I eat at least) do in fact taste better than smoothies, though smoothies still taste alright.

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You can have none of those problems and still not be healthy at all. If you graded me on that alone, and even additional crap, one would not see an increase in my health since I've started eating healthy except maybe with my body mass, but that's largely unrelated. But I feel a difference, I know there's a difference, and I know my life will be so much easier to go through because there is one. And it was totally worthwhile.
This seems almost like a psychological thing too. If a doctor examined you on all aspects of physical health previously and found no difference to the present, why on Earth would you think there was a difference? That "difference" you feel could very well be the belief that eating healthy is supposed to make you healthier, so you -think- you feel better because you're supposed to. Of course, I have no experience in psychology, so take that as you will.

I'm just skeptical that you feel loads better without doctors being able to find any physical change.

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Old 08-27-2007, 05:30 AM   #43
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I don't see anything wrong with them- I drink them too. Not as often as you, but anyways. I read the ingredients on most of them and they seem to have mostly natural stuff in them?
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Old 08-27-2007, 03:18 PM   #44
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Thing that you forget, that your body is still growing and in upswing, so even though those things may stunt you a bit, you don't much notice because you are still young, just remember that you are going to reap the results later.
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Old 08-27-2007, 07:48 PM   #45
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I would advise you all to read this article:

http://www.energyfiend.com/2005/08/m...y-drink-haters

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As someone who avidly drinks energy drinks, I think I can safely claim shenanigans. It takes me 3-4 mountain dews just to get through a day. That’s not even to get energy, that’s the kind of stuff that keeps me from having withdrawl headaches.
And this is from somebody who is saying it's fine to drink energy drinks.

Paperleaf: Yes, most of the ingredients in energy drinks are natural. In fact, it astounds me how many people think that "natural" means "good for you." If I told you that eating tree bark was good for you, would you think "Well, it's natural.. so it must be okay." No!

Sugar is natural. That's obvious. However, the important thing to note is that cane sugar is natural. Processed, bleached sugar is not what your body is used to. A much smaller amount of processed sugar than cane sugar is needed to send your pancreas into overdrive and send you on the path to diabetes.

Caffeine is natural. Also obvious. However, only small amounts of caffeine are okay to drink. Most energy drinks have anywhere from 175-300 mg of caffeine per ounce, which is way too much to be safely consumed. This will speed your heart rate up, thus wearing it out, and heighten your risk for heart disease and failure.

Relambrien, you may be fine now. However, you're aging your body more rapidly and setting yourself up for future tragedy through drinking caffeinated beverages, not to mention through not brushing your teeth. Anybody who does some research could figure that out.
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Old 08-27-2007, 07:59 PM   #46
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Relambrien, you may be fine now. However, you're aging your body more rapidly and setting yourself up for future tragedy through drinking caffeinated beverages, not to mention through not brushing your teeth. Anybody who does some research could figure that out.
How many times do I have to say it before people seem to realize it?

I do not drink energy drinks (e.g. Vault). This is because I don't need them.
I do not drink caffeinated beverages of any kind, except extremely occasionally. This is because historically, I have gotten annoying headaches after drinking caffeinated drinks.
I drink non-caffeinated soda, fairly regularly. That is the only type of soda I drink.

Let me say it one more time:

I rarely, if ever, drink anything caffeinated. I do not drink beverages classified as "energy drinks." I drink non-caffeinated soda fairly regularly. That's it.
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Old 08-27-2007, 08:46 PM   #47
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Ah. I had read your previous post that essentially said "I rarely drink energy drinks, only soda." I had forgotten your previous posts, and didn't take the time to re-read them.

However, the point still stands that energy drinks are terrible, addicted people's denial notwithstanding.
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Old 08-27-2007, 09:08 PM   #48
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Ah. I had read your previous post that essentially said "I rarely drink energy drinks, only soda." I had forgotten your previous posts, and didn't take the time to re-read them.

However, the point still stands that energy drinks are terrible, addicted people's denial notwithstanding.
Oh, you're right. That is kind of confusing. I'll go change it to be a bit more easy to understand then.
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Old 08-27-2007, 09:12 PM   #49
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I drink about 4-5 Monsters everyday, I've been doing this for about 7 months now. I've stopped for about a week and when I did I felt really sick as well.
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Old 08-28-2007, 12:22 AM   #50
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I drink about 4-5 Monsters everyday, I've been doing this for about 7 months now. I've stopped for about a week and when I did I felt really sick as well.
Well, duh. It's become a dependency. Stop for longer and you'll feel better.
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Old 08-28-2007, 06:48 AM   #51
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Like a cigarette, stop having them and you get cravings. They're addictive!!
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Old 08-31-2007, 08:34 PM   #52
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Ha, i've been drinking 1-4 a week for the past 2 years and nothing negative has happened
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also im almost 16 atm and ive grown normally since i started drinking them so they dont stunt your growth

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Old 08-31-2007, 09:00 PM   #53
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I forgot that one person's case example with no actual way to prove the validity of his claim lacking a comparison to study counted as a valid point in CT...oh wait...it doesn't.

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Ha, i've been drinking 1-4 a week for the past 2 years and nothing negative has happened
Prove it? You have no way of knowing what condition you would be in currently had you not been drinking them at the frequency you did. Unless you have an identical twin whose life has been perfectly exactly the same as yours, except that they don't drink energy drinks, you simply can't tell us "Nothing negative happened" because you have no way of knowing.
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I had a Powerade once for trying to pass Paranoia Survivor, but I ended up laughing all night at nothing. I haven't drank one since

ok heres what was explained to me by some pretty knoledgeable sources... powerade/gaterade are NOT energy drinks (obviously) when you play a lot of sports and sweat alot while playing basketball for example.. when you sweat from working out and playing sports.. your body is flushing out fluids (sweat) through your sweat glands (surprise, surprise) and you lose certain minerals in your body leave through sweat, like salts, etc.. what powerade/gaterade do is replenish your body faster with these nutrients to help keep your energy up..

powerade is more flavourful than gaterade and tastes better.. but it uses more sugars and stuff that you dont need for your body while gaterade tastes more like water because its more dedicated to replenishing your body than to actually tasting that flavour..

I'm no physician or whatever theyre called but thats how it was explained to me..


as for energy drinks.. most people have an enerdy drink... 10 mins later are off the walls with energy from the caffein and sugar high.. and half hour or so later they crash and have a sugar/caffein low. this i believe is that you get a lot of unnatural energy.. and because your body cant run off of these fuels alone, soour body uses some of the energy in your body and once its gone, you have your sugar low.. it all depends on the person.. i can have an energy drink and it wont affect me at all.. and i dont drink them hardly at all..

once again... i'm no expert but this is how it was all explained to me.. whether it is right or wrong.. or halfway in between so dont criticize my for this information, please!
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This just in guys! ENERGY DRINKS ARE THE MOST HEALTHY THING EVER.

Everyone should drink at least 10 energy drinks a day, preferable all in one sitting, but you might have to work your way up to that. If you are doing it right, it should feel like your heart is going to explode...that's the energy boost kicking in. Keep drinking until your skin and eyes turn yellow. This is known as Super Saiyan mode.

Artist's depiction of the bodies transformation under the influence of energy drinks.

And lastly, if you are dumb enough to believe that energy drinks are healthy, you deserve to die, so drink up!

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Old 09-1-2007, 11:55 PM   #56
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This thread isn't about what energy drinks you drink and how often you do so, people.

Keep on topic.

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Energy Drinks aren't bad! GuidoHunter Editing my post is a deff. bad. Considering he was my old account purelife in his siggy.
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there pretty much all cafffiene and sugar now whats so bad about that? there pretty damn good if you ask me
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This thread isn't about what energy drinks you drink and how often you do so, people.

Keep on topic.
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