Energy drinks

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Energy drinks

• By
• Jana Kalvodová

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Energy drinks

• beverages which contain legal stimulants,
  vitamins and minerals, including caffeine,
  guarana, taurine, various forms of maltodextrin,
  carnitine and ginkgo biloba.
• Some may contain high levels of sugar or glucose.
• Many beverages are flavored and colored to
  resemble soft drinks.

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• These drinks are typically marketed towards young
  people, students
• People who play sports
• Energy drinks are different from sports drinks
• most energy drinks simply provide lots of sugar
  and caffeine, with no healthful purpose

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Effect of energy drinks

• Many of the ingredients increase the metabolism
  which in turn increases the energy
• The metabolic process that produces energy for
  all biological functioning
• Many of the chemicals in these energy drinks are
  known to or believed to be antioxidants
• Prevents cellular damage

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Taurine - 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid

• One of the lesser known amino acid
• May help with reactive oxygen, respiratory burst
  and it is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the
  central nervous system
• It hasnt been fully researched and much of what
  it does is still unknown
• Research into the effects of taurine on the
  hearts functions

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Guarana

• Contains a high amount of guaranine, a chemical
  substance with the same characteristics as
  caffeine
• This makes Guarana a stimulant similar to coffee
• Is an aphrodisiac
• Causes a higher blood pressure and an increased
  heart rate

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guaranine
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Caffeine

• An alkaloid found naturally in such foods as
  coffee beans, tea, guarana
• Has characteristically intense bitter taste
• Stimulant action on the central nervous system
  with psychotropic effects and stimulation of
  respiration
• Energy drinks may contain as much as 80 mg of
  caffeine cup of coffee

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caffeine
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• Ginkgo
• Known to increases metabolism, enhance
  circulation
• Antioxidant
• B vitamins
• Helps us produce energy
• Essential for the breakdown of carbohydrates into
  glucose, which provides energy
• Vitamins B2,B3

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Ginkgo leaf
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Sugar

• Present as a source of energy and it has
  appealing taste
• Carbohydrates (which sugar is) provide most of
  the energy needed in our daily lives, both for
  normal body functions such as heartbeat,
  breathing and digestion and for exercise such as
  cycling, walking and running

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Examples of energy drinks

• Semtex(250ml drink content)

• The most polpular energy drinks
• Red Bull
• Semtex
• Shark

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Shark
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References

• http//www.banddesigns.com/energy
• www.redbull.com
• www.shark.com

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Dictionary

• Beverages nápoje
• Resemble - podobat se
• Purpose - úcel
• respiratory burst -
• heart rate srdecní frekvence
• Enhance zlepšit
• Breakdown selhání
• Digestion - trávení