Do Energy Drinks Work with Intermittent Fasting?
Energy drinks, also called sports drinks, are so widely seen and consumed now. Marketed as zero-calorie or sugar-free, energy drinks have been regarded to be healthy and friendly to weight loss. However, is that true? Can energy drinks be drunk while intermittent fasting? Let’s dig into it with this article.
Energy drinks are usually consumed by sports people because they supplement electrolytes, sodium, sugar and water that are usually released through sweating in the process of sports.
The leading electrolytes include sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphate, chloride and bicarbonate among which sodium, potassium and magnesium are the easiest to be lacked in human body after sports.
Moreover, most energy drinks market themselves to be zero-calorie and zero-fat, which also leads people to believe energy drinks are beneficial to human body and won’t bring forward weight gain. Therefore, energy drinks are always labeled as healthier than other drinks like soda, cola, smoothies, sweet tea, etc.
Apart from electrolytes, energy drinks also contain the following ingredients that may bring forward harm to human body if too much is consumed.
