Context: I very rarely drink plain water; for some reason I find myself rarely feeling dehydrated at all. My general daily routine is to drink one can of monster ultra energy when i start my work day, and another when i get home from work. They contain no sugar, no calories and only 120mg caffeine, meaning the two cans still keeps me well under my daily caffeine intake limit. However, a lot of days I also don’t drink much else. People keep telling me this is bad for me, but I’m not sure how it’s any worse than people who pretty much only drink coffee?
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It is considered bad because people will make an opinion about anything before doing research. They will blame the sugar, sugar additives, caffeine, ingredients they cant pronounce, etc. I prefer to do my own research compared to listening to people’s two cents. You could compare ingredients in Monster compared to other energy drinks, etc. When I was a kid, there was pretty much only Red Bull. The opinion on it from my experience was either it is bad for you, or you were drinking several a week and it was no different than drinking a soda. Personally, energy drinks speed up my heart and make my whole body ache, so I avoid them. No idea what causes it, easier just to avoid it.
If you’re not thirsty for water throughout the day your body may be getting by with water weight. When I started doing a lowcarb diet I lost ten pounds in less than two weeks, which I was told was the body shedding water weight since I was unlikely losing fat so quickly. During this time period I was so thirsty I was drinking nearly 100oz of water a day. Before that, I wouldn’t even look at a cup of water, I was only drinking coffee, tea, and soda. I definitely felt better drinking water compared to other liquids.
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