Compare And Contrast Coffee And Energy Drinks

Coffee and energy drinks are a superior choice if you are tired or worn out and need a boost of energy, but do you know what it's really doing to your body? When staying up late before a big day or a big game you may need a boost to get your day started off right. You have the choice to either get a fresh brewed cup of coffee at your local Wawa or an ice cold energy drink. Your game is in 30 minutes and you are at risk of the drink sloshing around in your stomach. You can get 95 milligrams of caffeine from coffee and 31 milligrams from a redbull. There is one major thing that both products have in common they both will give you a large energy boost. In the text it states both of these products can be quailty for early mornings. These drinks are meant to keep you awake, with large amounts of caffeine. Another thing both drinks have in common is they are very high in sugar content. While this is put in the drink to also help with

First of all coffee has a much larger amount of caffeine. Due to these levels of caffeine it rises the heart rate, if working out after drinking coffee the heart could become strained because it feels as if it had already been worked out. This leaves energy drinks as a more ideal choice before a sporting event. In the video it states that energy drinks contain vitamins and minerals, although these may be good for your health they don’t help with the energy spike. This will then call for you insulin to kick in using up most of the available sugar in your body leaving you with little benefit. Coffee on the other hand has less added sugar allowing for a more useful energy boost. Last of all the milk in coffee takes longer to digest, so if exercising powerfully you are in risk of feeling nauseous. With the energy drinks high amount of sugar it is digested easily allowing for you to workout like a NFL