well if you've been to the gas station
recently you can't help but notice all
these different energy drinks I remember
a few years ago when it was just Red
Bull but since then there's different
varieties of energy drinks there's
monster it seems like they have their
own separate compartment their own
separate refrigerator just check out
some of these local gas stations which I
happened to just randomly take pictures of
with my smartphone and see how many
different energy drinks oh my goodness
whatever happened to just I need a
little pick-me-up so let me get you a
cup of joe or whatever happened to a
little bit of extra rest well according
to the studies that I've looked at
Americans are the most sleep-deprived
people on this planet so if we're not
sleeping very well and we need a certain
amount of energy in order to accomplish
a certain amount of tasks during the day
obviously there's something that we have
to do to make up for that lack of sleep
but I can't help but think maybe part of
the lack of sleep is having too much
energy drinks in the first place not
only is this dangerous for adults it's
not just caffeine there's sugars there's
flavorings there's colors inside of
these energy drinks they're also
available for children to consume I've
heard of kids going to high school and
they're like -Dr. P sound effect- they can't even sit still because of these
energy drinks it allows them to pull
off the occasional all-nighter but you
know maybe if their time was a little
bit better budgeted they wouldn't need
to do that how much more true is that
for US adults let's check and see how
well are we at our own time management
our own schedule our own time where we
are not going to be distracted we're
gonna have our own phone shut off and
we're gonna focus on what we want to do
I heard that the top top top level
executives out there you think that'd be
highly productive I heard that they
really only get when they're honest the
only
about an hour in like 13 minutes worth
of productive work done every single day
so caffeine in and of itself isn't bad
in small amounts it's actually good it
can be good for many people for their
digestive system as a cleansing sort of
agent but the problem is when it's too
much now it can affect the adrenal
glands check out this chart on what
happens when the adrenal glands are
affected when we take caffeine into our
system it's sort of like creating an
artificial stress response this gets
picked up by the hypothalamus in the
brain and then a certain chemical is
secreted going to the pituitary gland
and there another chemical is secreted
going to the adrenal glands and when
this cycle goes on and on and on and it
doesn't just shut off but it goes on and
repeats itself day after day week after
week there can be a resistance to the
cortisol levels floating around in your
bloodstream and this can lead to
autoimmune type challenges this can lead
to osteoporosis this can lead to immune
dysfunction weight gain and a whole host
of other problems so if you have energy
problems if you think you need to take
sleeping pills to go to sleep at night
and a bunch of energy drinks to keep you
going during the day there's a very good
chance that you might have a problem in
the lower part of the brainstem that's
in charge of the melatonin secretion
melatonin and serotonin this is a big
big deal our happy chemicals so we can
be up and alert during the day and our
slowing down type chemicals being
regulated through the brain stem so that
we can be sleepy at night and not need
to take sleeping pills and constantly
tweak our body's chemistry it's like
this we have good nerve flow to the
gland the gland ought to be able to
secrete the correct cocktail components
of chemicals into the bloodstream into
the surrounding tissues of the body so
that your chemistry can be optimal so that
you can perform optimally wanna do as
little as possible again it all traces
back to the nerve system especially the
brainstem and we want to know is your
head on straight
