hello!
alright I see sipping your coffee
there... just kidding ...no judgment but
today I want to talk briefly about some
of those drinks that we use to get
through a day - soda, energy drinks, coffee
whatever it is, whatever your flavor of
the day is but first let's talk about
soda
go ahead sodas, coke, pop, go ahead and
comment below what you call it because I
know everybody calls it something
different i call it soda i used to call
it coke. I guess it depended on where i
lived so go ahead and comment which one
of those three that you call it. So
sodas briefly let's talk. Sodas are
full of sugar we know that we know that
it has caffeine this caffeine is
synthetic so it's man-made not natural
and just keep in mind that sugar
highs and sugar lows throughout the day
are going to make you store fat so if
you're trying to lose weight avoiding
sugar is going to be one of your top
priorities because you're going to be
spiking and whatever throughout the day
and that's not going to help you on your
weight loss journey so that's sodas
Coffee - I know many people love their
coffee and their routine so I'm not
saying eliminate your coffee, don't hear
me say that but you can reduce it,
your amount per day by some natural
alternatives or you could try some
healthier substitutes in your additions
to your coffee so instead of pure sugar try
using something like stevia which is a
plant-based sweetener. Don't use
something like splenda it's got sucralose
and i will get into that in a
minute
almond or coconut milk are good dairy
alternatives to milk or your normal
creamer
almond has some good helpful fat
burning qualities so that's also good
for weight loss. Energy drinks...
I know there's got to be people out
there that are hidden at addicts that
I don't know about but I'm talking
redbull, monster, things like that. Those
high energy drinks. I just saw an article
about those drinks that just one energy
drink a day can increase your blood
pressure and can and may cause abnormal
heart rhythms. The other thing is the
ingredients in those drinks are hard for
your kidneys to process so you're
you're adding to the stuff that your
kidneys already have to deal with on a
daily basis why add something else for
them to process. So besides the fact that
those drinks are jacked up with caffeine
watch out for the drinks that sneak in
sucralose. See I said I was going to
bring that back.
Sucralose as a sweetener - sucralose
over time has been linked to some pretty
nasty side effects and if you're not
familiar with that and I'm talking about
Splenda, that kind of brand, look it up
google sucralose side effects and see
what i'm talking about. I'm actually
probably going to do a video just about
sucralose because I didn't know how bad
it was and how prominent it is that
companies have sucralose in their
products and aspartame is another one
that is in everything. I can't find a
piece of chewing gum without aspartame
so aspartame is another terrible one
sucralose - so grab your energy drink
whatever you use even if it's a healthy
energy drink check it and see.
I know a top brand that uses sucralose
instead of something like stevia which
is a natural plant-based sweetener so
check your drink
make sure you're not
getting a daily intake of sucralose.
So a couple quick tips on what to do
with these energy drinks or needing
more energy.
Do your best to get away from the amount
of sodas and caffeinated energy drinks
there's other ways to get your energy
Reducing over time is going to.. might be
easier for some people some people may
just need to drop it cold turkey
it just depends on what you think you
can handle and depends on how bad your
it addiction to that sugar or caffeine
is. I personally used to struggle with
afternoon slumps and hated that feeling
of not being able to keep my eyes open
especially when I was in a full-time job.
That afternoon after lunch was terrible
so if you personally even if you are
have eliminated all these things and
are on a great clean eating diet and
you're still struggling with having
energy slumps whether in the afternoon or
first thing in the morning, I'd love to
talk to you about some possible
underlying issues that may be going on.
I'm not an expert but I've seen a lot in
the past year and hey Claire and I know
some of the things that might be going
on in addition that clean eating may not be
helping completely eliminate that
problem so all right i'll let you get
back to your coffee and I hope you have
a wonderful day!
