Energy drinks are mostly sugar water with a caffeine kick
A 500ml energy drink can hides about 55g of sugar and 235 kcal behind the word energy. A cup of black coffee plus a banana gives the same caffeine kick with real food and almost no added sugar.
12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Energy drinks look like workout fuel in a can. The bold colours and the word energy promise power. But open the can and most of what you drink is sugar water with a caffeine kick. The caffeine part is fine in small amounts. The sugar part is the quiet problem. Let us see what is really inside one can, and what a smarter pre-workout looks like.
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