#Energy Drinks 🥤

[xtruss]

Can Energy Drinks Really Boost Your Metabolism? Here’s What The Science Says.

While fitness influencers tout energy drinks as Metabolism Stimulants, experts reveal whether these Beverages actually help you shed pounds.

— By Teal Burrell | August 21, 2024

While some energy drinks claim to provide a quick energy and metabolism lift, experts caution that depending on them for weight loss may not be effective. Photograph By Adobe Stock

Energy drinks have taken on a new role. Now, in the hands of gym-goers and fitness influencers, they are being used not just to help you stay up but also to slim down.

While many energy drinks pack a lot of sugar (and thus calories), low-calorie options have flourished. Some brands suggest that choosing their low-calorie drink over a sugary option can aid in weight management.

Others go further, claiming the drinks help boost metabolism and enhance fat burning. But can energy drinks really help you shed pounds? Here’s what some experts say.

Drink Up To Slim Down?

“Any kind of caffeinated drink will increase metabolism in the short term,” says Andrew Jagim, a sports medicine specialist at the Mayo Clinic and one of the authors of the International Society of Sports Nutrition’s position on energy drinks. The problem is that a daily intake of 100mg of caffeine is estimated to burn 100 calories a day. “It’s probably not going to be enough to really move the needle in terms of substantial fat loss over time,” says Jagim.

Jeffrey Stout, an exercise physiologist at the University of Central Florida who has conducted studies for an energy drink brand, adds, “energy drinks seem to have limited effect as a weight loss aid when used alone but appear to be more effective when combined with exercise.”

So, while there is support for these companies to say their drinks boost metabolism, the results are far from dramatic, says Lena Bakovic, a registered dietitian with Top Nutrition Coaching. “There is no correlation between energy drink consumption and weight loss at this time,” she says.

For most energy drinks, caffeine is the main active ingredient, often mixed with taurine, glucuronolactone, guarana, and B vitamins, to create what manufacturers call an “energy blend.” However, some of the long-term safety and effectiveness of some of the ingredients in energy drinks haven’t been thoroughly studied, especially in combination. “Because energy drinks are not regulated by the FDA, the actual quantity of ingredients listed on the label may also be inaccurate,” says Bakovic.

In some cases, the caffeine in energy drinks is derived from guarana, a plant native to the Amazon that contains more caffeine than coffee, tea, and yerba mate. Another common ingredient is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), a compound from green tea that may boost metabolism and fat oxidation. Taurine, an amino acid naturally present in meat, fish, and eggs, is believed to enhance exercise performance. Some energy drinks also include chromium, which one study suggests helps control hunger, but results from other studies are mixed.

Additionally, some of these low-calorie energy drinks contain low-calorie or calorie-free sweeteners, such as erythritol, sucralose, and stevia. While generally considered safe, the taste can be off-putting, and erythritol may cause digestive issues in some people.

Jagim notes that other common ingredients like electrolytes and B vitamins pose neither a high risk nor a significant reward. B vitamins, for example, are found in meat, dairy, leafy greens, and beans and have many roles, including in energy production. Supplementing them may help if you’re deficient (as can be the case for vegans and vegetarians), but if you get enough, you’ll just pee out the excess, says Jagim.

Sip With Caution

Although short-term use appears safe for healthy adults, the long-term effects of energy drinks are still under study. Jagim says that anyone who consumes a lot of caffeine—a morning coffee, a pre-workout energy drink, and an afternoon pick-me-up—is bombarding their system with stimulants. “Your stress levels are going to be elevated throughout the day and we know that can have detrimental effects long term,” he says.

The FDA advises adults to keep their caffeine intake under 400 milligrams daily. To put that in perspective, a 12-ounce can of caffeinated soda usually has 30 to 40 milligrams of caffeine, an 8-ounce cup of tea contains 30 to 50 milligrams, and an 8-ounce cup of coffee has about 80 to 100 milligrams. Energy drinks, however, can pack anywhere from 40 to 250 milligrams of caffeine per 8-ounce serving.

Bakovic and Jagim advise against using energy drinks daily because it could lead to dependence. “The negative health effects would definitely outweigh the slight benefit you get from the metabolic standpoint,” says Jagim.

Stout agrees energy drinks shouldn’t be relied on as a weight loss strategy. “Focus on a balanced diet, regular exercise, proper sleep, and staying hydrated primarily with water,” he says.

[heythereimbodie]

reminder that you can be a very competent grown-up and still need a safe space

[twinsimming]

Energy Drinks by Twinsimming 🥤

This mod adds custom Energy Drinks to a new type of vending machine.

This is a script mod that can be placed in your Packages folder. It was built and tested on 1.69 but should work fine on 1.67.

Requirements

The Sims 3: Late Night

The Sims 3: Seasons

The Sims 3: Supernatural

The Sims 3: University Life

Overview

Soda-Lightful Vending Machine

Energy Drinks

Side Effects

Flavors

New Moodlets

Soda-Lightful Vending Machine

- Price: §1250 - Category: Large Appliances - Includes all 11 original swatches + 1 recolorable option (3 channels) - Poly Count: 2346 - Originally created for The Sims 4 by RAVASHEEN, converted to The Sims 3 by me

Like the vending machines that came with University Life, sims can Buy Energy Drink, Shake Machine, or Slam Machine.

Energy Drinks

Teen and older sims can purchase energy drinks from the Soda-Lightful Vending Machine for §5 each.

Energy drinks boost the Energy need, give sims the custom Energy Rush moodlet, and remove any moodlets related to low Energy (Tired, Sleepy, Exhausted, Buzz Crashed, etc.), similar to drinking coffee, but the effect lasts twice as long (6 hours instead of 3 hours).

Drinking multiple energy drinks in a row will boost how long the Energy Rush moodlet lasts, as well as increase the moodlet's value, up to 18 hours and +30 mood.

Once the Energy Rush moodlet expires, sims get the custom negative Energy Crash moodlet.

Side Effects

If your sim goes more than 24 hours without another energy drink, they'll start to suffer from caffeine withdrawal and gain the custom negative Craving Caffeine moodlet for the next 2 days. Drinking coffee, tea, barista bar beverages, or another energy drink will remove this moodlet.

Drinking more than 2 energy drinks at a time also carries the risk of a sim being electrocuted and dying.

Teens and Elders both have a 5% chance of being electrocuted, while YA have a 1% chance and Adults have a 3% chance.

Flavors

There are 8 different energy drinks to choose from. 6 provide flavor-related moodlets from the snow cone machine from Seasons and the bubble blower from Late Night. These moodlets last for 4 hours.

From left to right in the second preview photo:

Charged Cherry (Cheery Cherry)

Pineapple Power-Up (On a Beach)

Lightning Lemon (Laidback Lemon)

e-Lectric Lime (Lucky Lime)

Blue Raspberry Blitz (Raspberry Romance)

Gigawatt Grape (Gleeful Grape)

The Unidentified Fizzy Ooze energy drink replenishes Alien brain power, but makes non-Aliens nauseous.

The last energy drink is called Mystery Flavor and it works like the jelly bean bush from Supernatural; including carrying the risk of death, so proceed with caution.

New Moodlets

Energy Rush: Given when sims drink an energy drink, lasts 6 hours, +10, +20, or +30 mood

Energy Crash: Given when the Energy Rush moodlet expires, lasts 7 hours, -15 mood

Craving Caffeine: Given when sims go more than 24 hours without another caffeinated drink, lasts 2 days, -30 mood

Tuning

All of the tunable values can be found on the mod download page under the header “Tuning”.

Script Namespace

If you want to turn a different vending machine into an energy drink vending machine, open your desired object in s3pe and replace the current script name with the following:

Sims3.Gameplay.Objects.Twinsimming.EnergyDrinksMod.VendingMachine

Conflicts & Known Issues

This is a new scripted object, so there shouldn’t be any conflicts.

All of the drink cans are different colors when placed in the world and during the drinking animation, but they all have a red can icon when placed in a sim's inventory. I'm not sure how to fix this right now, but that should be the only issue of note.

Credits

EA/Maxis for The Sims 3 and The Sims 4, mesh by RAVASHEEN, Visual Studio 2019, ILSpy, s3pe, Notepad++, Sims4Studio, TSRW, Blender, Milkshape, Gimp, and Script Mod Template Creator.

Thank You

Thank you to RAVASHEEN and everyone in the Sims 3 Creators' Cave Discord!

If you like my work, please consider tipping me on Ko-fi 💙

Download @ ModTheSims

[cassied1etcoke]

144cals today<3

onigiri🍙-134cals

zero sugar energy drink🥤-10cals

[thetriplets3]

can u do prompt 17(i think) from the needing comfort list — ‘you bought me chocolate/flowers’ — with matt plz !! its okay if not ! have a great dayy 🩵

haven't written in a while so hopefully this is good thank you for your request. send some more in

key to my heart

One thing I’ve always loved about Matt is how he will go lengths to make sure feel better and brighten up your darkest days.

Matt’s been by my side for a few years now, he’s the first person I want to tell anything to, a shoulder to cry on, and a comforting presence. When life gets hectic and things gets flipped over Matt is always the one to come and turn your world back around. I never know where I stand with Matt. He does things a boyfriend would do but we’ve never discussed our feeling with each other.

This week was exhausting to say the least. I’ve become the therapist amongst my friends, it’s a blessing and a curse to feel things so deeply. I give my undivided attention to anyone who needs an ear to listen to their problems and give my best advice but at the same time I absorb all their negative energy and I carry their problems. They pass the weight holding them down onto me, quickly slowing me down. That’s the downside to being the one who listens because no one thinks to listen to the listener. They don’t think how heavy it is for one person to hold all that.

I can’t take it anymore, I only have so much room to carry things and it’s filling up quickly. My space is full of others problems and there’s no room for my own thoughts or feeling. So that’s where I am now, curled up under the covers in the dark trying to feel something, anything but everyone’s problems. Turning my phone on do not disturb I see a few messages from Chris covering the ones from Matt.

chris 🍊

please answer us

helloooo??

i know you hate notifications so i know for a fact you’ve seen this

don’t ignore

at least message matt pls he’s worried

love you kid we’re here whatever it is

matt 🥤

y/n

what’s wrong why aren’t you answering any of us?

are you okay? i need to know you’re okay i’m worried

no one has heard or seen you in a few days

i know somethings up this isn’t like you

let me in let me help you

Flipping my phone face down so I don’t have to look at it, I let out a shaky breathe. The silence becomes too much all the stories and problems are all coming forth, shouting and talking over each other. Not knowing how to make it stop I let out a desperate sob wanting nothing more than for someone to listen to me like I do for them. Both mentally and physically exhausted I drifted off into a much needed nap.

My eyes squint open looking at my clock. Only a 40 minute nap. The dryness in my mouth makes me get up to go grab a drink from the kitchen, but not before wrapping a blanket around me.

Slowly and heavy lidded I trudge down the stairs, halting when my eyes meet the island. Flowers. No one’s ever given me flowers before. The thought of how they got in here escapes you, being drawn towards the yellow flowers, my favorite color. Attached to the bouquet is a little note in chicken scratch I could recognize anywhere.

My heart flutters as a pout replaces the empty look on my face. “My favorite” I gasp. A happy sigh leave my lips as I bring the bouquet to my nose to give them a sniff.

“I knew you’d love them” you voice full of love and softness.

“Matt! Holy shit you can’t do that to me” I pant with a hand over my chest.

“Sorry” you say sheepishly.

“You bought me flowers?” I ask softly.

“You told me tulips were your favorite and I thought yellow ones would make you even happier”

“That was 2 years ago I didn’t think you’d remember. I don’t think anyone would remember that” I scoff.

“When you care, you remember. If it’s important to you it’s worth remembering” You say. “You’re worth it”

Placing the flowers on the table I walk towards you. Sensing an impending hug you open your arms and pull me into your chest.

“I know you’re always there for everyone else to let their guard down but you need someone to be there for you. Stop putting up walls let me be that person. Let me in okay I love you and you don't have to feel alone” you say as your one hand rubs circles on my back and the other cradling my head to your chest, immediately bringing me comfort I didn't know I was missing.

“I know. I'll let you in might take a while. I love you Matty" I whisper into your neck.

"We'll work on it I'm here for you"

taglist: @antisocialties @iluvmatt @dwntwn-strnlo @fake-coolbeans @opheliaofficial07 @angelcake-222 @oneirophobic @strniolo @lollibumblebee @ssturniolo @20nugs

[tea-blankets-andstars]

🥤all the marauders era characters favorite drinks 

james: red bull/ energy drinks

sirius: hot cocoa

remus: Earl Grey tea 

peter: Frappuccino 

lily: iced tea

mary: matcha 

marlene: prime

dorcas: pumpkin spice latte 

pandora: boba

evan: liquid death (for anyone who dosent know what that is its pretty much just tea in a can google it) 

barty: Slurpee 

regulus: black coffee

emmeline: apple juice

[raindrop-stimmies]

Energy drink cookie stimboard!

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⚡️🥤⚡️

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[shootingshinestar]

Ateez as types of drinks thread ⤵️

This was in my notes for a while, and now I finally gotten around to it, lol.

♤

Hongjoong as soda 🥤

Soda comes in different varieties of colors and tastes. The different colors remind me of his hair colors throughout the years. The different tastes remind me of his duality off-stage vs on stage. He can be a demon on stage but also baby girl off stage. It's clear some people like both of those personas, lol. Now, would he be a specific soda? Well, no. He is able to change his presence to fit the concept as he is the center of it all.

Seonghwa as wine 🍷

Hwa definitely gives off wine mom vibes fr. Wine is an expensive and classy taste like him. I can imagine him holding a wine glass between his fingers and stirring the drink in circles in a mansion. He looks so luxurious with a dark color palette (thinking about vampire hwa rn)

Yunho as sparkling water 🫧

Finally, now it's my time! (sorry I had to 😔) Aside from the obvious reference to sparkling, yunho reminds me of sparkling water. It can be seen as fancy but also convenient. I mean, we can survive on water by itself, but also sparkling water can help with hydration cuz atiny are always thirsty for yunho hehe 😜 (can you blame us?) Yunho is a reliable member! He takes care of his members when Matz isn't there to do so. He helps whenever he can and tries his best! Like water, he helps everyone and brings the energy Ateez needs to start the day!

Yeosang as tea 🍵

Bro is always there to listen to the tea and create it, lol. Yeosang may seem quiet but will call out his members on variety shows. He knows what's up fr but also actually not knowing what's actually happening? (me fr) anyways tea can either be cold like his ice prince appearance and hot like the burning energy he brings on stage. His duality is crazyyy.

San as juice🧃

Once again, I associated san with fruits and being fresh. What's a refreshing drink than juice? Similar to his stages, it is so refreshing because he delivers a strong and different every time. He is enjoyable to watch on stage. Juice is usually drank at the start of the morning, often as part of a breakfast. Juice is a healthy choice and has many benefits. (Like how san likes to work out and being active) It also comes in many different flavors, resulting in its variety, just like how versatile he is!

Mingi as milk 🥛

Milk makes you stronger and bigger, kinda like Mingi grew up in our eyes. He came back muscular physically but also stronger mentally. Mingi shows atiny how he feels through his lyrics, and some of us can relate to that. He has shown us how far he became an artist and a person.

Wooyoung as coffee ☕️

Coffee makes you have energy and hyper just like how woo is. Either you gonna stay up with adrenaline or gonna be knock out. Coffee can be bitter like how woo be when he doesn't get attention but also can be sweet when giving affection to his members. (Coffee can f you up and so can he ^^)

Jongho as boba🧋

Jongho and his boba eyes 😭 often associated with boba because of how his cute eyes resemble boba balls. He can be so adrobale when he doesn't act like a grandpa lol

[roxynugget]

Roxy's Top Minecraft Tips:

Hoard like a goblin, as long as you have a chest to put it in. Yes, you will probably need all that extra stone for something. Yes, you will probably want all that netherrack as a cheap temporary block. No, you will probably not want all that uncobbled deepslate (let's not get crazy here).

If you have emeralds, the wandering trader is actually a decent early-game source of nautilus shells, saplings you don't have, and blue ice (which is good for redstone machines). You can also pop off his leads from his llamas, without killing him, by putting down a boat and letting the llamas sit in it. Please stop murdering the little guy...

I am a major advocate of abiding by The Three Laws Of Big Ugly Holes In The Ground. Which is a law I just made up, but is a common problem in Minecraft worlds where people undertake megaprojects. The Three Laws Of Big Ugly Holes states:

If you spend hours and hours digging a big, ugly hole in the ground for a project, you will now have a big ugly hole in the ground.

If you don't want to look at a big ugly hole in the ground, you may have to spend a lot of time and energy to make it look nice again.

And lastly, if you don't have the time or energy to fix the big ugly hole in the ground, you will have to look at it every single time you're in the area. Make sure you REALLY need that big ugly hole in the ground.

Barrels are excellent for building spruce furniture in Minecraft. But other villager work stations are also really good for building furniture! Cartography tables are excellent for building dark oak furniture and decor, because they look like they're made of dark oak. Likewise, fletching tables look like they're made of birch, so they're good for birch furniture. Bee hives also look like cardboard boxes or oak drawers.

Never underestimate the power of armor stands. They can really liven up a space, and there are some cool mods out there for posing them now. Disabling gravity also makes them less laggy.

Teach yourself just a little bit of redstone. You'll find ways to use it to benefit yourself.

If you're not going to be fighting other players, the Smite enchantment is probably going to be more useful to you than Sharpness. There are more undead enemies in the game than any other type, and suiting your melee weaponry towards them is a good idea. Add Fire Aspect, and you have a sword that can take out most monsters very quickly!

Allays and other flying mobs have difficulties navigating blocks that are not half-blocks, such as trapdoors, fences, amethyst, and slabs. If you want your pets to free-range in your house, you may want to remove these obstacles to prevent them from getting stuck.

A complicated storage system will not fix your organizational habits. It might help! But if the idea of making one exhausts you, aim for something simpler, and you may find that any organization at all will help you more.

Minecraft will still be there after you have a snack and take a drink of water. 🥪🥤

[biblicallyangelic]

HATZGANG HEADCANONZ!!!!

Roy:

💵💰🧨🥤

Listens to shitty rap music

Thinks games like Roblox and such are for babies, he bullies Robert for it

Scared of horror movies

Secretly listens to Kpop, if you catch him he claims it’s for the hot girls 🤓

His favorite band would be Twice

Rich white boy

“I’m not privileged! Someone called me a snow roach!!🤬”

Makes fun of foreigners for their accent, but can only speak English 💀💀

His parents force him to do sports, he doesn’t want to so whenever they drop him off he sneaks out and skips the classes without anyone knowing

Either straight or gay, no in between

He’s a chubby and short boy

The embodiment of Eric cartman

Ross:

🌎🔭🌌🚀🛸

Big fan of metal thanks to his dad, favorite bands are Megadeth, Slipknot and Cannibal Corpse

Drinks monster energy in secret, his mom tells him not to because it makes him even more tired since he’s young

Space enthusiast

Smart as hell, has plenty of knowledge

Pretty good at science

Pulls down his beanie when he’s nervous or embarrassed

Quiet, observes instead of talking

Gives random facts during a conversation

Has plenty of metal band shirts that his dad lent him from when he was younger

Tries to be edgy as hell

Latino, more specifically Puerto Rican on his dad’s side

He’d probably be French on his mom’s side since Jaune is yellow in French

Fascinated with aliens and ‘unknown space creatures’

Skateboards

Sneaks out at night to go stargazing alone

Writes poems and he’s pretty good at it too!

Speaks Spanish and English

Bisexual

Robert:

🪴🧸🔎🪱🐞

Gives the best hugs

Probably an age regressor

Loves animals and nature

Likes painting and drawing

Wants to become a painter in the future

Plays reblex adopt me 🤬 with his little sister

Lots of spelling mistakes

Puts his milk before his cereal

AUTISTIC!1!1!1!

John takes him to the police station since Robert admires him

His favorite movie is Beverly Hills Cops because of that

Owns a Nintendo switch

Collects butterflies

VERY clumsy

Eats worms…

I can see him being Slav/eastern European, either Russian or Czech, but just half

Pansexual

[lunasapphire]



[stupid-p0lls-4u]

I would love if you reblog this post :)

[sillysaurus]

day 6: a character i headcanon as a regressor, topher bus from clone high

🦐🍤🥤🎮♾️

why: its mainly projection, i kin him. and he is lonely and hates the world so he needs an escape. also hes autistic (trust)

i think he would regress to around 7-13

i think he would be very game oriented, he would definitely be into the horror game scene, like fnaf and poppy playtime. also minecraft and roblox. has a 3DS and plays pokemon, mario, plants vs zombies, etc. watches people play scary games on youtube (and gets scared but pretends he doesnt). listens to hatsune miku, other cute electronic music, game osts of course, and minecraft parodies. collects legos like crazy. hides his stuffed animals in the closet. coolmathgames. likes nyan cat and 2010s internet things (mlg). classic mobile games: angry birds, temple run, subway surfers, jetpack joyride. online games like club penguin, ponytown. hes a sore loser and will pout. drinks too much soda and energy drinks. very insecure about his regression

[cassied1etcoke]

210 cals today^^

onigiri🍙-200cals

zero sugar energy drink🥤-10cals