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One of the safety related issues that have been raised with regard to energy drink is the one to the effect that use of the drinks can lead to dehydration. Critics of the drinks have been eager to tell this to everybody who can listen: that use of an energy-drink will more often than not lead to dehydration. This is a something that has led a considerable number of people to steer clear of the energy supplement, because the effect of dehydration on physical and mental performance (and on health generally) is not something that can be taken very lightly. Our interest, in this discussion, will be to find out the basis for this association between energy supplement with dehydration, and how strong the link between dehydration and the energy drink is. With regard to the first part of the equation, where we try to find out the basis for the association between energy-drink and dehydration, it would be worth noting that this is usually something that has to do with the high caffeine levels in some of the drinks. We may recall that for many years, all we had in terms of energy drinks were highly caffeinated formulations that simply worked by way of stimulating the users and making them feel energized. There are quite a huge number of drinks that still work through this mechanism, to this day. They are arguably the easiest variety of energy-drinks to make. They therefore tend to be relatively cheaper. And they tend to be give what are, by all accounts, instant results upon usage. These are the sorts of drinks you sip, and instantly start feeling energized as you gulp them down. Of course, to bring about this kind of efficacy, it becomes necessary to have a very high level of caffeine in the drink. And the high level of caffeine in the drink almost inevitably brings about the dehydration effect. Turning to the second part of the equation, which addresses the strength of the link between energy-drinks and dehydration, it would be important to point out right from the outset that, nowadays, there are many health drinks that don't contain caffeine - and which there can't cause dehydration. Indeed, the stimulation mechanism for bringing about an energized feeling earlier described happens to be just one mechanism through which an energy drink can work. Unfortunately, since it is the oldest, it also happens to be the only mechanism for energy drink action many people are conversant with. The other arguably healthier mechanism through which modern energy drink work is that of directly increasing the rate of metabolism in the body, thus leading to higher energy outputs within the body. Where this mechanism is employed, we end up with a situation where the users of the energy drink not only feel more energized, but where they also do get truly highly energized. Where this mechanism is in work, there is no need for caffeine. The energy supplement that work this way therefore contain no caffeine and thus have no dehydrating effect. So in the final analysis, the dehydrating effect is only associated with the energy-drink that contain caffeine. It also tends to be rather mild, as long as the energy drink is used in the prescribed quantities.
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