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Originally Posted by Eagle5US
--Something we cannot seem to get into these guys heads from the medical side....ripped fuel, hydroxycut, niOx, and everything in between is BAD. SIMILARLY - RIPITS, Caffeine drinks, Red Bull, and the like are also VERY BAD in this environment. We consistently see the line guys coming into the DFAC or little shoppette we have and literally putting CASES of these caffeine drinks into their 1114's to take to their COP or Patrol Base. These drinks dehydrate the men and screw relentlessly with their metabolism of electrolytes. Not because they drink one, but because they are only 6 or 8 ounces, they will drink 4-6 of them at a clip.
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Last year, my wife did a seminar in Mexico for Hershey Company. One of her fellow speakers was a former nutritionist for the Steelers.
She said the drinks weren't energy drinks, but stimulant drinks, and she hated them with a passion. A player came into her office saying he was having a heart attack because his heart was racing.
He was 26 and had just guzzled 6 Red Bulls. Not the smartest tool in the shed.
I hate the taste of water after about the first week, but my wife sent me some of those little packets of lemonade that were the right size for the smaller water bottles that really hit the spot. I think they were Crystal Lite brand.