 Do you really need energy drinks at all ever? And if so, which ones are the best? Hey there, njroot22.com here with another vlog. And today's topic is about energy drinks. I guess we're fitting this into our low carb Sundays, I believe, because I think that it fits into that category. But in our opinion, just from the top here, is that I don't think anybody needs energy drinks. If you have the proper diet, that should give you all the energy you ever need. You should never need an energy pick me up. But some people do work really hard or have a bad night's sleep and they are a little bit, I guess you could say sluggish. And in those situations, I think just regular black coffee or a cup of hot tea, black tea would work really well if you put some cream in it. No sugar ever, because that just spikes you up and brings you down. But you know, energy drinks are a very big industry. I think we did a little story about it recently about how like the entire wall of at any convenience store is filled with energy drinks. Like dozens of different energy drinks, all filled with chemicals and bad, too much sugar, bad sugar or just, it's just bad. I looked at one of the drinks that I think it was five hour energy, had like 1% of this vitamin. You could just take a pill and you'd be better off with it. But you know, other than coffee and tea, there are some energy drinks that sort of meet the, I guess, quota of not being bad. And I don't recommend any of those little five hour energy things. Those are the worst. They're probably addictive, too. I think I've tried them in the past and they just made me all jittery and stuff. But I found two, and the rule of thumb when finding is find things that with zero carbs, if possible, zero. And I found one here. It's called the clean energy drinks, called Runa Zero. And I'll put a picture up here if I can find one online. But this one has 150 milligrams of caffeine, zero calories, zero sugar. Although this does have one gram of carbs per can, which is really, that is not enough. And they have all their buzz words. I'm not gonna read the buzz phrases to feel good energies. I mean, they have all the organic logos and it's clean, the word clean. It's just ridiculous. But this was Guaya, I can't even pronounce it, water. And then there was some pear juice in it and natural flavor, of course, which is probably has some MSG in it. Watermelon and so on. This wasn't bad. I think I remember putting it in a mixed drink, but it's not nearly as bad as some of the other energy drinks out there. And I found something like this at Ocean State Jala, which means it's probably gonna go out of business. This one is a lightly caffeinated. It's called Limitless Sparkling Water. Limitless sparkling water, this is a lightly caffeinated cucumber pear drink. And this has 35 milligrams of caffeine, which is about a fifth quarter of the other thing there, which has a lot more caffeine. This has zero carbs, zero sugars. It's just basically reverse osmosis water, natural flavors again, which they can squeak MSG in and caffeine derived from fresh, not stale coffee beans. But these things, I guess, if you want a little flavor variety, these things aren't so bad. But I still recommend, you know, just get a good night's sleep, drink plenty of water, have a nice low carb diet, and you will have all the energy you ever need. You won't feel tired or lethargic. Just don't eat the junk food and you'll be all right. But you know, I guess there are some energy drinks out there that aren't so bad. If you liked the video, please hit the like and subscribe. It would help us out a lot and I'll see you next time.