Energy Drink Without Caffeine

[pb2003]

Are energy drinks without caffeine available in Thailand, which are producing the same effect as coffee ? Or is coffee unbeatable in that respect ?

[pb2003]

No one ??? Or Slow Start ?

[yeti]

All "quick start" energy drinks contain caffeine, sometimes labelled as guarana (but it's still caffeine).

Some beverages containing ginseng, vitamins and other ingredients may be labelled as energy drinks even if they don't include caffeine, but then it's on the long term that they may have some effects.

Not for a quick start in the morning, or to help you stay up late.

[pb2003]

Thanks, "Snowy"...

[lovebangkok]

I recommend some liquid Gingseng, maybe with guarana.

And no, guarana is not coffeine. It works longer and you dont get headache.

[Dragonman]

I recommend some liquid Gingseng, maybe with guarana.

And no, guarana is not coffeine. It works longer and you dont get headache.

It's not caffeine, but contains up to 10% caffeine, and pro rata about 4 times more than a cup of coffee.

The boost is the caffeine and taurine usually, and if it's just energy replacement drinks you're looking at, isotonics or glucose are really the only alternatives. I used to take both as a professional athlete.

[yeti]

Guarana is a plant, mainly coming from Brazil, which contains guaramine.

Guaramine is caffeine if you read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarana

Guaramine is similar to caffeine if you read this: http://www.guarana.com/facts.html

Anyway a cure of Ginseng and vitamins from time to time, when you feel weak, can be good. But won't help you wake up in the morning (and I think that's what the OP was intereested in).

[Firefan]

Interesting enough; most of the energy drinks here in Thailand gets their "kick' from the TAURINE, typically 1000 mg (natural amino acid - brain stimulant) rather than the caffeine where the drinks typically hold only 50-100 mg of caffeine corresponding to a weak cup of coffee or a black tea only.

In addition they add some strong vitamin Bs also know as energy stimulants.

Cheers!

[meadish_sweetball]

Whatever guarana actually is, the effect is similar to caffeine. Too much of it makes you sweat and your palms shake, just like good old coffee.

Methinks it is touted as guarana instead of caffeine so they can sell it to health freaks.

As for ginseng, you need a steady supply of about two-three weeks before you start noticing any effects. A ginseng drink now and then definitely does not hurt you, but any effect you experience is more likely to occur due to the placebo effect. If used on a long-term basis it is highly recommended though - it does keep you alert.

Beware of cheaper ginseng brands though, a Swedish newspaper analyzed a batch of 12 brands and found the actual ginseng content in the cheaper brands to be very low - the explanation was that they are based on the leftovers from making the more efficient variants.

[bluezephyr]

how much caffiene is there in those small 150ml bottles of thai red bull? cant read the label

is it legal in the uk?,mate got his san song confiscated at heathrow (why was this?)and customs were wondering if the red bulls were allowed aswell.

Edited January 31, 2006 by bluezephyr

[Firefan]

50-100 mg caffeine in Red Bull and similar small bottles.

San Song? Well sounds weird - maybe he just had too much booze with him?

Red Bull and similar energy drinks are legal in some EU countries and not in other - it is not that there is anything considered illigal drugs in it, but most countries have rules as to how much you are allowed so supplement foods with vitamins Etc. and there the energy drinks fail in some countries as having high doses of mainly taurine but also vitamin Bs Etc. Cheers!

[Wes Turner]

water is best drink