Healthy Energy Drink

Why People Drink Energy Drinks?

Do you wonder why people drink energy drinks? It’s strange because energy drinks didn’t even exist 20 years ago, so why do people want them so much now?

I’m well over the age of most energy drinkers and every day, about 10 am, I really look forward to my energy drink. I used to look forward to a cup of tea, but not anymore.

So, why do people want energy drinks now, instead of the old soft drink for teenagers or a cup of tea or coffee (for “older” people)? These are the reasons I think people drink energy drinks -

• Some of them (not all) taste better than tea or coffee.
• They (some of them) give more of a boost of energy.
• They are more convenient to drink while playing sport (imagine walking round a golf course with a cup of coffee or grabbing a coffee in a short break from playing).
• It’s more cool to drink energy drinks.
• They can help sports people and athletes to get that extra boost of energy just before they play/compete. A cup of tea or coffee takes too long to drink, and the energy boost doesn’t really last.
• A few of them provide healthy nutrients as well as an energy blend, so you don’t need to take vitamins separately

Love to hear your reason for drinking an energy drink..

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Tasted Mangosteen Fruit

A few days ago, I was at the market and overheard someone say “What are these”? I looked and there was a pile of cute little mangosteens. I purchased a couple for Aussie $1.50 each. They had been imported from Thailand. Here’s a picture of the two of them.

The lady who sold them to me said to cut the mangosteen in half through the center. Silly me! I cut it all the way through, and a bright red juice started pouring out of the fruit. I realized I wasn’t supposed to cut right through. Anyway, at least you can see all the seeds and the pulp of the fruit in this picture.

I cut the second mangosteen properly by stopping the knife when I got to the soft part. One half of the mangosteen just fell off cleanly, and it looks more like all the other pictures of mangosteen.

I took the white part out carefully, and it consisted of tiny little segments (similar to the segments that an orange has). I really can’t tell you what it tasted like though! It was entirely different to any other fruit I had ever tasted.

A delicious taste! I tasted some of the pericarp (the red part you can see in the hollow section) and it wasn’t nice at all. Thank goodness for juices that taste delicious, so we can still get the benefit of the pericarp.

I took a photo of the mangosteen next to a rather large passionfruit, to show you the relative size. This passionfruit is a bit bigger than the average passionfruit.

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Healthy Energy Drink gives Energy To Burn

Although I’ve never been anywhere near a running track competing against other
athletes, I still consider myself as a athelte of some sort.

I have been in the music industry for most of my life as a musician, though I prefer
to think of myself as an entertainer.

During the last three years I have used more energy playing the part of Mick Jagger
(in a tribute band) than I have ever used at any other time in my music career.

When I first thought of portraying “Mick” I didn’t think it would be any big deal,
I could sing like him and felt at ease doing some of his movements, BUT, I found
I was running out of energy after going through just a few songs, how was I
going to do a two and a half hour show?

In order to play the part of Jagger I had to become an athlete just like him, I started
running most days and also practiced singing the Stones songs while running around the house pretending I was on stage.

One day a neighbour came to the front door after I’d been doing my Rolling Stones Tribute show, I had sweat running down my face and looked like I just climbed out of the washing machine.

‘Oh my God!’ she gasped, ‘are You alright? I said I was “fine, never felt better”.

For the last two years I have been drinking a healthy energy drink. When I go to do the Jagger tribute I throw a can of this energy drink in my bag and, 30 minutes before the performance I slam it down.

When we hit the stage I feel so excited and full of energy the audience can sense the
vitallity and ‘it’s Showtime’!

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