FACT VS. FICTION
Energy boost is a bust with sugary sodas
By Anahad O'Connor
November 28, 2006

THE CLAIM: Turning to a sugary soft drink for a midafternoon energy
boost might be tempting. But is that sugar rush all it's cracked up
to be? Probably not.

THE FACTS: Besides having only short-lasting effects on energy, the
sugar high of soft drinks can ultimately work against you,
decreasing attention span, slowing reaction times and putting you to
sleep.
High sugar content is often taken to mean high energy, but research
refutes this.
In one recent study, published in the journal Human
Psychopharmacology, a group of healthy adults took 90-minute mental
tests after eating a small lunch on various days. On some days,
about an hour after lunch, they drank a soft drink that had 42 grams
of sugar and about 30 to 40 milligrams of caffeine. On other days,
they drank a similarly flavored drink with no sugar or caffeine.
With the high-sugar drink, the subjects' test scores were lower and
they had more delays in reaction time and lapses in attention. After
a 15-minute rush of energy, they became tired and less alert.
Other studies have found beneficial memory and attention effects for
drinks with sugar and caffeine - but only with caffeine levels twice

those of a typical soft drink.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Sugary soft drinks may make you sleepy.

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