Research Shows
That Energy Drinks Can Trigger Weight Gain & Belly Fat

That’s the new dilemma facing the energy drink market.

The point of consuming an energy drink is to boost energy levels and increase alertness. That’s why energy drinks are the most popular drinks on the functional beverage market.

But how many people would continue to guzzle their favorite energy drink if they knew it caused weight gain?

SCIENTIFIC PROOF

Scientists have discovered that most energy drinks carry a significant down-side - they can trigger weight gain and increase fat cell size.

Researchers have clearly identified the biochemical culprits in energy drinks that trigger weight gain. The culprits are the disruptions in glucose metabolism that impairs blood glucose homeostasis, which is caused by the ingredients in energy drinks. These disruptions trigger the fat-storage hormones, insulin and Lipoprotein Lipase (LPL).

It has been established and clinically proven that energy drinks containing caffeine or guarana increase the body’s release of insulin and LPL, the main fat-storage culprits. In a large study, caffeine was also shown to increase the consumption of very fattening and fatty foods.

This is due to the reactive-hypoglycemic properties of caffeine in energy drinks. This explains why most energy drinks ultimately trigger cravings for fattening foods.

These findings are consistent with published clinical trials and research in humans showing that glucose metabolism is impaired shortly after the ingestion of caffeine, brewed coffee, ground caffeinated coffee, or instant caffeinated coffee (see References).

Consuming any drink that contains caffeine, including coffee, also causes the secretion of the hormone Cortisol, a stress-hormone and biochemical marker of stress, that triggers belly fat accumulation. Dr. Henry Kahn, of Emory University School of Medicine states, “There’s something about fat cells in the body – the way they respond to stress hormones. People with high levels of stress hormones have a tendency to store fat in their bellies.”

For more research on Cortisol and its effect on weight gain, see the educational website at CortisolScience.com

BLOOD GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS

The biochemical disruptions causes by drinking caffeinated drinks (such as energy drinks) are related to its Glycemic Properties.

Caffeine and coffee elicit an acute insulin-insensitive environment in both healthy and obese individuals, and in type 2 diabetics (AJCN/2008).

Caffeine-containing drinks mediate negative effects on glucose tolerance and glucose homeostasis in humans via adenosine receptor antagonism, and impairment of insulin-mediated glucose uptake via caffeine-stimulated epinephrine release.

Both caffeine and coffee stimulate the release of epinephrine, which exerts actions opposite to that of insulin via Beat-Adrenergic stimulation. This biochemical cascade causes negative effects on blood glucose homeostasis, and belly fat gains.

In diabetics, caffeine-beverages have adverse effects on glucose metabolism, producing higher average daytime glucose concentrations and exaggerated post-prandial glucose responses.

80% of Americans consume coffee and caffeine-containing products every day, with 60-75% of all caffeine ingested coming from coffee.

Though researchers have identified the fat-storing effects of caffeine consumption, they did not offer a solution other than avoiding all coffee and caffeine-beverages.

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center (2008) stated that “Daily consumption of coffee, tea, or soft drinks raises blood sugar levels and may even hinder efforts to control the condition.”

The Duke University researchers recommended “Simply quit drinking coffee, or any other caffeinated beverages.”

SOLUTIONS

Caffeine and guarana are found in the vast majority of energy drinks, as these two ingredients are effective energy-enhancing agents. The tradeoff is increased belly fat (adipose tissue fat).

Most people do not want to give up their caffeine, coffee, or energy drinks, but they also do not want to incur increased belly fat.

This dilemma was solved when renowned glycemic researcher, Dr. Ann de Wees Allen, Chief of Biomedical Research at the Glycemic Research Institute (www.Glycemic.com), came up with a solution.

Dr. Allen received the first Glycemic patent ever awarded worldwide, when she developed and Patented the mechanism for correcting the side-effects of caffeine and coffee. This Patent and research was awarded “Breakthrough Product of the Year” by Success magazine and featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.

Named as the leading Gycemic clinical researcher in the world, Dr. Allen applied her extensive knowledge on the glycemic index, the Cephalic index, obesity, Lipoprotein Lipase, fat-storing hormones, Cortisol, and adipose tissue fat-storing, to the caffeine-dilemma.

The result is Patented Buffered Caffeine™, and it is the only solution of its kind in the world.

PATENTED BUFFERED CAFFEINE:
THE NEW GENERATION OF ENERGY DRINKS

Buffered Caffeine™ is a Patented Buffered Caffeine core-compound that buffers and negates the fat-stimulating effects of caffeine and coffee, and can be added to energy drinks or caffeine-products as a replacement to regular caffeine.

Buffered Caffeine™ is an Edible Computer Chip® that acts like a Bio-Intell-Inside, reprogramming the body’s response to regular caffeine.

Buffered Caffeine™ does not change the taste or flavor of energy drinks or products that contain caffeine, and can easily replace caffeine in any product.

Buffered Caffeine™ ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS

Buffered Caffeine™ has been successfully utilized in energy drinks, coffee drinks, and other caffeine-products, and is backed by 25-years of research.

In a new 5-year clinical research project, the utilization of Buffered Caffeine™ has been broadened to include chocolate, candy, and ice cream.

The base of Buffered Caffeine™ has been certified as a Low Glycemic, 100% Natural, Anti-Carbohydrate, which represents the first generation of food and beverage ingredients that blunts adipose tissue fat-storage, Cortisol, and Lipoprotein Lipase, the primary mechanisms for fat-storing in humans.

SKINNY SCIENCE

World renowned Skinny Science® researchers have been testing the Buffered Caffeine™ compound to ascertain its usefulness in a line of Skinny Science® approved foods and beverages. The Skinny Science® team is well known for their landmark discovery that Diet Soda is Fattening.

www.SkinnyScience.com
www.SkinnyScienceEDU.com

In a recent interview, Skinny Science® researchers announced that the first generation of Skinny Science® foods and beverages containing Buffered Caffeine™ will be broadly marketed to the public in 2009.

REFERENCES

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