Energy Drink Haul! How to Choose a Healthy Energy Drink at the Grocery Store

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[@19BiGRED74]

Hey Tom, the XYIENCE energy drink you approved has acesulfame potassium in it. It's on the list. ;( Just wanted you to know. Simple over look. You've got a rep to keep up!

[@higurashianduminekoconnect1702]

I know that Brandon is actually pretty good that's a good matcha brand for if you're starting off

[@higurashianduminekoconnect1702]

But never believe the teabags are basically just putting dried up tea leaves and reselling it with the label of matcha

[@stephenhudgins1322]

Zcience energy did have ace k

[@stephenhudgins1322]

Whyd u skip hiball energy

[@landothemando6901]

You should make your own brand of a clean energy drink.

[@metal0n0v]

Marketing niche. Seems about right.

[@DJxVancaosXdXChaos]

And make millions lol

[@ezeeisaieonline6971]

great talk lol

[@mxsharkgang3246]

Itll be out of stock from me. Great idea

[@failure5864]

Great idea.

[@alexatlanta513]

Imagine going to a bar with this guy. "You see the thing about margaritas is..."

[@davidcontreras5963]

This was actually funny af. Started crying 😭

[@paulbeahm3891]

Those have neither 100+ mg of caffeine or vitamins and am not interested.

[@thathurted1682]

lmao

[@iinrodwetrust]

😂

[@dimlivin2092]

😂😂 damn

[@kellyartinian]

I would love to see you create your own! Not only just energy drinks, but food items too! It is SO hard to find super clean ingredients in anything we consume!

[@geofillingame2335]

you my friend got me into fasting and trying hard to eat better in 8 months i have went from 245 lbs to 205 i feel so much better and being a diabetic my a1c has dropped to almost normal thank you for doing what you do!!!!!!!

[@tammythompson1094]

Me too

[@ababmxr05]

Last time I was 225 I did a keto diet along with moderate exercise (I was consistently exercising before the diet). I lost 25 lbs in a month and kept it off by just going to a low carb diet. I was shocked along with others that knew me. Always been muscular just ate really bad

[@CyberEditing]

So the best energy drink is...........water ?

[@jernej.skoflek]

enough of sleeping! ;)

[@SoulGasmProd]

You're own pee is good too

[@fredgarvin4252]

1:13 you just passed the most important energy drinks!

[@Tucanaldeinversiones]

Celsius!!!

[@geo_neo9]

Sea moss gel n shilijit mountain blood. Which bruce lee used. Research.

[@brandyd.r.3029]

Hi Thomas, I was actually sent to the emergency room for drinking Monsters and Redbull. I was working a job that was extremely high energy, very fast paced and wouldn't you know, it was a fast food joint. I won't disclose which one. I was drinking either 3 monsters a day or 3 redbulls a day. This was for over a year. I would wake up and feel like a bag of potatoes. Heavy, weak, and very thirsty ALL the time. I would have my morning coffee, didn't really eat breakfast, and around 10 i'd start my energy drinking. By lunch time I was done with my first 2 drinks and would just munch on some thing for lunch. Then id drink my last drink around dinner time and id have a small dinner. I thought i was in shape, and i thought everything was fine. But one day i woke up and felt like i needed a gallon of water. I drank water ALL day and stayed home. I felt worse around lunch time and started feeling weak and very dizzy. I couldn't even get off the couch. I called my mom and she rushed me to the ER with a very high fever. They took blood and did test and told me my kidneys were close to shutting down because i was septic and asked me about my daily routine. As soon as i mentioned my energy intake my Drs jaw dropped. He made me promise id stop drinking them and i was in the hospital for 5 days! I no longer work at that establishment and now im a stay at home mom. Ive went from 145lbs to 200lbs. :-( I am no longer drinking energy drinks but im glad to know there's options. Me and my husband are starting the keto diet because of you Thomas and your videos. Wish us luck. Sorry for the long message but i had to share. Thanks for the great videos. Your teaching me a lot!

[@jenniferibarra7737]

My mother in law was also sent to the hospital by red bull now I told her take Celsius it’s Amazing😊

[@thatyounginjosh4531]

I hope you can recover from that.

[@absolutelyfookinnobody2843]

Why the fuck are you drink that much caffeine

[@jb2024x]

“If You Ain’t Bangin’, You Ain’t Hangin.’” - Bang Energy CEO 🤣🤣🤣

[@CarbonGearSolid]

Bang isn't bad to be honest

[@TheTorqueAholic]

Excessive caffeine disrupts testosterone creation, so they may be right 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@rosam182]

😂😂😂

[@brians1793]

@@TheTorqueAholic Yep, it raises cortisol. I really need to get better about too much caffeine and not enough sleep, but my natural T levels must be great as far as natural genetic potential because I've had good levels for years despite my lifestyle being full of major T level killers. I stopped things like too much hoppy craft beer and not a great diet, pretty much just stopped alcohol don't have a drop weeks at a time, really easy to do with a diet based on keto and high-quality foods. But even through my 20's never lost sight of 6-pack abs, I was only averaging 4-5 hours of sleep a night too, partly or getting 5-6 only on weekends but more like 3.5-4 weekdays, my sleep has been shit and is still not great at 34 years old. I just need to work on that and caffeine now, of course managing caffeine better will help the sleep I'm sure so that's the place to start. Glasses you can sleep in that block 99.9% of both blue and green light is really helpful though, it's working wonders. Much better than 98% of blue light, but that's a lot better than nothing. Targeted-keto based on quality animal foods, I only go highest quality so I don't even eat organic chicken, it's still grain-fed, fine if you go with lean meats I guess but it's more expensive than 100% grass-fed/finished hormone/antibiotic-free beef anyway. So I stick to that, beef organs, and wild-caught fish mainly. I just take a full-spectrum beef organs supplement mostly liver and brains, raw freeze-dried powder from New Zealand cows, has balanced amounts of heart, spleen, pancreas, and kidney too. Between that and fermented skate liver oil, I don't really have a need for things like oysters and sardines like before, so just some wild-caught smoked salmon here and there for a treat. It's nice not having to worry about oxidized fish oils and can liners in canned fish, though it's still pretty good for you if it's wild-caught, just not ideal. The fermented skate liver oil is raw too. Other than that for animal foods I generally stick to pasture-raised ghee and raw goat/sheep cheese. Then some great plant staples I've been going with are acai berry powder partly for being so low sugar so keto-friendly, fermented cabbage like kimchi(bonus points for testosterone for having things like ginger, garlic, and onion), and quality dark chocolate. Those are all at least not bad for testosterone, if not good or great, and also could help block estrogen and/or flush it. Dairy can be not great, but I think that's definitely mainly conventionally raised dairy, not quality raw dairy. Naturally present hormones aren't going to be much of a concern, definitely not in the context of a diet/lifestyle like mine, I doubt it'd have a real noticeable negative impact on test and estrogen. Quality grass-fed whey especially, most especially after fasted training with raw honey is so great for building lean muscle, that makes up for it. Whey is underrated for being dense in nutrients too, if it's quality grass-fed and not a whey isolate, it maintains a lot of the nutrition from milk, it's just mainly missing the fat soluble vitamins but you don't want that after fasted training with raw honey anyway, doing targeted keto you can get those later in the day. And I really like herbal stuff and things like shilajit and an ionic boron/magnesium liquid supplement. Been trying really strict keto and fasted training, then quality unheated/unstrained raw honey like Really Raw Honey with grass-fed plain whey, with the boron and beef organs after fasted training, then back to strict keto 2-3 hours later. Fasted training can increase cortisol so it's a great time to have the whey and honey to lower it, and raw honey and whey is great for lowering cortisol. I really need to stop caffeine in the morning before training and during too, to help manage cortisol. Technically it'd break the fast, but taking ashwagandha right before fasted training could help too, I don't see why it'd hurt. Probably a good idea to cycle between fasted training, keto nutrition before training, and cyclical keto so carbs before training some of the time.

[@brians1793]

@@CarbonGearSolid Do you mean as far as taste and giving brief feelings of energy? Because it's definitely a negative thing to have. Probably won't be noticeably bad to your average person to have 1-2x a week or so, maybe daily after months. I got symptoms from sucralose in the past so stopped that for good, aside from rare occasions since then but back to being strict about it. But anyone serious about their health and especially gut health should avoid it, getting serious about diet is going to be so much better for energy in the long run anyway. A lot of these energy drinks are a way for humans to cope with not realizing how nutrient deficient they are in the first place, and most likely sleep deprived so they need to artificially produce 'energy' in their body, which is mostly forcing secretion of stress hormones and then crashing. Most people might not realize optimal vitamin D is actually around 8,000 IU's a day, 10x the RDA. You'd have to eat like a pound of wild-caught salmon a day to get that, or get it from the sun, or supplement it. Vitamin D3 is extracted from sheep's wool using hexane, it's best to put 8,000 IU's or so on your skin if not getting enough sun, for testosterone it's great to put on your balls too lol, or get sun on your balls if you can in private. Most people aren't getting nearly enough vitamin D, even supplementing it in the diet isn't as ideal as oil on skin or sun, and people are afraid if getting sun without sunscreen which blocks vitamin D. There's a lot of issues like this with most people being nutrient deficient in at least one thing and probably not realizing it, let alone actually getting optimal amounts of things. That and the brain probably not naturally producing feel-good chemicals optimally, is a large part of the reasons people turn to things like energy drinks in the first place, but obviously it's not so easy to fix and can take years to do so even once people realize it. It takes some knowledge, self-discipline, along with some money and privilege as a lot of people can't afford or even access the right things.

[@natelindemann]

WOW just came back to this channel to see how this dude is doing and this guy blew up!! i remember back in the day when he only have a few thousand subs, great content man keep it going

[@terpgomer]

"Xyience: no acesulfame potassium" Except for the acesulfame potassium

[@misfits6646]

Daniel Wynne hah.. You beat me to it. He missed it on the ingredients list.

[@dmc2579]

Also spotted it easy to overlook something :-)

[@xavierprosser8390]

I noticed that as well. It's easy to overlook but important to address.

[@xavierprosser8390]

I see that Thomas bought the Xyience which did have Acesulfame P, and didn't buy Uptime which didn't have it. Both had sucralose

[@mikemmxp]

unfortunate it seems all the major players had it

[@thegiovannimauro]

Thank you for not only going over what to avoid in these energy drinks but also suggesting great alternatives such as matcha or creating your own blend using the ingredients you need and/or are beneficial to you; furthermore, thank you for providing a brief description of what many of these ingredients do to the body and their origin or relation to other potentially harmful substances.

[@terpgomer]

This must have been shot a few months ago. There's still toilet paper in the store.

[@pebblzs9549]

Daniel Wynne i sure hope so, he’s touching a lot of surfaces.

[@Violet_Lavender_Dragons]

HAHA! I spotted that, too.

[@TheMagpie4Real]

LOL

[@ashemleibakngambamoirangch5416]

No hand sanitizers too

[@piknick111]

valentines candy at entrance.

[@bloood9]

"140 calorie energy drink, thats more of a meal" cmon man

[@alanaarl]

I’m saying like wtf

[@indigo7387]

That is a tiny meal.

[@lukasheidenreich206]

On that 500kcal per day 😂

[@skylerbond56]

@@indigo7387 140 liquid calories are empty calories though.

[@NWOALERT]

My rule is I don't drink calories unless A.) It gets me drunk B.) I blended it myself

[@BoxingNow]

*i drink gasoline*

[@ryanjensen5897]

I'm more of a diesel man myself

[@Interestingworld4567]

I drink LIQUID HYDROGEN deal with that.

[@Flowmada]

Do you like being a motaur?

[@denitam917]

Boxing Now isn’t that from the movie “Top Secret “? A classic with Val Kilmer. I know I’m aging myself here, but it’s a classic and must see if you need a comedic escape from what’s going on in the world. The guy named Chocolate Mousse chugs it then says “Gasoline, ha ha ha ha!”

[@BoxingNow]

@@denitam917 ill have to check it out!

[@michaelz8620]

Could have saved the 24 minutes and just said everything on these shelves is complete garbage and not healthy to consume.

[@QwerAsdf-vs8pz]

He was figuring it out for himself, it’s not like he walked into the store knowing what ingredients each and every energy drink has. That’s why he did this video, to figure out with us what ingredients are in certain energy drink brands.

[@hoodyk7342]

That first "Thomas Approved" drink you grabbed totally had Acesulfate potassium in it. ( 9:00 ) That second option Hi-Ball one is a very clean choice though, glad you found one( 12:56 ) Keep up the great work.

[@satonicenergy666]

Oh my God thank you I was going to say it, the first one is owned by subway sandwich Ella mayo and the second one is healthy and all but taste very bad

[@joshuaread6838]

He read it and it didn't have Acesulfate in it. Do you have insider information that it does?

[@joshuaread6838]

XYIENCE, a zero calorie energy beverage, has re-launched under new ownership. The new owner is Austin, Texas-based Big Red Inc.

[@SleepyGuzman]

@@joshuaread6838 you can clearly see it in the video

[@SpiritWolf209]

@@joshuaread6838 it's clearly visible on the list. He just didn't read far enough down

[@ScurvySander]

Really enjoyed this energy drink break down. I'm learning a ton about fasting and ingredients as you read these labels!

[@LeonSpaghetti]

Those fully stocked shelves got me feeling some type of way right now

[@metomundy9508]

Has Ace K the Zience or whichever you approved??

[@Interestingworld4567]

No one buys that crap lol

[@briannab5296]

Leon ... a nostalgic 'feeling' for the good ol days? 😔

[@danyo5509]

What way?🤔

[@alfredosauce1705]

The amount of ppl who don’t understand this comment

[@GreenMountain565]

As someone who dosent drink coffee and relies on energy drinks for caffeine im glad to see my go to Xyience get his approval. The cherry lime is still one of the best tasting ones out there.

[@markjohnson3737]

Before I even watch this, I already know my favorite drinks are going to be Thomas’s worst.

[@geneamigh6048]

alright i have to ask. what you're favorite coffee drink?

[@TheBeneFitters]

@@geneamigh6048 Benetrim. Hands down my favorite.

[@geneamigh6048]

@@TheBeneFitters what kind of drink is your favorite?

[@Hammarsand]

Reign Man....

[@lofishawty5901]

same

[@alendonvaldor5808]

I have found the v8 energy drinsk which contain only sugar from the juice itself and 80mg of caffiene. They would certainly not work for keto or fasting, but do seem to be a relatively clean pickmeup for later in the day. (I tend to drink one or two getting through work.)

[@曹丰袭]

Thomas can you make a list of things for us to avoid so we can screen shot them at one time and have a reference when we shop?

[@briannab5296]

Yesss ty!!

[@rajae8174]

Yeeeees 👍👍👍 great Idea

[@younggotti8195]

According to this guy, avoid basically everything..smh there is no need

[@rajae8174]

@@younggotti8195 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Comedy-Goat]

TLDR version

[@aaronwalden3141]

This has been a big eye opener ngl ! , As a type 1 diabetic and Celiac intolerant person who loves a energy drinks ( sugar free obviously ) with out sounding stupid I didn't know there was certain ingredients that effect the pancreas or your gut two things I have to be pretty careful with I've learned allot from this video and will use this as future reference when I'm looking for energy drinks for sure so thanks !

[@valerie5325]

Thomas, get your own brand of energy drinks on the shelves!

[@myleshavrick3283]

Subscribing to your channel has changed my life thank you the one thing I love the most is you don’t b.s or lie you tell it how it is and I thank you again 💪🏻✌️

[@Transpower]

I drink 1-2 cans of 8.4 oz Sugar-Free Red Bull everyday--it's perfectly "clean" for me. It's the only way I can absorb vitamins B6 and B12. I also like the caffeine, the baking soda, and the taurine in it.

[@ziminarblaze9670]

TIMESTAMPS: Low carb monster: 1:47 Bang: 3:50 Cocola: 7:00 Sugar free red bull 7:47 Zience 8:26 Uptime 9:21 Rockstar pure zero 10:54 Hi ball: 12:13 Focus aid 14:52 Reign 18:16 C4 19:32

[@Bmoby1]

Thank you

[@tunafishmaki]

black coffee is my energy drink of choice.

[@rajae8174]

👍👍👍

[@23nothinking]

Water is mine 🙃

[@BetaBuxDelux]

I really wish coffee didn’t cause me to breakout. I love the stuffz

[@rajae8174]

@@BetaBuxDelux same here 😥😥

[@BetaBuxDelux]

@@rajae8174 Yeah, sorry. :(

[@nathano4778]

Great review. Hi-Ball (Vanilla flavor) has been my go to and am biased as my wife's company, Anheuser-Busch, helps distribute this product but you are spot on with it being a clean energy drink with zero sweeteners. Overall I've been trying to drink less of these overall and drink Spindrift sparking water with real fruit (Zero 'natural flavors'). I just wish they had more flavors. Thanks!

[@robjfulton]

This was a phenomenal video - I drink a lot of sugar free drinks - primarily BANG and it’s incredible. Had no idea about these alternatives. I drink it everyday haha -

[@LuisGonzalez-qu2ji]

The best overall is Celsius best in ingredients no sugar and natural flavor

[@briancrane7634]

In the vid the Xcience has Ace K you missed it... [but thanks for the vid!]

[@kp__truckin]

Brian Crane yup it did ...put it back lol

[@communicationstation2687]

I saw that too... it’s towards the bottom after the inositol and before the ester of wood rosin. Weird Xcience!

[@mirandamcwhorter8247]

Hi ball black cherry is awesome!! Made with organic cherry it’s the best clean, organic, energy drink. They have other flavors like ginger. Pomegranate. Lime. Peach. Wild berry.

[@dravenq6928]

Why can’t these MF just make clean energy drinks 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@paintup46]

Gotta fill the label with interesting shit.

[@albertklaxz]

To creat an addiction to there chemical blend.

[@dawnelizabeth1828]

The sugars create an addiction and commercial ones are cheaper.

[@metal0n0v]

funniest thing I saw on one of those labels is "0 cals" on the front, turned it around and it listed 4 types of sugars in it

[@TheBeneFitters]

Made a review on taka which is probably the cleanest energy drink out there. Two flavors, both really good.

[@aerialartistryinstructor2485]

Thank you for the video. I need healthy energy for all that I do. I like how you broke down all the ingredients. I took notes in my phone so that I know what to look for when I'm out looking for an energy drink. I just got some Bareorganics energy packets. I use to buy organic energy drinks, but it's hard to find anymore. I've been drinking the crap energy drinks and wanted a change.

[@lisalisa890]

I am an RN and one of our doctors (Andy Hemmen) made a energy drink. We love it. Its called, beyond energy: The dopamine drink. It really helps us with the long 12-16 hr shifts on our feet. The night shift loves it too.

[@amberestes2971]

How do you make it??

[@daviddeter7883]

Wow ~ I’d like to get a hold of that drink. Thanks for being out there in the craziness!!!

[@Randemoller]

Tell him to make a version without Sucralose.

[@cocainecowboy_]

by any chance is it called beyondnrg?

[@texassweettea6125]

I’m keto, and I have a Bang every now and then and it hasn’t lowered my ketones. Sour head is the best😍

[@vi77ain7s2]

Love sour heads

[@ryancorey2056]

Sour Heads is good.. but candy apple 🤤🤤

[@davideanes3425]

Purple Pear is awesome...Purple Haze tastes like benadryl lol

[@johnsutter8435]

Birthday cake ftwwww

[@willsmiwf7927]

Same here but I drink cotton candy or star blast

[@HurakanKondor]

Great content as always Thomas just wanted to point out at 8:58 the drink you said was ok to have actually has Ace K its just lower on the list cheers

[@countchocula5379]

I love how he *actually* gets angry when he sees at sugar and carbs. 😂

[@truebluebeth6446]

What about Gatorade zero and those type drinks ?!! Please do a video on that Thomas 🙏🏼. Thanks for all you do!

[@tammybaxter4911]

Those aren't good 😑

[@CollinJoseph]

Tammy Baxter okay Tammy

[@tammybaxter4911]

@@CollinJoseph Well they aren't lol

[@TheBeneFitters]

We prefer taka for our non caffeinated energy drinks. Did a review on the pros and cons but definitely one of the healthiest energy drinks out there.

[@legenwaitforitdary3508]

@@tammybaxter4911 why aren’t they good, I’ve been seeing a lot of mixed explanations if they’re good or not

[@CryingFre]

Xyience had asasulfame potassium, which is like Ace K or aspartame. I’m learning. Thank you, Thomas. Thank you 🙏

[@nickwit21]

So basically we should just go buy those ginseng and guarana shots they sell at the gas stations! Monster Zero Ultra (silver can) is the only one I've ever bought and used. Aside from the sucrolose like you said, it seems to be fairly clean.

[@DarkArachnid666]

I like to think of macronutrients (like carbohydrates) and chemical compounds (like caffeine) as being like fuels with different octane levels and the different chemical additives that are used to make them work more efficiently, the results dependent on how the engine using them has been tuned.

[@AF-we1zc]

Yea XYience(sp?) did have Acesulfame potassium. Still watching. Hoping you review in this vid or later a drink called hi ball.

[@broadcastdave]

I saw that too

[@jayeichenauer170]

Seen that too

[@thomasfriss1706]

I do omad keto and have done If for years and I start every single morning with a bang I have not noticed any change in results . Not going to let a 0 cal 0 carb energy drink that taste amazing slow me down

[@Cart3rB0yz]

The first one he picked had the ace K in it too. it was right under root extract on the left hand side at the 9:00 min mark

[@TheMagpie4Real]

Thank you for this! :-) I would LOVE LOVE LOVE it if you did an episode on artificial sweeteners (like, all of them) and with the technical/chemical details as to what they do in the body and why they might be bad (or okay) and so on. A lot of the Keto and fasting forums I belong to are completely confused when it comes to artificial sweeteners.

[@erika5463]

Tomas this energy drink does have Acesulfame potassium right under root extract!! In case you didn’t see before…I love you channel tho helpful for me thanks.

[@greenbeen7]

Hey Thomas, you skipped the Guru energy drink which is probably the cleanest one on those shelves. Guru lite only 3 net carbs, ingredients (Sparkling water, organic cane sugar, organic lemon juice concentrate, organic flavors, monk fruit juice concentrate, organic green tea extract, organic stevia extract, citric acid, organic guarana extract, organic echinacea extract, organic Panax ginseng extract)

[@lukenycz7967]

What about an energy drink for long work days/nights and not for work outs?

[@FwTAv5iKR9]

Ya @9:00 on the time there on that energy drink that you said on not having Acesulfame Potassium it does. It's says it under root Extract. In the Ingredients

[@aaron9673]

I feel like the uptime is one of the cleaner ones aside from the sucralose & natural flavors, you should do a review on bucked up energy drinks, they seem to be everywhere.

[@blacksilverchair3315]

Black plain coffee for me. Twice a day.

[@paintup46]

Black Silverchair works better than anything too.

[@Re_Durkulous]

@@paintup46 better than Deathwish? I drink that black

[@SSx90]

You drink 2 black coffee everyday? I'll stick to water

[@goose7574]

@@SSx90 Many people drink coffee... If you don't need/want it, great... but, two cups of coffee a day isn't bad. Especially compared to the average coffee drinker.

[@mckenseylane8401]

I have seen this video 9 times and still learning new things

[@misfits6646]

Thank you for the quality videos that you put out, we all appreciate you. You are the man. #ForwardThinking

[@mogmarcus5813]

Xyience actually does have Acesulfame Potassium in it. You can see it towards the bottom left.

[@zackforgash7103]

You totally missed their entire section of clean energy drinks in the next aisle by the sport drinks. They carry Yerbae, Runa, Cascade and others that are completely clean. You should go back

[@CarbonGearSolid]

Runa is good!

[@Ejayeric]

I appreciate the excellent information, great video🥇🫡

[@dp5345]

Add GHOST to your updated energy drink review. Yes, it has sucralose- but I have noticed weight loss on the days I drink it while on KETO. I am interested to find your take on it since it seems to mainly only be available in nutrition stores.

[@terrydevaney8601]

Ghost is good different type of ingredients

[@achillespullo5761]

I didn't see sucralos in ghost

[@Silentknight052]

Yup hi ball and celsius are the best energy drinks

[@nick_jacob]

You're basically telling me to just drink water.

[@cjballa9681]

Right

[@Hammarsand]

Yeah. He stupid....

[@kenstevens7343]

No, he’s basically telling you not to drink most energy drinks.

[@stealth89thegreat85]

More like black coffee

[@zacharypeery4082]

That's all you need....

[@tjjones-xj7kq]

Dark chocolate coffee beans. Real sugar (yeah.....but) natural energy and you only need like 7 or so to equal a cup of coffee. Sometimes I'll use this so I don't stain my teeth as bad but still don't need an energy drink. Just swigg water after

[@StevieSparkZ]

Thomas, thanks for making videos! Can I suggest that you make your own intermittent fasting friendly energy drink?!?!

[@itsmaikk]

Not all monsters nor Redbulls have sucralose or ace k in them, it varies. For example, my favourite energy drink is RedBull and they have one with stevia, that'd be the dark grey one.

[@ibrahimb129]

Bang is the best Energy drink and Celsius live fit!!!!

[@raysmetaltracks6782]

The XYIENCE drink you approved has Acesulfame Potassium (at 8:26 you can clearly see it in the ingredients). I thought you said to stay clear of this?

[@donnieg844]

I'm curious to know your thoughts on the energy drink called "celsius"

[@nicolewozniak2181]

Thomas you need to come out with some energy drinks! I will surely buy. I was hoping you'd find one cause after years of reading the labels I could not find any suitable ones . So I never drank them. Do they think everyone is blind to the added sweeteners that throw us out of ketosis. I often also felt frustrated even before I watched your channel. But after watching your channel I have gained knowledge on some keto- friendly foods. Thanks again.

[@mikeyd7733]

If you are drinking energy drinks you know you are breaking certain parts of your fast to start with unless you have done no research first. I get you don't like artificial sweeteners, but monk fruit and stevia do not taste like sugar which is what the public is accustomed to. If you are concerned with artificial sweeteners don't drink energy drinks, soda, juice, etc. You will NOT find a product that tastes good and has all of the stimulant factors without some sort of artificial sweetener you don't like. period. You need to decide if it's enough for you to avoid them or if the side effects are less than the benefits.

[@Kelly-ew9vf]

I'm not a fan of sugary drinks, so I always drink the ones containing stevia.

[@J_Dot_S]

Try eBoost. No artificial sweeteners, no high sugar, no crash. It's actually clean and would stack up to your criteria for a healthy drink

[@amberestes2971]

Where is the link for a homemade pre workout (that doesn’t break a fast) with ingredients you can purchase from Amazon??

[@LABallin247]

Just by some L-Citruline & Beta alimine added to your coffee or water & your good to go.

[@THELockerGRIAL]

By the way xience has acesulfame potassium ..right before glycerol...

[@1Starscream117]

What's your opinion on CELSIUS energy drinks?

[@christineunruh5702]

Danny Mac I love this one , I so hope he comments

[@natashazinc]

Danny Mac I agree! I love Celsius and was wondering the same thing.

[@kylegustafson6088]

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[@natashazinc]

Kyle Gustafson Thank You!

[@ExplodesGamez]

Celsius do be pretty clean, but its not super common but I have seen it at 7-11 and Target before

[@kylespevak6781]

I swear ive heard ace K is good, something about it mixing with or being like potassium?

[@AaronBriggsInc]

Always astounded by how much I read and study this stuff to only look 👀 at one of your videos and realize I don’t know shit. Thanks Thomas for making me feel inferior and but really smart at the same time 🤓

[@Dani_SB]

Celsius is sold by the protein shake section usually by the pharmacy. At least in FL.

[@rebeccapeters8422]

Did he do Zevia? They have energy versions. I like those and the HiBalls.

[@tammybaxter4911]

I was so hoping he would do the zevia! And the zevia teas that have caffeine!

[@ExplodesGamez]

I haven't seen any Zevia at my local Safeway neither have I seen C4 or Uptime like in the video though, I have seen them at 7-11. Unfortunately, I've heard Zevia isn't the best tasting thing ever.

[@satonicenergy666]

Hey I just wanted to let you know that I watched your video and I made three pages in notes, Satonic energy is my Energy drink that I’m working on right now and it’s going to come to life soon, your notes really help

[@davidmeloche3563]

Safeway, just like a "names multiple grocery stores I have never heard of." So...like a food Lion/Harris Teeter/Kroger/Shop Rite?

[@jack5402]

How dare he name stores that aren't in your area! He didn't make the video just for you.

[@davidmeloche3563]

@@jack5402 uh yeah, I know. Thats why I named a bunch of east coast grocery chains... because he named all western ones. Calm down.

[@jack5402]

@@davidmeloche3563 I wasn't sure if you were complaining or just making a lame joke. Guess now I know.

[@redlightingwolf1985]

You should have checked the coffee section Folders ,Maxwell House, Yuban , Coffee is the king of natural energy drink, Colombian roast coffee, Matcha green tea, Brazilian Guarana natural caffeine energy products

[@Kelly_Silverman]

I'm glad your talking about bang... Because keto folks swear by it. I have one in the fridge that I haven't even drank yet. Mines is the Pina colada flavor.

[@texasnative7579]

My favorite flavor, Kyla!! I also like the Candy Apple Crisp flavor, but it must have more caffeine in it cuz it made my chest feel a bit tight. Zevia is good too. Better than nothing. LOL

[@swissmiss6526]

I am a Monster addict, the Bang's have a funky after taste, but my husband is a big fan

[@texasnative7579]

@@swissmiss6526, I think it depends on the flavor of Bang you choose. I only like a couple of the flavors....Candy Apple Crisp and Pina Colada.

[@Kelly_Silverman]

@@texasnative7579 Okay! Well it's in my fridge ICE cold... So tommorow I'll lift some weights in the living room and give it a try! ♥️

[@danyo5509]

Bang is best for me, I don’t care about fasting and my metabolism is fine so I could handle anything that comes my way 💪🏻😏 also has 300mg of caffeine which could last almost all day

[@American_In_Latvia]

EZ. I have Matcha powder. Mix with water. A little Himalayan salt for electrolytes. Done deal.

[@justcallmered3911]

This has definitely changed my shopping list, great content. I would love to see you take a look at some of the common gaming energies powders that are out now. G fuel, advanced GG, Sneak, etc.

[@kingmiller1982]

Uptime black bottle you wanted to skip doesn't have sucrolose.

[@tawon1984]

I just found those cookies at Sprouts yesterday. Lenny & Larry have a Keto cookie version as well.

[@WeBeatMedicare6969]

I recently got hooked on the bang drinks...because I replacing a Celsius drink I borrowed from my niece snd saw the birthday cake flavor bang on the shelf..I mean who doesn’t like birthday cake lol....no I hate myself

[@Ironclad6661]

My favorite is the White Monster one with zero calories.

[@geneamigh6048]

I've tried monster coffee. how does it taste?

[@KP-vl1to]

They are tasty, but they have sucralose. Sucralose raises insulin up to 25%.

[@Ironclad6661]

@@KP-vl1to I don't doubt it. I still have one every morning and have lost 60 pounds in 5 months so once it seems to effect my goals I'll cut it out of my plan.

[@karolinablazynska9983]

honestly i dont buy moster i just always associated them with bad indredients, hella sugar but i would recomend only the ultra version, they are 10 calories but i wouldnt say the worst if you really want a monster

[@MJHETFIELD]

Good morning. Can you please do a video on flavor water like Propell Fitness water, Sam's club water, Clear American Black Cherry?

[@Brian0wns]

Bang did a limited run of a Stevia drink I found at a surplus store (which means they didn't sell in normal markets).. It was actually not bad. They were trying to go "cleaner" with that one. The sad truth is that when companies try actual healthier options - they are hard sells because it takes a little bit of research to understand the difference... So they are going to default to the cheaper garbage sweetners because 90% of the market won't know the difference.

[@Eric-wx3nn]

Celsius peach vibe. So good

[@SKvldlf]

You know that the green detox drink you promote has sucralose?

[@stephenblackwell5533]

Ooooooooooooooohhhhh gotem!! Lol look we can have green tea with no flavor or water or nothing else guys. Oh and black coffee only with no flavor just enjoy nothing and be happy it's healthy. Sugar helps cancer flourish and most substitutes can cause it so we just have very few options to be safe and then we are told even organic sometimes is sprayed with more chemicals than regular stuff. Nothing seems to be 100% healthy unless you grow it yourself at home and know what gets put on it and in it. May become a farmer 😎

[@SKvldlf]

@@stephenblackwell5533 it would be different if he didn't trash sucralose every chance. Guess that doesn't matter when the product you promote puts money in your pocket.

[@emh8861]

Well he did put the one with sucralose in his basket. Weird

[@jamesduarte1021]

Can you do a video how keto people utilize Rice Krispies treats pre-workout

[@jamesduarte1021]

And stay keto please

[@uwannadance1971]

Glad you can video without being harrassed like you were in LA.

[@dc5duben96]

hey thomas can you do an updated list? i feel like the market has changed since and there are so many new energy drinks now

[@eyelesscrown7346]

What would you say about reign? I drink about 4 or 5 of those a week.

[@mikefisher6044]

Read the ingredients it has both of the things he kept saying are bad and it has amino acids if you care about fasting

[@guyverunit45]

Monster ultra zero sugar (the white textured can) is sweetened with erythritol instead of sucralose.

[@huddleaw]

Zevia makes a few great energy drinks too.

[@khaoticgrumpy]

Alanu is rlly good because it has 2grams of taurine(amino acid that boost GABA and helps stress/cortisol levels) and l theanine which also an (non essential) amino acid that helps stress by regulating gaba and glutamate which also helps focus

[@spakentruth]

Worst mistake generously consuming celsius thinking it might be alright until I dug into the downsides of sucralose and the over abundance of vitamins. He's pretty spot on.

[@northrndisordr9219]

I’ve been drinking Celsius packets as a cheaper alternative and seemingly decent but now I need to find something else 🤦‍♂️

[@aaron9673]

The blue agave is supposed to have a much lower GI than most sugars or even honey, while it is still going to spike glucose I would say Raw organic Pure Blue agave sweetener is probably better than table sugar or those other sweeteners.