Caffeine

Energy drinks have lots of sugar and other ingredients that are difficult to pronounce. If you want to be caffeinated in a healthy way, just drink coffee.

If you're looking to get caffeinated super fast, Espresso is your best friend.

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Caffeine personally makes me anxious if I drink too much of it. Gives me real bad jitters like I’ve just domed 5 gator tails for lunch after taking a 40mg xr Vyv for breakfast. I hate that feeling.

But I still have 2-5 cups of coffee a day, and wake up with a Diet Coke.

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Celsius is great, amazon and costco have them in large packs which can be a lot more affordable than paying 4 bucks a can at the Bodega. It boosts metabolism which is great for a job that entails a lot of sedentary time. For people who don't like caffeine try a B12 vitamin. But at the end of the day, your best tool is proper sleep, a healthy diet, and a regular exercise schedule. No amount of drugs/stimulants can overcome innate physical insufficiencies...aside from maybe Meth

I don't have articles backing this up, but I recall reading that some of the natural molecules found in coffee like alkaloids, flavonoids, etc. are slightly beneficial to your health, and are a reason to drink coffee, tea, or yerba mate rather than caffeine pills or energy drinks (of course, energy drinks nowadays could now be adding these into their formulas -- I mostly drink coffee so I wouldn't know).

One thing I'd consider adding that I do have a supporting article for is taking both caffeine and L-Theanine, an amino acid that works in tandem with caffeine -- it has a calming effect, making the energy you get smoother and more consistent: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18681988/ , https://examine.com/supplements/theanine/