Antioxidants like vitamin E attract these free radicals, slowing down the chain reaction and thus limiting the damage. “…free radicals can cause damage by joining with other body chemicals and changing their character, sometimes even producing a chain reaction by creating new free radicals that carry on.”įree radicals are involved in fatigue and damage to muscle cells.
This increased exposure to oxygen means an increase in free radicals. Endurance exercise increases the amount of oxygen we breathe. Kickstart Recharge aims to give you energy by giving you antioxidants to fight muscle damage. Vitamins C + E and Fatigue – The Recharge Strategy When the Kickstart can is empty, maybe you should fill it with water and drink it all before you recycle the can. Then I will encourage you to drink one glass of water for every can of Kickstart.
If you feel Kickstart Hydrating Boost’s coconut water (and caffeine!) gives you energy by keeping you hydrated, I will respect your opinion. Keep in mind Kickstart Hydrating Boost only has 10% juice, and coconut water isn’t even one of the three most prominent ingredients. The important thing is you’re drinking more fluids, even if the electrolytes aren’t needed. Even the American Academy of Pediatrics agrees that the increased fluid intake using flavored electrolyte beverages is probably beneficial. Athletes only replace about half the water lost during exercise. Ironically, the strongest arguments for electrolyte beverages over water have to do with the fact that electrolyte beverages taste better. If you’re doing moderately strenuous activity for at least one hour or high-intensity activity for at least thirty minutes, an electrolyte beverage is preferred to plain water. If you’ve already tried that, perhaps a caffeinated hydration beverage will do? There’s a reason the solution (pun intended) for Level 1 in my 5 Levels of Fatigue system is water! If you’re tired, you should reach for water before you reach for any caffeine. At 4% loss of body weight, muscles lose significant strength and endurance” Even this small water deficit can cause one to feel tired. “By the time a person loses 1% to 2% of body weight in fluids, he or she will be thirsty. Hydrating Boost aims to give you energy by giving you coconut water to fight fatigue from dehydration. Hydration and Fatigue – The Hydrating Boost Strategy Perhaps natural watermelon flavors were not enough in the absence of any watermelon juice. Natural flavors are usually less potent and less permanent than artificial flavors. This seems to explain why the Hydrating Group has both natural and artificial flavors. Unlike the Recharge group, the Hydrating Boost group has to rely entirely on the added flavors to make it taste like the fruits it’s named after. After that, the Recharge group differs from the Hydrating Boost group, but the two Hydrating Boost products have identical ingredients lists.īlood Orange has blood orange juice, Blueberry Pomegranate has blueberry juice, but Watermelon has no watermelon juice, and Strawberry Kiwi has no strawberry juice. As shown in the table below, all four have the same first three ingredients. There are more Kickstart flavors available, but let’s focus on two flavors from the Recharge group and two from the Hydrating Boost group. They both contain 68 milligrams of caffeine per can, which is less than the caffeine in a can of Red Bull. Kickstart Recharge and Kickstart Hydrating Boost are very similar in terms of ingredients.