Functional drinks can really play the role of anti-fatigue and relieving stress, but the slogans of "strengthening the body" and "improving immunity" played by some merchants are purely hype. Take vitamin drinks as an example, B vitamins are easy to fail when exposed to water. Even after special treatment, the stability and effectiveness are reduced by half, and the effect of nutritional supplement is minimal. Moreover, the vitamins added in drinks are very different from those in food, belonging to different quality grades.

Some sports drinks are not low in sugar and calories, which will offset the effect of losing weight by exercise, and for people who don't exercise often, drinking too much will damage cardiovascular and even renal function. In order to cover up the taste of added nutrients, some functional drinks will add a lot of additives such as essence and acidic substances, and add a lot of sugar, which will damage teeth to varying degrees.

People who are healthy and have no physical exertion have little practical significance in drinking functional drinks. Some consumers don't care about the function, simply because this drink tastes sweet and sour, which is better than ordinary mineral water and more thirst-quenching. However, it is very likely that they have absorbed some ingredients that the body does not need from the drink, which has accumulated over time and caused harm to the body.

Young people like this quick refreshing drink, and often ignore the side effects of caffeine contained in it. If you take too much caffeine, it will cause poisoning, leading to gastrointestinal discomfort, rapid heartbeat, nervousness, anxiety and insomnia.

The most thirst-quenching function is boiling water.

No matter what kind of drink, the most thirst-quenching thing is boiled water and tea. If you are healthy and normal, or have no physical exertion, drinking functional drinks and sports drinks is of little practical significance, and sometimes even harmful.

Four groups of people should drink less functional drinks.

Children are the worst fit. Caffeine can stimulate the central nervous system, and the sugar in it can also inhibit the feeding center, affect the digestion and absorption of food and easily cause malnutrition.

Some patients with chronic diseases should not drink alcohol.

Sports drinks usually contain high sodium ions. If the human condition does not need to be supplemented with salt, taking too much salt will increase the burden on the body to a certain extent, which may lead to an increase in heart load, an increase in blood pressure and an aggravation of the disease. In addition, various electrolytes will increase the burden on blood, blood vessels and kidneys, causing arteriosclerosis and stroke. Disabled in patients with poor renal function.

Old people and pregnant women should drink less.

The elderly themselves have slow metabolism and little exercise, so they don't need to supplement electrolytes at all. Caffeine-containing drinks are dangerous to pregnant women, so pay special attention to them.