What are the ingredients in Detox Cleansing Energy Drink?

Currently, the core ingredients of the compliant detoxification and bowel cleansing energy drinks currently on the market are mostly formulated around water-soluble dietary fiber, prebiotics/active probiotics, low-dose natural caffeine extract, B vitamins, and medicinal and food-derived herbal additions, and irritating laxative ingredients are rarely used.

A while ago, I helped my friends in the fitness circle pick up the ingredients list of a popular imported model. In addition to pure water, the second place is resistant dextrin. This is the most commonly used water-soluble dietary fiber. If you drink it in the stomach, it will not be digested and absorbed by the small intestine. When it runs into the large intestine, it will be like a A soft-bristled brush wrapped in water gently rubs off the metabolic residues stuck to the intestinal wall, while serving as a "ration" for the beneficial bacteria in the intestines. The feeling of defecation that occurs four or five hours after drinking is basically due to it, which is completely different from the painful diarrhea caused by laxatives.

If you look through the ingredient lists of more products, you will find that many of them also add prebiotics such as inulin and fructooligosaccharides, and a few that are well-crafted add gastric acid-resistant embedded probiotics such as BC30. More than 90% of the live bacteria can reach the intestines alive without cold chain transportation. The survival rate of bacteria in ordinary refrigerated yogurt is much higher, and there is no need to worry about bloating after drinking it cold.

After all, they are energy drinks. They must have a refreshing effect. Most of them do not add artificial caffeine. They basically use green coffee extract or guarana. The caffeine content is only about one-third of ordinary taurine functional drinks. With the added vitamins B6 and B12, it can slowly convert sugar and fat in the body into energy. Drinking a can when you are too sleepy to open your eyes at three or four in the afternoon can not only relieve the feeling of bloating in the lower abdomen caused by constipation, but also prevent you from being insomnia in the middle of the night like drinking ordinary functional drinks.

Of course, there are many voices saying that this type of product is an IQ tax. This really depends on the ingredient list. If the first two items you buy are white sugar and fructose syrup, and the dietary fiber content is less than 1%, then it is indeed no different from drinking sweet soda. Drinking too much will make you gain weight. The so-called intestinal cleansing effect is basically a psychological effect.； There are also some non-compliant small factory products that secretly add irritating laxative ingredients such as senna and cassia seeds. Drinking it will make you have diarrhea at first. Drinking it for a long time will make the intestines dependent and stop peristalsis, which will aggravate constipation.

I usually go on business trips to meet clients, and eat takeaways that are heavy in oil and salt. I often don’t go to the toilet for two or three days, so I stuff two cans of sugar-free version in my bag in advance. I choose the one with a dietary fiber content of no less than 5g per 100ml. After drinking 300ml and walking two subway stops, I can basically have a smooth bowel movement in the afternoon. It is more reliable than eating two kilograms of dragon fruit, and it will not cause cold sweats in pain.