Energy Drinks?

[colider]

My husband wants to know if he can still have energy drinks on the Atkins diet??? He is addicted to them and so he is looking on the web to find a place where it says that he can have them, of course he found it. I told him that it isn't true but he won't listen to me. Can he have them?

Lisa and Matt

[*Emma*]

If he can find one where all the ingredients are in on the acceptable list then sure!

No sugar, glucose, corn syrup nada.... i doubt he'll find one!

[blue996]

And no caffine!

[Elizellen]

I agree with the others. It is unlikely he will find an 'energy drink' that doesn't contain one of the sugar aliases or caffeine!

I did a google search for 'low carb energy drinks' and found that even those have glucose in and one can will contain a minumum of 6 carbs, which would be nearly a third of induction level carbs for a day!!

I did find a recipe for making your own

How to Make Low Carb Sports Drink:
It turns out that two tablespoons of lemon juice contain almost exactly the amount of potassium in 8 oz of a typical sports drink. So, if you want to make your own low carb sports drink, it's quite easy. Just mix together:

• 1 cup (8 oz) water (not carbonated)
• 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
• small pinch of salt
• Flavoring and sweetener to taste

[jimmyolsenblues]

I have imagine most energy drinks are loaded with sugar.
Even if there is no sugar energy drinks:

Caffeine can cause cravings or blood sugar spikes with some people. If you’re one of them, you should drink only decaffeinated beverages. If you don’t have a problem with caffeine, you may drink one or two caffeinated beverages a day, because evolving research indicates there may actually be health benefits to a limited amount of caffeine. However, if you have a true caffeine addiction, it will be best to break it during Induction, because any food addiction can cause problems if it isn’t taken care of. Once you’ve broken the addiction and moved on to OWL, you can carefully try adding caffeinated beverages back into your food intake, as long as it doesn’t trigger the addiction again.