On the one hand you have a cup of coffee. On the other hand you have a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.
These are both ways to boost your energy. But the coffee gives you energy through sending a drug called caffeine (along with other toxins, like acrylamides formed in the coffee bean roasting process) through your veins. This then speeds up your body in order to get rid of the drug. This is how stimulants work.
Feeling speedy makes you feel like you have energy. But eliminating the drug from your body is actually extra work for your body to do, causing you to become more tired in the long run.
The orange juice gives you energy in the form of natural fruit sugar, water, vitamins, minerals, fiber, phenols and phytonutrients.According to the USDA, the nutrients in fruit can help reduce the risks of heart attack, stroke, cancer, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and other diseases.
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