Energy Drink Effectiveness on Human Health and Exercise Performance
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Sports Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2025 | Viewed by 552
Special Issue Editors
Interests: triglycerides; nutrition; energy metabolism; ergogenic aids
Interests: sports nutrition and sports performance; exercise; physiology; exercise and hypoxia in carbohydrate metabolism; human gut microbiota and sports performance; bulking and cutting
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Energy drinks typically contain a variety of stimulants and other bioactive compounds, including caffeine, taurine, guarana, L-carnitine, glucoronolactone, ginseng, and sweeteners. Energy drinks have gained popularity due to their reported cognitive and health benefits.
Although some studies have found negative health effects of energy drinks, moderate supplementation with energy drinks or caffeine may have beneficial effects on athletic performance or cancer, cardiovascular, immune, inflammatory, and neurological disorders. In addition, supplementation with an energy drink high in caffeine prior to an Ironman triathlon has been found to be effective in reducing oxidative stress and significantly improving performance [1]. Eight weeks of high-intensity intervals with a caffeine supplement before each exercise session can lower body fat and improve glucose metabolism in obese women compared to high-intensity intervals alone [2]. From these studies, it can be seen that caffeine-containing energy drinks not only improve athletic performance, but also have a significant effect on health status. Whether ingredients other than caffeine in energy drinks improve athletic performance and health remains to be studied. The purpose of this Special Issue is to explore the benefits of appropriate energy drink supplementation on sports performance and health. The objective of this collection of literature is twofold: first, to establish a comprehensive understanding of the definition of moderate energy drinks; and second, to elucidate the benefits of moderate energy drink supplementation on health and athletic performance.
- Wang, J.-P.; Wei, C.-C.; Peng, Y.-D.; Wang, H.-Y.; Hung, C.-H.; Hong, Y.-H.; Liou, Y.-F.; Hou, C.-W. Dose caffeinated energy drink is a consideration issue for endurance performance. Front. Physiol. 2022, 13, 999811.
- Alkhatib, A.; Hsieh, M.-J.; Kuo, C.-H.; Hou, C.-W. Caffeine optimizes HIIT benefits on obesity-associated metabolic adversity in women. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 2020, 52, 1793-1800.
Prof. Dr. Chih-Hui Chiu
Prof. Dr. Chien-Wen Hou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- energy drink
- caffeine
- exercise performance
- metabolism
- weight control
- glycemic index
- sports supplements
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