There’s this fallacy about sports and energy drinks not having any calorie.
One fact that you have to be aware of is that a calorie is not a molecule or something that you can get out of a can to mix with your drink.
A calorie is a unit of energy, and it is something you need to get you going: different molecules, such as carbohydrates and fats, provide your body with energy.
Fat molecules, on the average, provide four more times energy than carbohydrate molecules.
So if an energy drink needs to provide you with energy, it should also have molecules that will give you calories! Sports and energy drinks have carbohydrates and electrolytes: the carbohydrates are designed to give you energy, while the electrolytes will allow your body to keep its fluid balance, which is important when you are sweating and losing water.
Such drinks can help you maintain your energy during your long workout sessions, but if you are counting calories without exercising, then you are wasting your time.
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