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Using an energy patch is an option you have when it comes to needing the extra vigor or the extra mental focus to complete certain tasks. It is often an alternative to drinking coffee or to drinking power drinks that are high in caffeine and in other substances like preservatives, sugar and calories. If you are often beset with problems like stomach cramps, nausea, palpitations and bloating consuming power drinks and you want an alternative source of extra liveliness that does not intensify these problems, energy patches may be what you need.
If you think that an energy patch is a transdermal patch version of energy drinks, you are actually partially correct. These patches do sometimes have the same formulations as some drinks. One should know however that there are a lot of different kinds of energy patches around and numerous different formulations to choose from. While most power drinks rely on caffeine and sugar to produce the get-up-and-go to sustain your body through the day, these power patches actually have different formulations that may or may not have caffeine in them.
One power patch that one can easily find being sold online uses Vitamin B12 instead of caffeine as its power boosting substance, making it useful for more than just energy boosting. These sticky appliqués that use Vitamin B12 as their main ingredient can actually be used by individuals who lack vitamin B12 in their systems as a transdermal supplement. Since this vitamin is indeed known to help increase a person’s vigor and their mental alertness, it is then but reasonable to see this being used for this purpose.
There are other transdermal products that do use caffeine as its main vigor invoking ingredient. The appliqués often have a combination of vigor producing substances in them and you may find vitamin B12, lysine, amino acids and green tea extracts included in these products.
There are also makers of these patches that say they have a product that is not like other energy patches. These companies claim that they do not make transdermal patches since their products do not administer substances into the body. What their products do to help boost liveliness is to emit electromagnetic signals into the pulse points where these appliqués are applied. This is what stimulates your body to produce the extra oomph needed and to keep your mind alert and focused.
Some people find that when it comes to certain activities they indulge in, the need for extra energy from an alternative source may be needed. This is where an energy patch may come in handy. What exactly is an energy patch and what does it really do for you? In a nutshell, an energy boosting patch is a transdermal patch that contains ingredients that help give you a fresh burst of energy when you need it. Although there are some energy patches that say they are not transdermal patches since they do not make your body absorb ingredients via your skin, most of the patches used for this purpose are transdermal patches.
Some of the energy patches you will find in the market use vitamin B12 as their energy booster while others may use energy boosting ingredients like caffeine, green tea extract, amino acids and lysine in theirs. Others claim to use nanotechnology and do not transmit substances into the body via your skin but rather stimulate your body to produce extra energy with the use of electromagnetic fields or magnetic energy being radiated onto certain pulse points of your body.
If you are in need of extra energy to perform certain tasks at work, in the gym or at home, or if you need to boost your mental focus on those days when you find your mind wandering, you might want to consider using an energy patch instead of drinking energy drinks. These energy patches are easier to use and do not require you to mix anything, ingest anything or do anything else other than to stick a patch onto one of the specified areas of your body. These patches also give you the benefit of getting the energy you need without suffering from the side effects that most energy drinks bring with them. The side effects that you can avoid include bloating, stomach cramps, palpitations, headaches and nausea, to name a few.
These patches are guaranteed to keep you alert and on your feet for a certain amount of time, usually for four to five hours. If you need to stay alert and energetic for a longer period of time, you will simply need to replace the old patch with a new one. You can actually use a couple of patches at a time if you need to but you need to understand that your use of these patches is limited to a certain number per day. Usually, the makers of these patches advice you to use no more than four in a 24 hour period.
Author: Dr. Shawni Groezinger
I have seen many fads in my chiropractic office and the latest for the last year has been the vitamin B12 shot for weight loss. My patients usually ask my opinion before embarking on such a quest, but I quickly realized weight loss is all consuming in people’s lives. Of course I try to explain that there are not any studies which substantiate this correlation, but off they go paying exorbitant fees to the medical doctors. I have often wondered what is explained to the patients which makes them go back week after week for their shot. The MD puts them on a low calorie diet and weighs them every visit and is told to start some form of exercise program. I clarify to my patients that it is the low calorie diet and exercise which is promoting the weight loss, not the vitamin B12 shot.
What does vitamin B12 really do? Vitamin B12 is excellent for increasing the metabolism and in return will help burn more fat. This increase in energy is why most consumers opt for the shot in the first place. Some people with certain conditions like chrons disease are prescribed the B12 shot because their body can not absorb it properly on its own and without the shot is subject to chronic fatigue.
Vitamin B12 also aids in producing red blood cells. Red blood cells are important to the body’s function. They pick up oxygen from the lungs and carry oxygen to all the other cells in the body. This is imperative because the cells use oxygen to complete their functions in your system. Without the needed oxygen, this will create add stress on your heart and the body will feel extremely tired.
This wonder vitamin also helps with mental acuteness. It helps the person stay more focused on their tasks at hand.
Another important function of vitamin B12 is keeping your nerves healthy. Without vitamin B12 to produce the myelin around your nerves, they would be subject to damage from everyday living conditions.
Every wonder what chemical helps produce that “feel good” feeling? It is called serotonin. Vitamin B12 assists in the production of serotonin to give you a positive attitude.
No one can argue the fact our bodies need vitamin B12 to survive. But to have respected physicians to maintain it promotes weight loss? When there are no studies to corroborate this claim. How can consumers not realize it is the reduced calorie intake and exercise which really produces the loss of weight? Why not save the few hundred dollars a month and choose an alternative? Or could it be, people are just that desperate?