Paul Saladino

So it's not terribly surprising to suggest that when you consume something that your body perceives as sweet but actually has no calories associated, that it would confuse your body at a neurological and metabolic level. Because historically, evolutionarily, humans have always consumed things that were sweet with calories. So honey has calories. A strawberry has calories. A raspberry has calories.

So it's not terribly surprising to suggest that when you consume something that your body perceives as sweet but actually has no calories associated, that it would confuse your body at a neurological and metabolic level. Because historically, evolutionarily, humans have always consumed things that were sweet with calories. So honey has calories. A strawberry has calories. A raspberry has calories.

A potato, right? A sweet potato. Anything you're eating has calories. So these artificial sweeteners are potentially neurometabolically confusing for the body. And we know that they change the gut flora potentially in a negative way. So I do not believe that artificial sweeteners are benign. And so again, we really have to ask the question, what is that doing to humans long-term? Salt is fine.

A potato, right? A sweet potato. Anything you're eating has calories. So these artificial sweeteners are potentially neurometabolically confusing for the body. And we know that they change the gut flora potentially in a negative way. So I do not believe that artificial sweeteners are benign. And so again, we really have to ask the question, what is that doing to humans long-term? Salt is fine.

Sodium chloride is totally fine. D, glucuronolactone. I'm not terribly worried about that. Inositol, again, some people find inositol to be helpful. Guarana extract is a, it's actually a fruit extract, okay? Pyridoxine hydrochloride is, that's vitamin B6. Riboflavin is vitamin B2. Maltodextrin is another type of sugar. And the last ingredient is important to note.

Sodium chloride is totally fine. D, glucuronolactone. I'm not terribly worried about that. Inositol, again, some people find inositol to be helpful. Guarana extract is a, it's actually a fruit extract, okay? Pyridoxine hydrochloride is, that's vitamin B6. Riboflavin is vitamin B2. Maltodextrin is another type of sugar. And the last ingredient is important to note.

It's cyanocobalamin, which is a form of B12 that the human body doesn't really like. So there are multiple different types of B12.

It's cyanocobalamin, which is a form of B12 that the human body doesn't really like. So there are multiple different types of B12.

It's potentially problematic for the body. Why is that? Because the cyano is a cyanide moiety. So that's cyanide with your cobalamin. Cobalamin is vitamin B12, but cyano is cyanide. So it's a very small, small amount, but cyanide we know is a mitochondrial toxin.

It's potentially problematic for the body. Why is that? Because the cyano is a cyanide moiety. So that's cyanide with your cobalamin. Cobalamin is vitamin B12, but cyano is cyanide. So it's a very small, small amount, but cyanide we know is a mitochondrial toxin.

And whether or not that amount of cyanide is actually problematic for humans remains to be seen, but it probably needs to be studied more. But I'll tell you this. there are many other forms of vitamin B12 they could put in there.

And whether or not that amount of cyanide is actually problematic for humans remains to be seen, but it probably needs to be studied more. But I'll tell you this. there are many other forms of vitamin B12 they could put in there.

Methylcobalamin, adenosylcobalamin, hydroxycobalamin, which are not going to have any problems in the human body, but they choose to put cyanocobalamin because it's the cheapest. And so Celsius actually came under fire for this recently. So I've got a friend who actually called Celsius out for cyanocobalamin and That's kind of a big deal.

Methylcobalamin, adenosylcobalamin, hydroxycobalamin, which are not going to have any problems in the human body, but they choose to put cyanocobalamin because it's the cheapest. And so Celsius actually came under fire for this recently. So I've got a friend who actually called Celsius out for cyanocobalamin and That's kind of a big deal.

But all of these, if they have vitamin B12, will have cyanocobalamin. So all of them have the same thing? They all have cyanocobalamin, yes. There's not a single energy drink that I've ever seen that has methylcobalamin.

But all of these, if they have vitamin B12, will have cyanocobalamin. So all of them have the same thing? They all have cyanocobalamin, yes. There's not a single energy drink that I've ever seen that has methylcobalamin.

So Red Bull says calcium pantothenate?

So Red Bull says calcium pantothenate?

That's vitamin B5. That's pantothenic acid.

That's vitamin B5. That's pantothenic acid.