As for caffeine, the levels are generally low in functional drinks but can add up when consuming multiple cans.<\/p>\n
Paul Tan, co-founder of beverage start-up Flojo, likened caffeine to a \u201cblunt tool\u201d, masking fatigue instead of providing true energy. Caffeine\u2019s half-life could also affect sleep, \u201cespecially your deep sleep\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n
4. WHY ARE MUSHROOMS BEING ADDED TOO?<\/p>\n
There is another ingredient that is part of the wellness trend: mushrooms. Increasingly considered a superfood, they are appearing in functional drinks and everything from coffee to hot chocolate.<\/p>\n
Because of their bioactive compounds, lion\u2019s mane and reishi are two of the varieties commonly seen on beverage labels. The way mushrooms are added varies, however: Some drinks use powder, others use extracts. Does the form matter?<\/p>\n
\u201cThe extracts will be way better than the whole food and powdered form,\u201d said Ryan Ong, co-founder of Fogo Fungi mushroom farm. Extraction means the active compounds are \u201cbioavailable and in a concentrated form\u201d, which the body can easily absorb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As for caffeine, the levels are generally low in functional drinks but can add up when consuming multiple…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[262258,3311,164718,134,111,139,556,69],"class_list":["post-531436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-cna-insider","tag-consumer","tag-food-drinks","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nutrition","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}