When my dad was a 12-year-old kid in Red Bluff, California, circa 1928, part of the extended family was a man he knew as Uncle Jack Cotney. That they knew of, or he'd admit to, Uncle Jack had survived some 25 stand-up gunfights in his life.
Green tea is a fat burner that does speed up the metabolism, as far as energy drinks however they really speed up the heart not your metabolism. If you're looking for something that will speed up your metabolism there are better choices for that. Good Luck, Casey.
So it could be that a drink with lower alcohol could be considered safer because it had less alcohol and hence prevented unnecessary weight gain or other complications. Alcohol is a sedative so it can be argued it helps slow down metabolism. This is marketing! lite beer has likely killed a lot of people. ...Read more.