Energize

On Tuesday Whaea Gina came in to talk to us about drinks. She colour coded the drinks so ones that were good for you went in green which meant always. Drinks that went in orange meant sometimes and drinks that went in red meant occasionally . Ones that went in green were like  water and milk because they help your body. Ones that went in orange were like juice, flavored water, powerade and flavored milk. Did you know that powerade is half sugar half salt? The drinks that went in red are like fizzy drinks and energy drinks. Whaea Gina told us about the different drinks and why they are good for us and why they are bad for us. She even told us that countdown is not selling energy drinks to under 16 year olds because our hearts can not cope with how much caffeine is in energy drinks. Adults hearts can cope with caffeine better because there hearts are bigger. I never knew that kids hearts could not deal with lots of caffeine because it makes your heart beat too fast. Did you know that your heart is the size of one of your fists and your brain is the size of two of your fists? With what I have learnt I will tell my parents about it so they know too and I will try to drink lots of water and milk.