Food Theory: Gamer Drinks Are A LIE?! (GFuel)

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  • čas přidán 30. 09. 2023
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    What is the BEST Gamer Drink? ► • What is the BEST Gamer...
    What is YOUR favorite gamer drink, loyal theorist? Is it Mtn Dew, Coca-Cola, Ghost, GFuel, or the newest addition to the mix Prime? We tasted EVERY major “gamer drink” on a recent GTLive episode and created our definitive tier ranking list. But now we’re asking a follow-up question: which of these drinks is the BEST for sustaining your long gaming session? The answer may surprise you…
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  • @user-hl2sc9zl8l
    @user-hl2sc9zl8l Před 7 měsíci +7078

    Hearing Mat say “tiddy milk” has brightened my day

    • @warriorwithin44
      @warriorwithin44 Před 7 měsíci +322

      My question is how he apparently knows what it's supposed to taste like lol 😂

    • @samurexatlas7373
      @samurexatlas7373 Před 7 měsíci +361

      Thank JSchlatt. He made that flavor. After buying the company.

    • @ellanimation816
      @ellanimation816 Před 7 měsíci +189

      @@warriorwithin44he has a wife soo😂

    • @aname8106
      @aname8106 Před 7 měsíci +27

      So happy

    • @two_squared
      @two_squared Před 7 měsíci +27

      Haven’t watched the video, now I don’t want to.

  • @DOOMSLAYER1993-4
    @DOOMSLAYER1993-4 Před 7 měsíci +3472

    Matpat is gonna destroy the entire food industry at this rate😂

    • @masterlinktm
      @masterlinktm Před 7 měsíci +122

      good. food industry is just a bunch of over hyped marketing anyway

    • @morganseppy5180
      @morganseppy5180 Před 7 měsíci +8

      Not really. He sold the channels so it's all click bait now.

    • @BlueSparxLPs
      @BlueSparxLPs Před 7 měsíci +84

      @@morganseppy5180 You... do realize that's not how it works, right? He and his team are still the ones coming up with the videos and doing all the work on them. Nothing has actually changed on the viewer end because of the buyout.

    • @masterlinktm
      @masterlinktm Před 7 měsíci +5

      @@BlueSparxLPs i bet you also think nothing changed when acti-vision bought out blizzard too

    • @Jshssjsvausoxdb8226
      @Jshssjsvausoxdb8226 Před 7 měsíci

      .,.

  • @namesaredumb1177
    @namesaredumb1177 Před 5 měsíci +516

    fun fact about the stock photo at 9:55: The man holding a coffee cup is actually a German reporter who works at STRG_F. He did an experiment to see how widely his stock photo would circulate, i guess it ended up making its way to the Food Theory Kitchen

    • @honeyboom4175
      @honeyboom4175 Před 5 měsíci +21

      Thank you! I was looking for that comment XDD

    • @Vivo-cp2rb
      @Vivo-cp2rb Před 5 měsíci +6

      i was thinking about commenting that lol! :D

    • @TheofficialRaptor
      @TheofficialRaptor Před 2 měsíci

      Nice

    • @alex.g7317
      @alex.g7317 Před 2 měsíci

      What’s STRG_F?

    • @germanaircraft
      @germanaircraft Před měsícem +2

      ​@alex.g7317 a german journalism channel part the german public service broadcasting

  • @Congele_
    @Congele_ Před 7 měsíci +420

    As someone who takes medication for concentration and for anxiety, I wanted to try GFuel, but after seeing that it worked better for me than coffee, I wanted to consult with a pharmacist before buying more. Now, what I asked her was specifically if there was any counter-indications from any of the ingredients with any of my meds, and while I expected disapproval from some of the ingredients in the energy part of things, like caffeine or taurine, it ended up that the only really problematic ingredient in there was the _grapefruit fruit powder_, listed as part of the antioxidant complex, because apparently grapefruit contains something that can lower the efficacity of anti-anxiety meds. I'll tell you, I definitely wasn't expecting that one 😅

    • @RoadsOfShadow
      @RoadsOfShadow Před 6 měsíci +74

      Grapefruit is, somehow, contra indicating for basically every single psychiatric medication on the planet. Other things too, honestly nobody should have Grapefruit apparently, because it disagrees with everything. Just baffling chemistry.

    • @Congele_
      @Congele_ Před 6 měsíci +14

      @@RoadsOfShadow Oh wow, I did not know it went to this extent! And here it is (was?), being so popular as a supposedly healthy breakfast! I think I'll hae to do more research on the subject now, thanks for the info!

    • @bobthebuilder609
      @bobthebuilder609 Před 6 měsíci +29

      @@Congele_ it's not just grapefruit, it's citrus fruits in general. something about it doesn't let your stomach absorb medication as effectively. read up on it.

    • @zombieslayer02gjustzombies85
      @zombieslayer02gjustzombies85 Před 6 měsíci +4

      Well a thing I’m surprised matt didn’t talk about was that it also has an ingredient that is also used in cigarettes and tobacco products in general, don’t remember what it was but it’s specifically only in the powdered versions of gfuel

    • @pickelsvx
      @pickelsvx Před 6 měsíci

      @@bobthebuilder609 in some medication grapefruit causes your body to react as if you've overdosed even if you took the recommended dosage.

  • @lobbymaster007
    @lobbymaster007 Před 7 měsíci +1470

    Hear me out: a theory on why Coke won’t sponsor Mat Patt and then reveal at the end that this video is sponsored by Coke

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Před 7 měsíci +9

      Isn't it already a thing?

    • @lobbymaster007
      @lobbymaster007 Před 7 měsíci +56

      Nope. He has done a theory on coke just not one about them not sponsoring him

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Před 7 měsíci +12

      @@lobbymaster007 I vividly remember that he had multiple Coke episodes, but I wasn't sure about him being/not being sponsored by them

    • @Normal_is_boring25
      @Normal_is_boring25 Před 7 měsíci +30

      @@BLET_55artem55no. Most of them were just because he was a Diet Coke addict. And also admitting that very fact some of the videos

    • @Zulk_RS
      @Zulk_RS Před 7 měsíci +14

      That won't happen because that would actually require Mat Pat to be sponsored by Coke, which is not going to happen.

  • @Kaiju-Driver
    @Kaiju-Driver Před 7 měsíci +1282

    Videos like this are NEEDED in a world where advertising can be vastly different for any item.

    • @Samantha-eh2wx
      @Samantha-eh2wx Před 6 měsíci +21

      Personally I think most of matpat's videos are needed. The not only do they give entertainment but also valid and helpful health information.

    • @kaijuultimax9407
      @kaijuultimax9407 Před 6 měsíci +20

      Consumer product reporting used to be one of the more important news segments on TV before it ironically enough was replaced with product placement.

    • @nancypotts9877
      @nancypotts9877 Před 5 měsíci

      Only complete morons think the FDA actually do anything at all. They literally don’t care about anything you do unless you’re trying to provide something truly healthy for the people in which case they’ll tell you it’s terrible and toxic like raw milk. The lie to you and say you’re going to get E. coli or some garbage like that that’s not even remotely possible with today’s technology but they’ll keep lying to you and telling you how unhealthy raw milk is when the reality is raw milk is so incredible for you plus people who are lactose intolerant can actually drink raw milk because raw milk contains enzymes that naturally break down lactose in your stomach which means that lactose intolerance only exists because people drink milk that has been heated to the point where all of its natural enzymes in benefits have been burned out of it, so don’t believe anything the FDA has to say their goal is to keep you connected to the medical industry which keeps you paying for drugs that have insane Side effects

  • @theSlowBroke
    @theSlowBroke Před 6 měsíci +34

    16:25 "Attentiom Span" has to be one of the best and most ironic typos I've seen in awhile haha

  • @ricamaedebulos1814
    @ricamaedebulos1814 Před 6 měsíci +91

    16:24 Did anyone notice the "Attentiom Span"? When i first saw it I bursted out laughing

  • @ryanfriedrich6634
    @ryanfriedrich6634 Před 7 měsíci +633

    Matpat and Sanji were 1 drink away from that scene in Futurama where Fry drinks 100 cups of coffee.

    • @MawDaws
      @MawDaws Před 7 měsíci +9

      death

    • @RainyBasil9295
      @RainyBasil9295 Před 7 měsíci +13

      @@MawDaws yes that would be death. Expecially if i as a caffeine intolerant person tried to do that

    • @felipeacevedo1610
      @felipeacevedo1610 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@RainyBasil9295i love food

    • @aname8106
      @aname8106 Před 7 měsíci

      Ye

    • @ryanfriedrich6634
      @ryanfriedrich6634 Před 7 měsíci +5

      Also note that when I made this comment, I had not watched up to the point where they literally reference it. Good call.

  • @NerdAboveALL8
    @NerdAboveALL8 Před 7 měsíci +566

    When you tested the gamersupps, you did 5 to 1 ratio on the servings. You essentially did 5 servings of gamersupps to 8oz of water witch is only for one serving. The gamersupps serving size is significantly smaller than G Fuel's serving size.
    I just want to point this out in respect for the scientific method and so you can rescore everything on the flavor chart and so you are doing the proper serving size.

    • @Ronan_Nord
      @Ronan_Nord Před 7 měsíci +27

      I don’t care which way it goes I love Gsubs way more that Gfule

    • @loudonheimsoth6916
      @loudonheimsoth6916 Před 7 měsíci +15

      When did he test gamer supps?

    • @NerdAboveALL8
      @NerdAboveALL8 Před 7 měsíci +17

      @loudonheimsoth6916 In the GT Live video ranking the gamer drinks. It was one of the last tried

    • @Rapitor
      @Rapitor Před 7 měsíci +79

      Yeah supps was dealt dirty on the ingredient side, too. it's got every ingredient he mentioned in Nerd Energy too plus more caffeine... or no caffeine. Cool that he showed off the meme flavors a lot? But both on paper and in flavor(when mixed correctly) it would've been no contest i think, and maybe that wouldn't be as entertaining? idk.

    • @Wage_gap_gaming
      @Wage_gap_gaming Před 7 měsíci +25

      Someone's watched the Russian badger

  • @fireflyfox93
    @fireflyfox93 Před 7 měsíci +25

    I loved the chemical breakdown and explanation! The science in these videos are so informative and entertaining. You should examine pre-work supplements at some point, I'd love a chemical breakdown of how those work too.

  • @terraglade
    @terraglade Před 7 měsíci +2

    This is always something ive pondered from time to time. Thanks for covering it! :D

  • @none_tw
    @none_tw Před 7 měsíci +1026

    That intro cemented MatPat's status as a father, holy moly

  • @Brandonian
    @Brandonian Před 7 měsíci +1351

    When MatPat said “Tiddy Milk” and then his face after his homie admitted the truth to us all, that was just a hilarious moment 👌

    • @kittyaya3425
      @kittyaya3425 Před 6 měsíci +39

      I am severely concerned for Santi.

    • @TheGuinevere17
      @TheGuinevere17 Před 6 měsíci +1

      I was tired and fell asleep

    • @Yescool-ve8oq
      @Yescool-ve8oq Před 6 měsíci +6

      Did you know mountain dew was ment to help mix moon shine watch matpats cup head theory if you know nothing about moonshine

    • @HateHater2205
      @HateHater2205 Před 6 měsíci +7

      So many Gamer Supps flavor references and yet he didn’t even talk about them

    • @Ebilbacon88
      @Ebilbacon88 Před 5 měsíci +3

      Santi is honestly so real for that

  • @tad0193
    @tad0193 Před 5 měsíci +17

    It should also be mentioned that most of these drinks advertise themselves as being healthy and offering a variety of other useful substances other than caffeine but few if any actually meet the minimum effective dose of any of the substances meaning that your body does not benefit at all from them and you won't feel their effects.

  • @KlaraRae
    @KlaraRae Před 6 měsíci +6

    Some of these formulas sound reminiscent of Pre-workout mixes too. I'd be curious to see a video on that!

  • @carlistar27
    @carlistar27 Před 7 měsíci +343

    I am getting way to invested in these gamer drinks for someone who drinks practically exclusively water and tea lol

    • @dakshithkumar2155
      @dakshithkumar2155 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Same

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Check out milked coffee with/-out sugar, it really gives you a boost for the day

    • @Davi_Vilhena
      @Davi_Vilhena Před 7 měsíci +7

      Just keep drinking water, it is better

    • @ChuckDeniyo
      @ChuckDeniyo Před 7 měsíci +2

      tea has caffeine as well

    • @Mini-yl8mz
      @Mini-yl8mz Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@BLET_55artem55coffee is disgusting, and tea still has caffeine.

  • @Wslasher
    @Wslasher Před 7 měsíci +830

    I'm guessing this video will have a sequel in which they'll actually reveal what is truly the best drink for gamer with the twist being it's not an energy or gamer drink.

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Před 7 měsíci +18

      ​@@SchmaggleschtickerBean smoothie gang for the win

    • @axie.yt.channel
      @axie.yt.channel Před 7 měsíci +3

      Yes

    • @Doc.McNasty
      @Doc.McNasty Před 7 měsíci +17

      For sure gonna be water 🤣

    • @D44RK_Iced_Yogs
      @D44RK_Iced_Yogs Před 7 měsíci +4

      @@Schmaggleschtickerit’s probably coffee imo.

    • @seanv42
      @seanv42 Před 7 měsíci +17

      It's water. Water is the perfect drink.

  • @emileeriegel403
    @emileeriegel403 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I'd love to see if there's a study on how these drinks affect those with Narcolepsy, especially since its still not 100% clear exactly what and why for it. As it was explained to me, Narcolepsy makes it so the brain doesn't have well defined sleep/wake barriers so we can pass from one to the other without even knowing. So blocking our receptors can be good. I actually take a stimulant daily help keep my receptors blocked so I don't just fall asleep while driving.

  • @zraymond32
    @zraymond32 Před 5 měsíci +12

    Mat Pat never fails to make my day and entertain me with some sweet science

  • @xXxGR33NDR3AMSxXx
    @xXxGR33NDR3AMSxXx Před 7 měsíci +533

    I'd personally love to see a follow up deep dive into gamersupps. They'd probably sponsor a video of you trying the flavors and investigating the nutritional value/gaming and cognitive enhancing facts

    • @dabroster8427
      @dabroster8427 Před 7 měsíci +89

      Yah I'm disappointed that MatPat did Gfuel, but not their competitor Gamersupps. It's usually a VS between the two, so I'd like to see which is better. Gamersupps usually gets advertised as more natural.

    • @IchorX
      @IchorX Před 7 měsíci +32

      Yeah it's a shame they weren't highlighted more, they're definitely my favourite overall, especially in terms of flavour.

    • @Aereto
      @Aereto Před 7 měsíci +26

      ​@@dabroster8427
      Gamersupps is in a different league from GFuel, since Gatorade is too sugary to my liking, and Gamersupps at the least toned down on the sugars and opted for more concentrated caffeine content.

    • @gravy1333
      @gravy1333 Před 7 měsíci +29

      @@dabroster8427 The reason they didn't is because they used way too much in the live stream compared to the amount of water. They used GFuels's scoop since they couldn't find the one in the GSup container. I'd estimated they used about 5 times the mix making a super concentrated drink that ruined the flavor.

    • @igorpachmelniekzakuskov776
      @igorpachmelniekzakuskov776 Před 7 měsíci +20

      Agreed... my favourite flavour is guacamole gamerfart 9000

  • @blademaster12349
    @blademaster12349 Před 7 měsíci +190

    Hey Matt, since Halloween is around the corner, have you decided to do a food theory on large candy bags and how they're distributed? I opened up a bag of 200 "Crunch" "Baby Ruth's" & "Butterfingers" and 2/3rds was butterfingers (also there was more candy in the bag than advertised but still). Thought it would make for an interesting video!

  • @garethbaus5471
    @garethbaus5471 Před 7 měsíci +5

    It might be an interesting video idea to also cover meal replacements such as Soylent and Huel.

  • @sonsofmothers
    @sonsofmothers Před 5 měsíci

    Love the stock footage at 16:38 showing someone holding an AK left handed from the right shoulder

  • @juancarloang
    @juancarloang Před 7 měsíci +276

    I'm honestly wondering whether "ATTENTIOM SPAN" is some sort of gamer inside joke that I'm not aware of.

    • @dxconnor
      @dxconnor Před 7 měsíci +47

      Looks like the editors needed some Nerds Focus 😂

    • @nikki1028
      @nikki1028 Před 7 měsíci +47

      I was thinking maybe they were testing us to see who was paying close ATTENTION 😂

    • @ahmadqureshi750
      @ahmadqureshi750 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Yeah, ironic

    • @danielkirienko1701
      @danielkirienko1701 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Tbh, there were a few editorial misses here. I wonder if it was a test for the editorial team.

    • @stevosrockinmom
      @stevosrockinmom Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@danielkirienko1701I saw "inflammation" too.

  • @user-fy6ml3zs6g
    @user-fy6ml3zs6g Před 7 měsíci +30

    3:10 HOW DOES HE KNOWWW

  • @zbear404
    @zbear404 Před 5 měsíci +3

    15:21 it's actually water. You just need supps to have the symptom of feeling like you're a good gamer.

  • @buttlord5007
    @buttlord5007 Před 6 měsíci +6

    0:38 goes hard 🥶🥶🥶

  • @JessePlatina
    @JessePlatina Před 7 měsíci +80

    Hey there, neuroscientist here, the statements made about dopamine at around 13:00 are actually a very common misconception, dopamine itself isn’t the reward, dopamine pushes you to do something to achieve the reward.

    • @krazoe6258
      @krazoe6258 Před 7 měsíci +5

      Also neuroscientist: Can confirm this statement.

    • @keaton_m
      @keaton_m Před 7 měsíci +7

      @@krazoe6258 Not a neuroscientist: Have heard a lot of neuroscientists say that tho.

    • @LateBandwagon
      @LateBandwagon Před 7 měsíci +1

      Nuh uh 😐

    • @ariesearthdragon
      @ariesearthdragon Před 6 měsíci +1

      Then what creates/causes the feeling of being rewarded?

    • @LateBandwagon
      @LateBandwagon Před 6 měsíci

      @@ariesearthdragon your brain

  • @DMBLaan
    @DMBLaan Před 7 měsíci +235

    The problem I had with their taste test on GTLive was they kept using the same cups for multiple drinks, thus contaminating them. Like one of the powders that the 2 of them hated, Ash had a completely different reaction to, maybe because she was the only one of the three who had it in a clean cup.

    • @Bryan-wl2vt
      @Bryan-wl2vt Před 7 měsíci +33

      Oof, so much for the scientific method

  • @linzzzy490
    @linzzzy490 Před 6 měsíci

    As someone who was a total science nerd in school it makes sense why I love your channels so much, that and you do the complicated maths for me if there's any to do haha

  • @cliffwarden5934
    @cliffwarden5934 Před 7 měsíci +6

    Was really hoping to see a breakdown of gamersupps other than the weird flavors (misfit melon is my personal favorite)

  • @SkeletonSlacker
    @SkeletonSlacker Před 7 měsíci +69

    3:04 next theory idea
    *how does he know? how THAT kind of milk tastes like?*

    • @ChefHin
      @ChefHin Před 7 měsíci

      He probably used his gf,
      No one can remember how tiddy milk tastes like, cause we were babys.

    • @Icameinclutch
      @Icameinclutch Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@ChefHinI think I can "imagine" how it tastes like, does anyone feel the same?

    • @thelostorchid767
      @thelostorchid767 Před 6 měsíci +2

      People house drunk the stuff when they are adults and… Coconut milk. It has closely been described to be like coconut milk… of course everyone tastes different.
      I won’t tell you how I got that information however I will tell you it was on accident then purposely confirmed so… suffer with your newfound knowledge with me.

    • @staceyklausner2677
      @staceyklausner2677 Před 6 měsíci

      Why does it say ATTENTIOM span?! I can no longer focus on anything else!

    • @randomperson5579
      @randomperson5579 Před 6 měsíci +1

      the most wholesome thing i can think of is, he has a kid, his partner had to go somewhere so she left some in some bottles, and if you warm up a baby bottle in the microwave you should test to see if it's too hot to give to a baby before feeding it to them.
      though as someone who has had that flavour, it tastes nothing like you'd expect that kind of milk to taste like, it's probably the most bland flavour they have.

  • @ph3lix004
    @ph3lix004 Před 7 měsíci +818

    Now that we are done going through all these energy drinks one of the biggest struggles I have personally is with artificial sweeteners versus sugars with all the studies coming out recently about artificial sweeteners we could really use the old food theory breakdown to help us understand what artificial sweeteners you should avoid in our drink. Whether it's energy drinks or diet Coke I want to know if I should avoid some in favor of others

    • @crimsonblack9774
      @crimsonblack9774 Před 7 měsíci +39

      Oh I'd really be interested in this one I'm allergic to one of the most common artificial sweeteners so I avoid every one like the plague that would make a really good episode

    • @izzbees
      @izzbees Před 7 měsíci +27

      I’d be interested in this too, particularly in regards to sugar-alchohols gaining popularity as sweeteners. People who are diabetic can have them, but what really are they? How much should we be having each day? What do they do in our bodies? And are they actually better for you than sugar is?

    • @crimsonblack9774
      @crimsonblack9774 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @izziethon482 totally agree

    • @garethbaus5471
      @garethbaus5471 Před 7 měsíci +14

      ​@@izzbees Sugar alcohols are a laxative, that is a huge downside.

    • @NoahOMorainRush
      @NoahOMorainRush Před 7 měsíci +15

      Right? I remember years ago I did a paper for a health class on various sweeteners, and I remember that what I found out about sucralose was terrifying and I avoided it almost as much as I avoid hydrogenated oils for the longest time. Fast forward like 10 years, and one of my little sisters asks me what's actually bad about it, and when I try to look it up (because of course I don't remember the specifics), I can't find anything bad about it, and now I'm left wondering if I was remembering wrong, if more studies have turned out to indicate that it's not actually that bad, or if I'm just being gaslit.

  • @mundodacrianca2147
    @mundodacrianca2147 Před 6 měsíci +6

    Him "Gamer drinks are a lie!"
    Also him: *Proceeds to get sponsored by Gfuel, a gamer drink company*

  • @ccws4818
    @ccws4818 Před 6 měsíci +7

    I'm kinda shocked you didn't include Ghost in this one. Ghost has a lot of those Focus related ingredients like the B vitamins, Astragin (Ginseng), Neurofactor (Coffee Fruit Extract - on top of the Coffee-based caffeine), and Alpha-GPC. It also has L-Cartinine to help prevent crashing. After moving from Monster Recover to Ghost my focus levels and duration of focus is vastly improved and even though I no longer consider myself a hardcore gamer, I _feel_ like I would be better focused after drinking my biweekly Ghost.

    • @jayemover_16
      @jayemover_16 Před 6 měsíci +3

      Ghost was the winner in the Prime Energy video

  • @rmzing
    @rmzing Před 7 měsíci +248

    The 300mg of caffeine talked about for GFuel was only for the cans. The powder has 140mg per scoop, which is the recommended serving size. Due to tolerance, though, some people may dose up to 2 scoops, which is much closer to that 300mg value.

    • @biosaber585
      @biosaber585 Před 5 měsíci +13

      That's insane. Gamersupps says ON its packaging a maximum of 300mg of caffeine daily to prevent medical issues and yet you're describing gfuel's BASELINE scoop/seving ratio, is literally the day recommended limit, or at the LEAST half of it

    • @blackson932
      @blackson932 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@biosaber585 I mean most people take more than 300mg caffeine a day if they drink a lot of coffee about 4-5 cups are already 300mg caffeine and most people either dont drink coffee or drink way more than 4-5 cups.

    • @silastallio2932
      @silastallio2932 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@biosaber585 isnt the medical limit 400mg?

    • @steeveo431
      @steeveo431 Před 4 měsíci +2

      ​@silastallio2932 I've always heard it is 400

    • @frxsty2585
      @frxsty2585 Před 2 měsíci

      I drink coffee and i only need one cup bruh, you just need to do it in moderation@@blackson932

  • @Flitch300
    @Flitch300 Před 7 měsíci +46

    16:24 - MatPat: "Attention Span"
    Editors: "Attentiom Span"
    Editors: "Yep. Seems about right."
    Me: 😂

    • @reinne26
      @reinne26 Před 7 měsíci +4

      maybe they're checking if we're paying attentiom...
      *ahem* attention

    • @ThatToastGuy_
      @ThatToastGuy_ Před 7 měsíci +3

      I'm paying attentiom

    • @deannacallahan2579
      @deannacallahan2579 Před 7 měsíci +2

      I was hoping that someone else would notice & comment on that.

  • @seadoo1459
    @seadoo1459 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I spent so much time throwing up I was able to rethink my strategies, they really do make you better

  • @zbear404
    @zbear404 Před 5 měsíci +2

    4:57 bioavailability is different than quantity. There is a difference on compound structures as well.

  • @theprofessionalfence-sitter
    @theprofessionalfence-sitter Před 7 měsíci +348

    I'd like to see the old-school 'energy drinks' included: coffee and tea.

    • @Naokarma
      @Naokarma Před 6 měsíci +11

      To save you time: They're the best for your health, mediocre by comparison for energy.

    • @WhiteFyreLeo
      @WhiteFyreLeo Před 6 měsíci +1

      I like to take several breaks from my gaming (upwards of 18 hours a day) to brew a hot cup of tea, I get a huge boost of energy when I do this, not because the caffeine or the sugar but because
      1: I'm getting up (even if it's only for a few minutes each)
      2: the caffeine and sugar
      And it's also good for you because it's tea

    • @tropical5135
      @tropical5135 Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@@WhiteFyreLeothis is satire right

    • @WhiteFyreLeo
      @WhiteFyreLeo Před 6 měsíci

      @@tropical5135 no? I get paid to test videogames

    • @samarnold5531
      @samarnold5531 Před 6 měsíci

      @@WhiteFyreLeobro what

  • @Casidilla
    @Casidilla Před 7 měsíci +185

    There’s nothing like drinking a monster after having a cup of coffee while watching a food theory about energy drinks…

    • @onedayiwillbegone2366
      @onedayiwillbegone2366 Před 7 měsíci +8

      and then MatPat's start mentioning how bad the drink in your hand is... xD

    • @abigailmaturana741
      @abigailmaturana741 Před 7 měsíci +4

      honest question, do u have adhd?

    • @kendog0013
      @kendog0013 Před 7 měsíci +1

      its all fun and games until an impassable kidney stone forms and youre scarred with them for life 🙃

    • @yuricock
      @yuricock Před 7 měsíci +2

      ive done that before and felt guilty. caffeinated drinks just taste so good

    • @Casidilla
      @Casidilla Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@abigailmaturana741 No, why?

  • @cartoonchris7
    @cartoonchris7 Před 7 měsíci +4

    2:51 he got the super meat boy g feel let's go

  • @randomtourist6656
    @randomtourist6656 Před 2 měsíci +1

    The sound track music in Min 4:30 is dope.
    We need an album, bro, before you leave in March 2024

  • @AL1CE_
    @AL1CE_ Před 7 měsíci +7

    "Attentiom span" is through the roof now

  • @falconsight9131
    @falconsight9131 Před 7 měsíci +165

    Hey, Mat
    I had a small question, it might not be enough to make a full video with but; What makes dog jerky different from the jerky that we, people eat? And are our dogs getting better nutrition that we are from the jerky they get?

    • @soundrogue4472
      @soundrogue4472 Před 7 měsíci +21

      Well no; animal feed in general has worse/ less quality ingredients; companies do so because you're feeding it to an animal, not a person where a person can sue/ tell problems are wrong while an animal that's not even close to being the case. Look at the ingredient list on said food for animals if you don't believe me.

    • @falconsight9131
      @falconsight9131 Před 7 měsíci +10

      @@soundrogue4472 guess I don’t need mat pat anymore

    • @FacialVomitTurtleFights
      @FacialVomitTurtleFights Před 6 měsíci

      dang, thats a good one.

    • @jordanj9564
      @jordanj9564 Před 6 měsíci +1

      There are dog treats, the jerky kind mentioned specifically, that only have only one or two listed ingredient.

    • @jayemover_16
      @jayemover_16 Před 6 měsíci +3

      They're just insanely plain. Technically, you can eat them if you read the ingredients list properly so you know which ones, but they're not tested to be edible for humans, so you could get sick from things not intentionally in the jerky.

  • @cownuggets9124
    @cownuggets9124 Před 7 měsíci

    You should do a video on either what the best wafer to chocolate ratio is or whether the wafer or chocolate is the best part of a kitkat bar

  • @MrJoeDone
    @MrJoeDone Před 5 měsíci

    I just love the fact, that at 9:54 you see a german jornalist for a publicly funded TV show. That did a piece on how stockfootage works and somehow ended up a posteboy for coffee consumption (and some scams, they did a followup on where the picture got used)

  • @phaezus
    @phaezus Před 7 měsíci +32

    MatPat must've been awake for days after this video

  • @chameleon9359
    @chameleon9359 Před 7 měsíci +35

    These are slowly going to get crazier until one day we see 'Food Theory: BREATHING ISN'T HEALTHY???'

    • @Firestar1992
      @Firestar1992 Před 7 měsíci +5

      I mean, if you live in the middle of a city with a population of a million plus people, or live in a state with active wildfires, or otherwise live in an area where the air is full of pollution so thick you can literally taste it, yeah breathing isn’t healthy. Lol

    • @chameleon9359
      @chameleon9359 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Firestar1992 good point

    • @Kahlan_Amnell_
      @Kahlan_Amnell_ Před měsícem

      ​@@Firestar1992the theory writes itself

  • @gaboo12
    @gaboo12 Před 7 měsíci +3

    come on Matpat you missed it! At 13:39 I totally thought you were going to say "I mean, don't get me wrong, dopamine is dope"

  • @scariespaghetti9028
    @scariespaghetti9028 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Fun fact: the coke xp sold so poorly at my store we had to send back almost everyone

  • @NerdySatyr
    @NerdySatyr Před 7 měsíci +47

    All about GamerSupps, hands down the best drink. Way smoother than GFuel and others, and honestly better flavours!
    GFuel always leaves me mouth feeling chalky but GamerSupps is just, A++

    • @austinmilne1263
      @austinmilne1263 Před 7 měsíci +15

      I was surprised he didnt go in more depth with Supps since it is pretty different then GFuel and even has some of the ingredients Nerd Focus has

    • @nightlockgamingfr
      @nightlockgamingfr Před 7 měsíci +6

      Vouch. Gamersupps has been good to me, and I wanted to hear it talked about, but really wasn’t outside of the funny flavors.

    • @sheridanwolf
      @sheridanwolf Před 7 měsíci

      He kinda just picked up the most popular drink with Santi

    • @Rapitor
      @Rapitor Před 7 měsíci +5

      Gamersupps is by far and a way the best... I think it's also the only gamer drink to offer caffeine free while still loaded with all of the other "Gamer ingredients"? Which is a godsend when you want to game, but not deal with insomnia.

    • @NerdySatyr
      @NerdySatyr Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@Rapitor Preach, 100%. I can't have caffeine due to health reasons so Supps in a GODsend

  • @The_Metal_Mechanic
    @The_Metal_Mechanic Před 7 měsíci +30

    As someone from San Antonio, Nerd Focus has a special place in my heart. I have been drinking it since high school and even did my best to keep track of it during the periods of time where it was out of production. It really does help with focus, but get the green can instead of the blue. The flavor is a lot better.

  • @invisamerc
    @invisamerc Před 5 měsíci +3

    The 300mg cans for gfuel is apart of their older production line. Any new flavors for their cans are 140 that are the same amount as their powders. So unless you are drinking their older flavors you’re only getting 140 mg of caffeine

  • @jeremyroberts2735
    @jeremyroberts2735 Před 7 měsíci

    Y'know what man. This made me think about how much caffeine I drink and the thought of the headache being what it is probably changed the way I'll drink them. Thanks

  • @TheLazyJAK
    @TheLazyJAK Před 7 měsíci +39

    The CZcamsr Fracno has a really good series on these! He's a military physical therapist. He goes over each ingredient and how much it takes to have an effect and if they include enough for it to do anything etc. Tldr advanced gg was the best lol

  • @johnhmaloney
    @johnhmaloney Před 7 měsíci +35

    I was really into energy drinks back in college, in the '90s, so it was nice to finally find out what all of those words on the labels mean. Aside from coffee, I don't touch the stuff anymore, so it was also good to get a peek at the current state of the category. As an ADHDer, who's always chasing dopamine, I have to admit that I'm a little bit tempted to try Rogue Energy. .lol

  • @julianaalexander
    @julianaalexander Před 6 měsíci +2

    I would love to see this done with pre workouts & other workout enhancing products

  • @if7dmitrij191
    @if7dmitrij191 Před 5 měsíci

    9:42 I love this transformice refrence

  • @NooNahha
    @NooNahha Před 7 měsíci +16

    2:58 blame the badger😂

    • @rikoaries
      @rikoaries Před 11 dny

      He had the opportunity, and took it.

  • @DarkMatterX101
    @DarkMatterX101 Před 7 měsíci +4

    16:26 Never thought I'd see a misspelling in a MatPat video, but here we are...

  • @spider_kbm
    @spider_kbm Před 5 měsíci

    This intro definitely sounds like matpat wrote it 😂 freaking love you dude

  • @TabletFontanilla
    @TabletFontanilla Před 6 měsíci +1

    Matpat should make a video where he talks about how long you can survive eating only ikea food. That would be nice.

  • @cherricake1796
    @cherricake1796 Před 7 měsíci +8

    Can we admire the cool detail at 6:35 where since twitter killed the bird branding, it has an "X" in it's eye? But it's also the "X" logo???
    Love to see it

  • @meghandaharwal5179
    @meghandaharwal5179 Před 7 měsíci +66

    Hey Mat! Could you do a video on how different eating utensils change the flavour of foods? E.g., does size of spoon affect taste? Does pasta bowl vs regular plate affect the experience?
    (Not a utensil but...) Does movie theatre popcorn taste different at home?

    • @FinnManusia
      @FinnManusia Před 7 měsíci

      Yeah, people says using hand is better because they give more flavour than metal spoon?

    • @zage932
      @zage932 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@FinnManusiausing your hand doesn't give any extra flavor if you wash your hands correctly. The main reason why people use hands to eat is because of the metals or plastics on your utensils could worsen the quality of taste by a small margin.

  • @justinwilcox8357
    @justinwilcox8357 Před 7 měsíci

    Great video! Please make the video on how sugar don’t make you bounce off the walls. I know it don’t, but I keep getting told it does.

  • @-Its_OggorF_Draws-
    @-Its_OggorF_Draws- Před 7 měsíci +2

    Not me subscribing to every “Theorists” channel MatPat has💀

  • @func_e
    @func_e Před 7 měsíci +13

    watchin Mat and Santi try all of these was wonderful, so I'm so glad that the results are finally in :D

  • @belowfactual
    @belowfactual Před 7 měsíci +6

    May trying to be relatable during the whole video just makes this so much more better💀

  • @JonnnytheDM
    @JonnnytheDM Před 6 měsíci +2

    Matt just casually pulling up a picture of Rocket-Bean's "Gunnar" in 9:55 (left)
    basically a small internet-celebrity in Germany!
    fun catch, but probably not the only one who noticed

  • @kylecrane4091
    @kylecrane4091 Před 7 měsíci

    Would love to see one about Pre-Workout

  • @tmasterlordoflightning4754
    @tmasterlordoflightning4754 Před 7 měsíci +4

    7:25 I’m a paramedic, and I’d like to add something to this whole but that’s unrelated to the food and gamer drink point of this episode. I honestly didn’t fully understand how this worked myself until Mat explained caffeine here, but I think it’s interesting to others, especially if a paramedic tells you they’re using it on a loved one.
    In the US, at least, and likely other countries and territories, one of the essential drugs for EMS and emergency rooms is Adenosine. It’s used to slow down tachycardias (abnormally fast heart rates) to stabilize a patient’s heart. I always thought it had some kind of reaction on the heart because the way my instructors explained the pharmacodynamics of Adenosine was unclear at best. This makes a ton more sense that it’s a brain reaction.
    Adenosine also has a short half life in the body. I’m talking 10 seconds short of a half life. In medicine, generally speaking, if a medication experiences 5 half lives in the body, it’s more or less ineffective at that point, so Adenosine, at least for my purposes, only has 50 seconds to work. It needs to be pushed via a good IV site rapidly to have any chance of working. When it does get through, it does what I call a “heart soft reset” because it reminds me of restarting a computer with the Restart command. Knowing the info from this video makes it clearer, to me at least, why this happens, and I’m glad I saw this video when I did.
    All this to say, thank Matt for educating me and others.

  • @anchoracrisdart
    @anchoracrisdart Před 7 měsíci +22

    Theory Idea: Can you make potato chips out of crunchy leaves? Since it's Fall season!

  • @kamo7293
    @kamo7293 Před 5 měsíci

    3:03 that face 😂😂😂 he's like "how do you know it doesn't taste like that"

  • @saukash
    @saukash Před 7 měsíci +1

    Hey mat! I have a video idea
    I've been wondering about the minimum amount of food (in grams/kilograms) one needs to stay alive assuming reasonable nutritional value obtained from that amount of food. Also assume that the person's maintenance calories are 2000
    Could you dive into this? concept? I think the answer would just be calorically-dense foods blended as a shake. What do you think?

  • @echo._.madness
    @echo._.madness Před 7 měsíci +3

    I love that MatPat used an unfiltered picture for the thumbnail /lhj

  • @rsmorex
    @rsmorex Před 7 měsíci +75

    I like how he praises a drinks sugar content without mentioning the artificial sweeteners they used to achieve that low sugar content

    • @sheridanwolf
      @sheridanwolf Před 7 měsíci +6

      Iirc that was talked about in other videos or the taste test he did with Santi

    • @rsmorex
      @rsmorex Před 7 měsíci +4

      @@sheridanwolf there’s a reason they tell you to like comment and subscribe in every video… a good CZcamsr doesn’t assume you’ve seen all their videos, they assume this is the first video you’ve seen on their channel. So to ignore or skirt around the unhealthy aspects of every drink that isn’t a soda seems disingenuous.

    • @devinrandall4538
      @devinrandall4538 Před 7 měsíci +4

      Waaaaaaaaaaah

    • @drommsy
      @drommsy Před 7 měsíci +9

      In terms of what the criteria is (avoiding the sugar content and associated crash) it makes sense. Also, artificial sweeteners are not bad for you at the level they are talked about at, especially in a culture where we WAY over consume sugar especially.

    • @kandieharrison4055
      @kandieharrison4055 Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@@drommsy I agree... it's honestly kind of sad how much hate products with artificial sweeteners get... As a Diabetic (type 1), I've had to consume almost exclusively foods/beverages wiith artificial sweeteners since I was 4 years old. While yes, some are much better than others, they're treated like this terrible thing, when it saves lives. And it concerns me with how much sugar my friends and family consume because they think it's fine for them, since they aren't Diabetic... it's a shame that people think that way or they know it's bad for them but ignore it because they don't like the taste of artificial sweeteners or just don't trust them.

  • @justinwhite2725
    @justinwhite2725 Před 6 měsíci +1

    6:44 except in Canada. Fun fact, as a clear beverage it is illegal for Mountain Dew to be caffeinated, so it isnt

  • @ackton
    @ackton Před 3 měsíci +1

    6:38
    "We can do this boys, all we gotta do is push further!"

  • @Dekubud
    @Dekubud Před 7 měsíci +20

    I think it would be interesting to have an episode about coffee, teas and drinks like mate and why tea doesn't give us a cafeine crash like coffee does!

    • @ariesearthdragon
      @ariesearthdragon Před 6 měsíci +2

      I assume it's because tea doesn't have as much caffeine as coffee. Sodas contain more caffeine than some teas.

    • @user-fz1wn3ey7v
      @user-fz1wn3ey7v Před 2 měsíci

      Orange cat

  • @ExplodingSteve
    @ExplodingSteve Před 7 měsíci +6

    Doctor: The “JSchat” cameo is not real it can’t hurt you
    The “Jshlat” cameo:

  • @MunchyMakesStuff
    @MunchyMakesStuff Před 7 měsíci

    Surprised more of the Dew energy Drinks didn't make it. There's like 3 brands under Dew of energy drink XD In fact Rise isn't their gamer focused one, it's their "Morning Coffee replacement" one that became more popular with the general public and thus more available.
    Game Fuel is their gamer focused one with the signature reclosable tab so that it keeps carbonated and spills less if accidentally knocked over.
    There's also Kick Start which I think is supposed to be more work out based.

  • @Elioda
    @Elioda Před 7 měsíci

    Maybe later on matpat will use this knowledge and use it to make his own game theory energy drink.

  • @Megasnoop
    @Megasnoop Před 7 měsíci +5

    Always love the research put into these videos! Would love to add that most of GFUEL isn't 300 Milligrams of Caffeine. Some of the cans, yes. But half the cans only half 140mg while every powder GFUEL is also 140mg per serving. So not quite as heart attacking in most cases! Thanks MattPat!

  • @joakimboulanger4490
    @joakimboulanger4490 Před 7 měsíci +16

    I've never been interested in those drinks to game, it was always to help me study, tho none of them really worked, they all make me sleepy
    I'd rather have a video on the best drinks to help you focus (like ADHD compensation) maybe include some kinds of tea

  • @williamb9422
    @williamb9422 Před 7 měsíci +2

    @ 4:21 If Gin was a dietary supplement I would be a health guru.

  • @WingManFang1
    @WingManFang1 Před 7 měsíci

    I’m actually surprised you had Nerd Focus and didn’t mention it till the end, that being said as a GFuel drinker I also have a backup I didn’t see here which is “Reign” energy, maybe because it doesn’t say gamer in the title or something but it’s an interesting addition if you look into it. Also GFuel offers 2 different types of energy drinks all marketed the same way, but if you look on the cans, certain ones like Spyro Dragon Fruit have only around 120-140mg of Caffeine.

  • @dokletjupolli9555
    @dokletjupolli9555 Před 7 měsíci +4

    THIS PART MADE ME CRY 1:49

  • @k.killerzxyes4041
    @k.killerzxyes4041 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Put that in an air up cup and you got the flavor you like with the properties you need 15:59

  • @pebe5579
    @pebe5579 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Suppose someone was born in 1913 in the Istria peninsula and lived always there, dying at 80. Firstly, he lived in Austria-Hungary. After WWI, in Italy. After WWII, in Yugoslavia. And after Yugoslavia split, in Croatia. It's usual that people move from one country to another, but in this case you could stay in the same place and it was the countries that moved around you.

  • @sordwriath_productions2162
    @sordwriath_productions2162 Před 7 měsíci

    one large gamer energy drink contender matpat forgot was gamersupps

  • @Someone_adachi
    @Someone_adachi Před 7 měsíci +8

    1:18 don't forget the thigh-highs, the skirt, choker and blahaj for emotional support

    • @leanable
      @leanable Před 2 měsíci

      Either that or jerma 985

  • @cookiegirl1097
    @cookiegirl1097 Před 7 měsíci +66

    5k views in 5 minutes? Matpat has truly grown almost a little stronger than a guy in a purple suit.
    Edit: Typo

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Před 7 měsíci

      A man behind the slaughter?
      Or is it some obscure meme from 2010's?

    • @Thebeast-yt
      @Thebeast-yt Před 7 měsíci +3

      It probably the man behind the slaughter the guy that made matpat wanna commit suicide

    • @Gander6309-KranchTheDestroyer
      @Gander6309-KranchTheDestroyer Před 7 měsíci +1

      Its been so long since the last I thought about the man behind the slaughter

    • @BLET_55artem55
      @BLET_55artem55 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Gander6309-KranchTheDestroyer since these thoughts've been gone, you've been watching other YT vids?

    • @cookiegirl1097
      @cookiegirl1097 Před 7 měsíci

      @@BLET_55artem55 To clear it up, yes it was the man behind the slaughter.

  • @ElRam
    @ElRam Před 7 měsíci

    Now do one of this vids for pre workout

  • @user-rq7wu6cz9b
    @user-rq7wu6cz9b Před 6 měsíci

    I personally love every video you guys put out but tonight my 9 month old wouldn’t sleep so I turned this on and she gave the phone a kiss and went right to sleep watching the video. I felt I had to share.

  • @robspiess
    @robspiess Před 7 měsíci +3

    Back in the 70s, Coke reigned supreme in the programmer/gamer world. In the 80s, Jolt Cola became popular in the underground gamer scene. In the 90s, Surge came out to compete against Mountain Dew, and Bawls tried to be the official gamer/hacker drink, but both got spanked by Red Bull.

  • @bubbledoubletrouble
    @bubbledoubletrouble Před 7 měsíci +4

    17:08 Clear winner on paper, but unless we have another episode actually testing this stuff under fire-so to speak-we’ll never know

  • @qunaylee
    @qunaylee Před 7 měsíci

    I'm still waiting for that episode where you'll prove Guru isn't that healty

  • @xitlaly4130
    @xitlaly4130 Před 7 měsíci

    this is totally unrelated but MatPat and he was sooo nice thank you so much for taking a photo w me at the museum 🙌