Hornet Juice Sports Drink has a sting in its tail
April 22nd, 2008
A long time back, a loyal reader (whose name is sadly lost in the mists of time) sent me a link to a bizarre sports drink that, like many others, promises you’ll train harder/faster/stronger/better, but unusually, claims to do this by rejigging your digestive system to mimic that of a big bug.
The makers of Hornet Juice Sports Drink claim it is based on the activities of the Giant Hornet, an endurance athlete amongst insects that can “fly 50 miles a day”. The makers of Hornet Juice believe this is down to the hornet’s diet of an amino acid mixture secreted by their larval. By recreating this mixture, they claim:
Hornet Juice activates the metabolism of fat for energy right from the start of your physical activity. This results in your glycogen being conserved, enabling you to maintain a steady pace to the very end.
Presumably because what’s good for an inch-long flying insect must also be good for a six-foot tall running human. And I guess reconfiguring your entire digestive system is a safe and advisable pastime, too. Ah, there’s nothing like a bit of cargo cult science to put a smile on your face. Seriously though, don’t they remember what happened to Timothy West in Tales of the Unexpected?! (anyone got a video link to this?)
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5 Comments
1. anon | April 30th, 2008 at 6:44 am
So you assume it doesn’t work without trying, reading studies, or even reading other peer reviews? I wholeheartedly take your opinion as truth. Good job!
2. Frank the SciencePunk | April 30th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Fair point, I was feeling lazy. Here’s the result of one of the studies, a week long trial on a small group (15) of people:
3. snailbrain | May 4th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
if you don’t believe it works , try some yourself,
i had some and it was uber :)
uk seller [spam removed]
4. Rina Ward | May 5th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Omigosh, I so remember this episode back in the 80’s! Scared the hell out of me and my sisters but we kept on mimicking West and his buzzzzing words. I must include this in our site! I won’t argue about your stand on our product… unless you want me to send you a few samples. Promise me you won’t feed it to your child!
5. Roman | January 31st, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Yeah right I don`t know were you got the info about the trial. I`m using it (bought 20 to try it). For one week I was on a 650kcal diet (192cm height, 137kg of weight, no sports before the diet) using hornet juice before swimming in a 25m pool. The effect- I was able to swim a whole hour long without a heavy breath and with HR avg 138bpm. I was doing so a whole week trough, So yes, it works. Try it yourself.
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