Re-Lyte® Boost

An average cup of coffee contains 95 mg of caffeine. A serving of Re-Lyte Boost contains 120 mg of caffeine. So a serving of Re-Lyte Boost contains 25 mg caffeine more than a cup of coffee. That would be like having a cup of coffee with dessert….and then deciding you needed a little bit more (just under a quarter cup) while you polish off those last couple bites of pie.

Re-Lyte Boost isn't fizzy. Nope. Just like all the drinks in our Re-Lyte line, Re-Lyte Boost doesn’t fizz or foam like carbonated beverages or effervescent drink mixes.

It'll take around 15 minutes. Each serving of Boost contains 120 mg of caffeine from green tea extract. As you probably know, caffeine gives you a pretty quick energy boost. Caffeine from coffee or soda typically starts to hit you within 10 minutes. Since Boost is a powder, absorption takes a little longer than that. That means it'll take a little longer for you to feel the initial effects— around 15 minutes or so.

We recommend sticking to one or two servings of Re-Lyte Boost per day. Boost contains 120 mg of caffeine per serving, along with other ingredients that support healthy energy levels like B vitamins, electrolytes, ginseng root, maca root, Rhodiola rosea, and ashwagandha. As you’ve probably experienced before, an energy boost can go too far and send you into heart-racing, shaky-hand land (and that’s no fun). We think one to two servings per day is the perfect amount to give you the energy you need without making you feel jittery or causing you to crash later on (which taking too much caffeine in a day can do).

We don’t recommend taking Re-Lyte Boost while you’re pregnant or nursing because of the caffeine content. At this point, there’s conflicting advice about whether consuming caffeine during pregnancy is safe. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (as well as several other health organizations in the U.S. and Europe) currently says pregnant women can safely consume up to 200 milligrams of caffeine per day. And the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says nursing women can consume up to 300 mg per day. However, a 2020 research review published in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine found that consuming any caffeine during pregnancy is linked to low birth weight and miscarriages. There's also evidence that caffeine consumption depletes the body’s supply of a carbohydrate called inositol. Inositol deficiency in pregnancy is linked to neural tube defects. Breastmilk is also naturally rich in inositol. But caffeine can drain a nursing mother’s inositol supply, leading to inositol depletion in both mother and baby. Inositol is critical to your baby’s health and low levels could lead to health complications. Because of all these potential risks, we don’t recommend Re-Lyte products that contain caffeine to our pregnant and nursing customers.

Since each serving of Re-Lyte Boost contains 120 mg of caffeine, we don’t recommend it for kids or teenagers. Right now, there’s no safe threshold established for caffeine intake in children under 12 years old. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children and teens between 12 and 18 keep their caffeine intake below 100 mg per day. Kids and teens tend to be more sensitive to the side effects of caffeine. That means it’s more likely to trigger anxiety, diarrhea, dehydration, and sleep trouble in young folks than in adults. And honestly, in our experience, most kids and teens have more than enough energy anyway (we can barely keep up with our kids and teens as it is, so we’re not trying to give them an energy boost anytime soon.) If you’re looking for a tasty, healthy way to keep the young ones in your life hydrated, we have something exciting in the works— Kids Re-Lyte. Stay tuned!

The Real Salt in Re-Lyte Boost contains 60+ healthy trace minerals that show up in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. One of the most important ingredients in all of our Re-Lyte products, including Re-Lyte Boost, is Real Salt. Real Salt is unprocessed salt that contains 60+ trace minerals with a variety of health benefits. These minerals show up in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors…..which means you may be able to see them in your Boost powder. Some of these minerals are also insoluble, which means they don’t dissolve in water. That’s why you may see some of these specks at the bottom of your glass after drinking a cup of Boost (or our other Re-Lyte mixes).