10 foods that zap your energy

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Breakfast cereals

It might have been okay when you were a kid with boundless energy, but nowadays a bowl of cereal could put you back in your sleepy state by mid-morning. Most breakfast cereals have high glycemic indexes, which causes your blood sugar to rise rapidly and increases insulin in the body. After the initial burst of energy, your blood sugar crashes, and then come the droopy eyes!