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In 2006 alone, 500 new energy drinks were created. Energy drinks, that which typically contain large amounts of sugar and caffeine, are equally if not more dangerous to children. Even though the target market for energy drinks are young adults aged 18-35, teenagers are often consuming significant quantities of these beverages. “According to self-report surveys, energy drinks are consumed by 30% to 50% of adolescents and young adults.”(pediatrics 1). “Of the 5448 US caffeine overdoses reported…

Analysis Are sports drinks a better a better substitution for water when playing sport? Since the introduction of sports drinks in 1965, they have been a big part of professional and non-professional sports since then. According to Forbes, Gatorade is currently the most popular sports drink in the world with sales generating over $1 billion per year and this just goes to show how huge the sports drink industry really is. The main issue with sports drinks is that people are choosing to drink them…

cannot be good for you. Two main products that contain caffeine are coffee and energy drinks. When it comes to both of these things people can argue on how one is better than the other or how they’re both bad for you. There are statistics to prove both of these sides to be correct. There are many similarities between coffee and energy drinks; however, when it comes to differences, the health risks of energy drinks outweigh coffee. Caffeine is an ingredient in coffee, and many people use it to…

Not many people know the risks about consuming caffeine drinks and how harmful they could be to you. Energy drinks can cause things like headaches up to sudden death of caffeine overdoses. However, energy drinks can be beneficial to many people. The only problem with caffeine contained drinks is that there is a limited amount that you can consume. Rarely anyone knows about this facture which has impacted energy drinkers and teens who are most commonly using them. There have been surveys…

It is a fact that energy drinks do give energy, but is it good for the human body? Energy drinks come in a tall cans with many different colors and a catchy slogans that grabs many teenagers attention. We see them all over the place like commercials, billboards, radio and even school cafeterias. They are known for helping you stay awake, give you an energy even on your worst day and even boost your mood. Energy drinks use many different substances in order keep their drinks effective in the…

Energy drinks are packed full of sugars and caffeine to give you that ¨energy¨ feeling. People drink energy drinks all the time not thinking of what they are putting into their bodys. One energy drink is usually more than the suggested amount of sugar for a day and many people drink more than one in short periods of time. This becomes an issue because Americans are becoming obese.According to Guardian ¨ nearly 30% of kids under the age of twenty are obese¨ (para 9), this is a problem in the…

1. Drink green tea. Receive: If a recent study, the metabolic effects of green tea (to extract) compared to placebo, the researchers found that green tea drinkers burned about 70 more calories in 24 hours. If you believe that these 70 calories per day for a total of 7.3 pounds of fat annually add up! It is not magic, it's science: researchers believe that the difference of antioxidants called catechins, which improve metabolism in green tea. 2. Avoid calories a glass. Scientists now know that…

We have all heard about energy drinks from friends, commercials, or even family members, but are they really good for you to drink them? To sum up energy drinks they are basically “a middling amount of caffeine combined with mega-doses of marketing and pseudoscience” (Beyerstein 1). There are many types of energy drink companies, such as “Monster”, “Red Bull”, “Rockstar”, etc. None of these are good for you in anyway. Of course they may give you five or six hours of energy, but what they do to…

Though most of society is aware of the harmful effects of alcohol, many do not realize the harm that energy drinks can play, especially when consumed alongside alcohol. Can energy drinks, which can be purchased by just about anyone, really be that dangerous? Research located in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Journal has found that combining the consumption of energy drinks and alcohol together may in fact intensity one another, resulting in additional negative effects than one…

believe that the author didn’t prove that experts believe energy drinks do not have a significant effect. Some of the studies are opinionated, there is several pieces of evidence supporting energy drinks, and the studies of the energy drink Taurine. There are opinionated studies done by experts. Paul R. Thomas, a scientific advisor with the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements, said that “They (energy drinks) are not going to increase energy levels.” This quote is an…