Whats so bad about energy drinks anyway

Question

when ure really tired they get u back to normal n they taste good so... wats so bad?

Answer 1

They have so much sugar and gaurana.  They could actually give you a heart attack if your body is not used to consuming that much sugar.

Answer 2

They're not going to kill you. But many of these increasingly popular drinks contain significant amounts of caffeine, which can make you jittery and cause insomnia, as well as loads of sugar, which nobody needs. Worse, these drinks are often marketed to kids and teenagers, many of whom already struggle with their weight and don't need to add a caffeine addiction. "Energy drinks are rip-offs," said Bruce Silverglade , legal director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a Washington, D.C.-based consumer watchdog group that has been trying, unsuccessfully, to get the US Food and Drug Administration to force manufacturers to list the amount of caffeine on product labels.

In a study published last year in the Journal of Analytical Toxicology, Bruce A. Goldberger , director of toxicology at the University of Florida College of Medicine, tested the caffeine content of 10 energy drinks, including Red Bull, Red Devil, and Hair of the Dog.

In most energy drinks, he said, caffeine levels were higher than the FDA limit for sodas, which is 65 mg of caffeine per 12 ounces. The FDA does not regulate caffeine in energy drinks, some of which, like Cocaine, contain huge amounts of caffeine: 280 mg in an 8.4-ounce serving, compared with about 100 mg per 6 ounces in coffee.

Overall, caffeine "is relatively benign and is not associated with life-threatening health risks," said psychopharmacologist Roland Griffiths , a professor in the department of psychiatry and neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University and a caffeine expert. "But here it is being promoted in the form of energy drinks and, alarmingly, in many cases to children and adolescents," Griffiths said.

Caffeine can increase anxiety, panic, some stomach problems, and some cardiac arrhythmias. Although some data suggest that drinking coffee can be good for you, "we should not mistake coffee or caffeine as a health food," Griffiths said.

Answer 3

the high amounts of sugar and gurana

Answer 4

There is so much sugar!  Next time you're faced with the middle of the day tiredness, try drinking 2 glasses of water instead of an energy drink.  There are studies that say people get tired around 2 pm because they are dehydrated.  Try the water.  If it doesn't work for you, have a cup of coffee.  Only about 60 calories and a safe amount a cafine to get you throught he day!

Answer 5

lots of sugar

lots of enegry drinks have bull testostrone and pee in them as a stimulint

they can make you sick

you crash after having one

they have no nutrishanal value at all

and most of all it is hard on your body to get such a sudden change in motabilism and heart rate!!!

hope this helped :)

Answer 6

Too much sugar and caffeine. Try healthier energy drinks like the ones found here http://www.voernix.com/2008/07/frs.html. They have less caffeine and sugar in them and work just as good.  

Answer 7

Energy drinks themselves aren't bad for you. It's how often they are consumed. Many people drink like 2 or 3 a day which is bad for you because many of these popular drinks hold a lot of sugar and calories not to mention all the other stuff that are in them as well.

As I mentioned the abundance of the energy drinks is what is bad for you not the necessarily the energy drinks themselves. The not so popular ones are the better ones to drink because you can consume those as often as you like and they actually improve your health.

Thanks

Hope this helps

Answer 8

im not sure if this will help much but, energy drinks have a high amount of sugar that increases blood pressure to get your body the "energy"...too many though, may harm your system, i had a friend who recently passed of a heart attack due to too many red bull

Answer 9

some are good some are bad.

research the ingredients.

It is usually the high amounts of caffeine that are the culprit.

Never drink more than 3 cans a day.