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    increase of energy drinks being bought, energy drink brands have grossed $3.5 billion yearly. However; over 30% of adolescents consume energy drinks. This is why adolescents need to know the pharmacology and toxicology of caffeine. One of the major ingredients in energy drinks is caffeine, along with amino acids, B vitamins and herbal supplements (Babu et al., 2008). According to the FDA, caffeine is limited to at least 65mg per 12oz when it comes to sodas. When it comes to energy drinks, they have

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    Energy drinks are a beverage that has been taking over the industry by storm. But do these drinks that claim to give you energy actually give you that boost of energy you need? Probably not and the author of Energy Drinks Promise Edge, but Experts Say Proof Is Scant seems to agree. The author successfully supports their claim that energy drinks are a scam by providing evidence on how most of the ingredients are ineffective, have mostly no benefits for consumers, and that companies are lying for a

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    In the article the author successfully supports the claim made that energy drinks make promises of giving you an edge, but the experts so there is little proof to support that claim. Researchers claimed there is a lack of information to backup if energy drinks do what they claim to be able to do. Secondly, researcher are unsure of what the ingredients actually do in energy drinks. Lastly, they are popular in Europe, before coming to the U.S, and even the studies in Europe were not helpful for

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    fitness industry that we are proposing for research includes a variety of energy drinks with high concentrations of caffeine, from products such as Gatorade, Red Bull, Monster, etc. Targeted users for this product include amateur and professional athletes, young adults between the ages of 16-25, and other individuals who would be considered a "workaholic" or "busy person." The main reason why athletes consume energy drinks is because they increase focus, improve performance, vitalize the body, mind

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    This excerpt talks about how many substances in energy drinks are useless. This excerpt also talks about how energy drink companies say that their drinks will give you a mental and physical edge, however there is little to no proof supporting that claim. In fact many things in those drinks do nothing to benefit the body and can even hurt your body in the long term. For example some of these substances may include Glucuronolactone, B-group vitamins, and Taurine. I agree with this excerpt and think

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    article “Energy Drinks promise edge but experts say proof is scant” provide evidence that its claim is true? I don’t believe this is so. In the article there are many conflictions, such as the studies provided being negative towards what the author is trying to say, the article itself being partially opinionated, and the outright fact that it provides studies that prove its original statement false. The article is focused on whether or not energy drinks provide a sense of actual energy, and the

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    Energy drinks have outperformed the growth in carbonates in the last few years, and present a substantial opportunity for beverage manufacturers to extract further growth from their sales. There are many driving forces of change and critical success factors in the energy drink industry. Companies such as Coke Cola and Pepsi contend with criticism from health officials due to the excessive caffeine in most high-energy drinks. However, before the 2000’s consumers were accustomed to carbonated soft

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    Energy drink (I) I saw this video about 3 persons, who told us about their opinion about energy drinks. The first 2 had no problem with energy drinks, they drank it themselves when they where out with friends, but the last one didn’t drink it, he thought it was dangerous for our body’s. I think the last one has right, I also thinks that energy drinks are unhealthy for our bodies, because of all the sugar and additive. I never drink energy drinks, only in rarely situations Sugar (He/she + I)

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    discovery and involvement, but there is one unhealthy drink to ensure that this does not happen. One of many concerns right now is that energy drinks are playing an unhealthy and harmful role in the diets of many adolescents and children. Unfortunately, there is a problem with most energy drinks that exceeds the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) required limit of 71 mg of caffeine for a 12-ounce drink (Doheny). Some of these energy drinks are sold as nutritional supplements that are not regulated

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    Consuming energy drinks can be very addicting as if any person were to imbibe on drugs. In this age group, energy drinks are very common and popular where young minors quaff these types of drinks consequential, where their lives have been affected by the fault of this beverage. Nowadays numerous of young American’s lives are being pretentious due to this liquid refreshment. People should be able to forbid these energy drinks and to decrease the death rate of youths. Overall, these effective drinks should

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