![]() In her study, published in May 2004 in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, Savoca saw detrimental blood pressure effects in teens who consumed as little as 100 milligrams of caffeine a day. In her research, Savoca has found that in teens - especially African American boys - caffeine intake may increase blood pressure enough to trigger hypertension in those who are predisposed to the condition. Savoca, an assistant research scientist at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. ![]() Of course, as with coffee or any other beverage containing caffeine, too many of the high-powered drinks can cause muscle twitching, gastrointestinal problems, rapid heartbeats or dizziness.įor some people, the caffeine in even a few energy drinks is too much, says Margaret R. “For me, it’s not as dehydrating as coffee, and it’s a quick pick-me-up available in any gas station.” “I drink one Red Bull while I drive, so I don’t get too tired before I arrive, then I usually drink another two on my drive back to keep me awake when it’s late,” Petalver says. Having more Monster won’t hurt, but we can’t be responsible if you never go to sleep!”Īnecdotal evidence suggests, however, that some consumers do drink as many as three or four energy drinks in a day.Īrlyn Petalver, 27, a photo editor who lives in Oxnard, usually drinks three Red Bulls when going out with friends. “But even for those who like to go big, we suggest no more than three cans per day. “Monster Energy is not for wimps!” says a note on the drink’s site. In some cases, the products’ websites warn consumers not to have too many energy drinks. Ingesting high levels of sugar can lead to a sugar crash 30 to 45 minutes later, about the same time as for a caffeine crash. Non-diet energy drinks contain a good-size dose of sugar - for example, Red Bull has 27 grams, which is 5 grams more than a Hershey’s milk chocolate bar. Some of an energy drink’s boost comes from sugar. ![]() (A cup of coffee has roughly 100 to 150 milligrams of caffeine, depending on how it’s brewed an 8-ounce cup of Starbuck’s brewed coffee contains 160 milligrams of caffeine.) That’s more than three times the amount of caffeine in the same amount of Coke or Pepsi and more than double that of Mountain Dew, according to the National Soft Drink Assn. Red Bull, for example, has 80 milligrams of caffeine in a 250-milliliter (8.3-ounce) can, although the caffeine count is not listed on its label. Aside from guarana, which contains caffeine, she says there is little evidence that the herbs increase energy.Įnergy drinks contain a substantial amount of caffeine, either manufactured or from such “natural” sources as guarana seeds. Researchers aren’t sure what the herbs and other “natural” ingredients do because they have not been rigorously tested, Frank says. Ingredients such as taurine, an amino acid, are just for show, Frank says.Īmino acids - which are sometimes given to ill people to help with tissue repair, cell structure maintenance and hormone production - have not been shown to help healthy people. ![]()
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