Research: Energy Drinks Can Cause Caffeine Intoxication

It is all over the news that energy drinks can cause caffeine intoxication, researchers recently discovered.

This is what was said in the news: -

Dr. Roland Griffiths wrote in the journal „Drug and Alcohol Dependence” that the drinks should carry warning labels, displaying the caffeine content and also the possible health risks that include nervousness, anxiety, insomnia, rapid heartbeat and tremors.

The energy drinks that contain caffeine are marketed as supplementary (and not soft) drinks, therefore they are neither required to comply with the United States Food and Drug Administration’s maximum caffeine content for soda and other beverages (71 milligrams per 12-ounce can), nor compelled to label it.

Unfortunately, they are continuously targeted at teens and young adults, who are easily impressionable and completely unaware of the dangers.

Energy Drinks: Caffeine Content

Griffiths and his colleagues contacted more than two dozen makers of energy drinks, asking for caffeine content. Here are some of the findings:

(The caffeine content is in milligrams per serving. Although serving sizes vary, Griffiths contends that most people will drink the entire can, whatever the number of ounces.)

• Red Bull: 80 milligrams per 8.3-ounce serving
• Tab Energy: 95 mg per 10.5-oz serving
• Monster and Rockstar: 160 mg per 16-oz serving
• No Fear: 174 mg per 16-oz serving
• Fixx: 500 per 20-oz serving
• Wired X505: 505 mg per 24-oz serving

In comparison, according to Griffiths:

• Brewed coffee: 200 milligrams per 12-oz serving
• Instant coffee: 140 mg per 12-oz serving
• Brewed tea: 80 mg per 12-oz serving
• Mountain Dew: 54 mg per 12 oz. serving
• Dr. Pepper: 41 mg per 12-oz serving
• Pepsi Cola: 38 mg per 12-oz serving
• Coca-Cola Classic: 34.5 mg per 12-oz serving
• Canned or bottled tea: 20 mg per 12-oz serving

Some of the energy drinks have lower caffeine contents, Griffith says. Among the lower doses:

• Bomba Energy has 75 mg per 8.4-oz serving
• Whoop Ass has 50 mg per 8.5-oz serving

To read more about it, you can check out WebMD site.

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I was totally amazed when I saw this picture! A tank using balloons to make. This was so creative, I must say.

The combination of the different color balloons made it looked amazingly beautiful and unique. We must fully credit the German artist Hans Hemert who created this.

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