![]() Obviously, when you drink too much alcohol+energy drink, you’re drinking too much alcohol!Īnd drinking too much alcohol is definitely DANGEROUS. Yes, because it’s easy to drink a lot, which means you end up drinking too much. No, mixing alcohol with an energy drink is not dangerous in itself, provided you drink a reasonable amount. According to one Italian study, nearly half (48.5%) of those who drink energy drinks combine them with alcohol. ![]() Adding alcohol to an energy drinkĪpparently, it’s not all that unusual for people to add alcohol to their energy drinks. Energy drinks help them achieve that goal. And when people go to a club to dance and party, they don’t want to stay for half an hour, they want to keep going all night. People drink them here, there and everywhere, often at parties and raves, in bars and at clubs. They say it gives them a boost and helps them stay awake. But a good third (34%) of people 18-34 drink energy drinks regularly. Everyone drinks them!Įasy now, maybe not everyone. ![]() Simply put, it’s an amino acid found in ox bile (there’s that bull again) and now being manufactured synthetically.ĭespite its fancy name, glucuronolactone is just an ordinary chemical compound produced naturally in the human liver when glucose is metabolized. On the other hand, energy drinks do contain taurine and glucuronolactone. Energy drinks do not contain bull sperm or bull urine. Of course not! It’s just an urban legend. Some brands contain as much as 500 mg, or the equivalent of 6 cups of coffee! All by themselves, without alcohol, such drinks can be dangerous because they increase the risk of caffeine poisoning, which is all the more likely in young people, whose bodies are less used to caffeine and less tolerant of its effects. Why? Because energy drinks are packed for quick consumption: you drink them cold and down them in a few swallows, whereas coffee is usually served hot and sipped more slowly.Īnd watch out! Not all energy drinks have the same amount of caffeine. Except that you’ll feel the impact of the caffeine in an energy drink much more quickly than the caffeine in coffee. But even if it were, so what? The origin of a compound has no bearing on its function.Young people like energy drinks for the same reason they like coffee: for their stimulant effect.īut beware! Both energy drinks and coffee contain caffeine. Obviously, excessive consumption of energy drinks should be avoided but not because of a concern that taurine is isolated from bull semen. In virtually all cases of adverse effects, though, consumption was high, over 500 mL. This suggests that further evaluation of non-caffeine ingredients in energy drinks is warranted. A randomized controlled trial has even shown that energy drinks produced more electrocardiogram aberrations than a control beverage containing an equivalent amount of caffeine. The literature on energy drinks is extensive and reveals many cases of emergency room visits, mostly due to palpitations and arrhythmias, either when such beverages are consumed with alcohol or alone. While the effect of taurine is dubious, it justifies the drink’s name, which is intended to conjure up an image of becoming “strong as a bull.” The B vitamins added do not produce any sort of stimulation, leaving caffeine as the “energizing” component of Red Bull. There is some minimal evidence that as a supplement it may help with congestive heart failure and that it may improve athletic performance and reduce anxiety.Įnergy drink producers have capitalized on the few studies that have shown some benefit while ignoring others that showed no effect and have proceeded to add taurine to their formulation. These energy drinks promise to stimulate both the body and the mind with a combination of ingredients which in the case of Red Bull amount to caffeine, taurine, and various B vitamins. Since it is found in meat and fish, and can also be synthesized in the body from the amino acid cysteine, there is no evidence of anyone ever having a shortage. This compound is an “aminosulfonic acid” that is widely distributed in the human body and plays a role in cardiovascular function, development of the nervous system and formation of bile acids. While it is true that taurine was originally isolated from bull semen, it is now produced synthetically.
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