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Energy Drinks Not Equal
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ans of workouts and athletics need to exercise caution when it comes to imbib-
ing so-called energy drinks, according to Johns Hopkins University scientists,
who have spent decades researching the effects of the caffeine they contain. They
report that caffeinated energy drinks, often marketed as “performance enhancing,”
should carry prominent labels that note their caffeine content
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gastrointestinal upset, rapid heartbeat and in rare cases, even
death, according to the literature.
Research reveals that the caffeine content of
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energy drinks varies over a 10-fold range.
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Some brands contain the equivalent of 14
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ber, 2008 issue of the international journal Drug
and Alcohol Dependence.
The market for energy drinks, now estimated at $5.4 billion in the United
States, is expanding at an annual rate of 55 percent. Yet consumers, especially
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teens and young adults, remain largely unaware of the health risks associated with
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