...the constantly increasing pace of everyday life the search for an energy source, capable of boosting the human body to new limits by extending its endurance, continues. In the recent years energy drinks have become extremely popular all around the world. The energy drink is a highly caffeinated stimulant that is able to raise the performance of the human body. Many people consider it as a refreshment after a hard day’s work. What’s more, one of the most frequently used cases of energy drinks is in combination with alcohol during parties. Due to lack of research and production regulations of energy drinks in combination with high consumption pose a serious health risk for everyone who is consuming them. Since the last few years the reported...
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...ISLS 4301 - Section 5 Energy Drinks Research By: Maram Balubaid, Rahmah Bukhary, Sara Al Akel, Haifa Al Akel and Basma Salah Energy drinks Energy drinks are drinks that don’t contain alcohol, and often lightly carbonated. They are designed to give the drinker a burst of energy by adding of a number of ingredients, most notably caffeine. They are mostly found in grocery stores, corner stores and gas stations, usually displayed beside the soft drinks, juices and sports drinks. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, reports that more teens are downing energy drinks; in 2003, 16% regularly consumed the drinks, while in 2008, that percentage jumped to 35%. Another study of college student consumption found 50% of students drank at least one to four energy drinks a month. This year, research documented a jump in energy drink-related emergency room visits; and politicians and consumers called upon the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to look into deaths associated with the drinks. So, what are the ingreadients that are causing this harm? * Caffeine Which is a stimulant that acts on the nervous system to speed up the messages to and from the brain. it is the main active ingredient in energy drinks . Caffeine can make a person feel more alert and it also has been shown to help exercise endurance. However, it can also have some negative side effects, such as heart palpitations and insomnia in case of overdose. (Laurent, 2000). There is no official recommended limit...
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...There has been much discussion about the effects that energy drinks have on the human body. People who regularly consume energy drinks think that they are allowing a great source of energy into their bodies that will be enough to keep them active throughout the entire day. However, in reality those drinks are much more than just a boost of energy. There are many harmful substances in those drinks that come in great amounts that can put the person drinking them at huge risk. Because of its links with critical behavior, serious health problems and even death energy drinks should be completely banned all over the world. First of all, opponents claim that energy drinks contributes to some of the most impulsive and aggressive actions. Since those...
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...Today, there are many kind of soft drinks that produced by many company such as Pepsi, Coca Cola, and 7-up. These drinks are loved by the customers and these drinks are the bestselling drinks on the market. Another type of drinks that also very popular and loved by customer is energy drinks such as Monster, Redbull, and RockStar. These drinks became very popular not only because of the taste of them, but also because of the stimulant inside the drinks which is caffeine. Caffeine is a stimulant can damage the nervous system if it’s used too much. Caffeine can also lead to some serious problem such as risk of disease, addiction and sleep loss. One of the most common effects of caffeine is sleep loss. If one uses too much of caffeine, he won’t be able to go sleep. Some of the teenagers use this effects of caffeine to helps stay awake to study or do homework. While some of them use caffeine just because they like the feeling that caffeine gives them. In the article named Energy-Drink Alert written by Cody Crane, Crane mentioned about Quinn Jacobson, a 17 year old teenager of Towson, Maryland who loves using energy drinks when he feels tired. Quinn said that he mostly drink energy drinks at night and these drinks made him feel supercharged and help him stay awake, but they made his morning very miserable. According to Crane, the reason that made Quinn’s morning miserable is because of the caffeine contained in those energy drinks. The caffeine made Quinn couldn’t get enough sleep...
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...1102 Ashley Molina 10/29/2012 ENERGY DRINKS Recently, it seems that energy drinks have become the latest fad - from tired college students to business professionals and children. While there may be countless different reasons for the consumption of these drinks, the question remains, are energy drinks ultimately harmful to your health? As a college student who has to stay up late at times to study, I myself have had to use energy drinks. However, I found myself wondering what was inside these drinks and when I looked at the ingredients, I realized I didn’t recognize many of the ingredients that I was drinking. As I try to be very cautious with my health and the things I consume, I wanted to further explore what was in these energy drinks and if they were ultimately harmful to my health. To begin my research, I searched Google to see whether these energy drinks were harmful to my health. I found an article by the McKinley Health Center, published in 2011, and titled “What’s the Buzz with Energy Drinks?” This article discussed how the amount of caffeine in energy drinks is usually much higher than the Food and Drug Administration allows in cola beverages. A high intake of caffeine may have minor effects in the short term, however, in the long term, it can have more substantial and detrimental effects such as bone density, harming unborn children, and weight gain. This article provided some good evidence to the detrimental effects of energy drinks; however, I wanted to see if...
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...“Take it in seconds, feel it in minutes, lasts for hours.” (5-Hour Energy, 2014) Living Essentials’ 5-hour energy shot claims to give an individual hours of energy and increased mental alertness and performance, in a four calorie, 57mL bottle. Using a combination of B-vitamins (B6, B12, B3 and B9), with Citicoline, Tyrosine, Phenylalanine, Taurine, Malic acid, Glucuronolactone, zero sugar, and no herbal stimulants, the company claims that the shot will increase energy. (5-Hour Energy, 2014) Listed below are the claims made by the company regarding the effectiveness of the ingredients. Vitamins: • B6: production of amino acid for protein and used to create DNA and new cells in our bodies • B12: production of amino acids and processing of carbohydrates into energy •...
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...Energy Drinks: A Boost in The Wrong Direction Martin C. Okereke East Tennessee State University Introduction The use of energy drinks in the world today as a means of overcoming life stress and challenges, and its effects in humans after its long use and consumption has initiated the writing of this research paper. The importance of this paper is to create a level of awareness in the mind of people about the effects of energy drinks when consumed in large quantities, combined or mixed with other drinks such as alcohol, and taken amidst medical health conditions. There have been various questions regarding the use, effects and promotion of energy drinks. The use of energy drinks has been linked to so many factors which are not limited...
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...Riverside Community College Moreno Valley Campus Administration of Justice – ADJ 15 Narcotics Spring 2012 Caffeine By: Dennis Bustamante With revenues of over 11 billion dollars last year alone and nearly seventeen thousand shops in 40 countries, Starbucks is clearly the world's top coffee retailer. The coffee house has become so well known by their endless list of delicious drink that they no longer have to print their name on the cups and people will still know the logo. The average Starbucks customer visits the store 6 times per month while a loyal 20% of customers go to the stores 16 times per month. But what is it about this coffee that has customers constantly coming back for more? It’s not only the delightful taste, or the pick-me-up that it provides, but it’s addictive use of caffeine in the ingredients. Caffeine is a bitter, white crystalline xanthine alkaloid that acts as a stimulant drug. Caffeine is found in many plant and seed species such as the cocoa leaf, coffee beans, and tea leaves which explains why it is found in many drinks such as coffee, tea, soda, energy drinks and even chocolate. Caffeine has been found to have addictive tendencies and can also lead to different psychological illnesses. Caffeine was first isolated from coffee in 1820 by the German chemist Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, and then independently in 1821 by French chemists Pierre Robiquet. Although caffeine was discovered in early 1800’s people have been drinking coffee as far back...
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...The Promoted Health Benefits of Energy Drinks/Pills Energy drinks have a lot of promoted benefits but are they all true and do they pose a threat to your health? In our lives most of us will either drink and energy drink or take an energy pill, and if not us it is likely one of our friends will, so it is important to understand them to keep ourselves safe and healthy. Through my research I have found some interesting things regarding energy drinks and I think it’s important that we understand these things so what can have a better idea of what happens when we take an energy drink. By understanding how energy drinks increase energy, mental performance, and retention (as well as concentration), one will see how energy drinks truly affect our bodies. One of the primary ways energy drinks increase energy is through sugar. One can of Monster Energy contains 27 grams of sugar (Mega Monster). Another way energy drink increase energy is through caffeine. One can of 5-Hour Energy contains 200 mg of caffeine per bottle, which is essential equivalent to the...
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...Is that Drink going to get the Job Done? Current research in the field of sports medicine may have found a critical solution to pushing your body to its limits and getting an edge on your competition. Researchers from the “University of Birmingham and Manchester Metropolitan University report in the Journal of Physiology that sugary energy drinks activate reward and pleasure regions in the brain, a boost that can translate to better performance”(Park 1). This report has started to make Sports Medicine research weather rinsing a sugar energy drink really makes a difference in the body. In the 2004 case study, Ed Chambers who co-authored the study took volunteers to do a 60 minute workout or less. He gave one group a sugar-based energy drink and told them to do their regular workout. Then the second group was given an artificial sweetened drink and told to do the same workout. Then a third group was given the same solutions and put through an MRI scanner to see if their brains had similar reactions. In this case study they didn’t act the same. The ones who had the energy drink, their brains had reactions in the pleasure part of their brains which means those who had the sugar based drinks pushed harder because their brain had activity in the reward portion. Those who had the energy drink “were able to complete a physical-training session 2% faster than those who got artificially sweetened drinks, and improved their mean power output as well”(Park 1). The research proved that energy...
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...consuming a cafe latte, a Mountain Dew, and an energy drink, went into cardiac arrest and died. 19-year-old Dustin Hood collapsed and died after drinking 3 ½ cans of an energy drink. Even though the risks are high, many people, especially adolescents, still consume energy drinks, often daily. Because of the dangerous effects that can be caused by ingredients in energy drinks, the sale of energy drinks should be banned for minors under the age of 16. The FDA should take responsibility and enact laws to protect children from the dangers of energy drinks. The most dangerous quality of an energy drink is the...
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...students who attend college do not get enough sleep, which in turns causes 15% percent of these students to fall asleep during class. Sleep deprivation has become a serious problem in the life of students that leads to physiological and psychological impairments, instigates the use of stimulants, and has a negative effect upon the student’s grade point average. B. Reason audience will be interested in this speech: The purpose of this report is to present research on the physiological and psychological effects of sleep deprivation and stimulants on college students and to recommend, based on the overwhelming evidence that sleep deprivation has negative consequences, that New Mexico State University ban the scheduling of any classes before 9am. Sleep deprivation is a serious problem resulting from an increase in academic demands placed upon college students. Loss of sleep leads to physiological and psychological impairments, instigates the use of stimulants, and has negative effects upon the student’s grade point average. Therefore, the university should recognize the prominence of sleep deprivation among its student body. C. Thesis Statement: This report examines the effects of sleep deprivation on college students, and that New Mexico State University bans classes from beginning before 9am. D. Overview: 1. Main Point A: The phycological consequences of sleep deprivation on college...
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...Sports Drinks and Exercise: Very good if you are exercising daily or a bodybuilder, with the help of your trainer in your gym, after workouts you must need to use water or and good quality energy drink to maintain your gains. Sports Drinks Work Properly: If you are sportsman your body cells are working in very good condition, all energy and sports drinks have carbohydrates, calories sodium for you, but the electrolytes importance is good for your body cells. Drink Plenty of Water: After workouts you are losing electrolytes when you start sweating, but your electrolytes replaced with healthy and full of nutrient diet and water, this is very essential for your body cells. Hard Work: If you are reaching to do hard exercise and lose electrolytes...
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...other substances such as energy drinks is never really a good idea, and pairing it with energy drinks may become very dangerous, especially for the young adults whom drink it more often. A teenage girl at the aged 16, died after consuming three cans of pulse, which is a mix of vodka, soda and guarana, at a party in Cheltenham. An autopsy was conducted and it was found that the cause of death could not be determined. At a certain point, alcohol stops making a person intoxicated and doing liver damage and starts to do SERIOUS cellular damage to all parts of the body. Your blood stops being efficient at oxygenating muscles and tissues, and the alcohol itself contribute to killing cells (especially brain-cells). At this point you can risk brain-damage, and even death. For this reason you might want to avoid the Caffeine. Alcoholic mixed drinks have many adverse effects and are a dangerous cocktail. The mixed drink needs something done about it. When you ingest caffeine, it stimulates the body's fight or flight response, producing a surge of adrenaline. If our bodies are subjected to too much adrenaline, we can experience seizures, chest pain, heart palpitations and agitation – these are all signs of caffeine toxicity. The vast majority of these related to 'recreational' use of energy drinks, with affected 'recreational users' aged 15 to 21 years. Energy drinks have become enmeshed in the subculture of partying. The practice of mixing energy drinks with alcohol which is more...
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...The Effect of Soda/Energy Drinks on the Body. The major concern of the soda/ energy drinks effects has grown in importance over the past few decades. It is a fact that there are varied kinds of the soda drinks produced and consumed every day and they have gradually replaced the main drink known as the pure water in our lives. Although soda / soft drinks are considered as the most favorite drink in every daily meal and consumed dramatically every day, there are several fundamentally detrimental effects of the soft drinks on the human’s body including the loss of memory, obesity, and the potential diseases To begin with, drinking soft drinks too much has a remarkably adverse influence on our brain. Because soda drinks contain numerous harmful ingredients such as: high level of acids, caffeine and sugar, our brain will lose memories over and over the time. This means that we are unable to focus on working and studying so that the quality and performance of our job will be decreased. According to Lindsay Maxfield, in the article “This is what happens when you drink soda”, drinking so much soda drinks causes brain-derived neurotrophic factor, BDNF, which brings tremendous problems that reduce the working ability of our brain. As a result, our brain is unable to gain enough energy to work, so we...
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