HAZARDS OF ENERGY DRINKS
Abstract
Worldwide, nearly 500 different brands of energy
drinks are marketed nowadays. The energy drinks’ industry
sky rocketed in recent years, with estimated sales
of over 12.5 billion USD in 2012: showing an increase
of 60% sales as compared to 2008. “Dr. Enuf” was the
first ever energy drink that appeared in US markets in
1949. The sales of energy drinks soared dramatically
after the launch of Red Bull in 1997. In 2013 more than
5.8 billion liters of energy drinks were consumed in
around 160 countries, of which, 65% of the consumers
were adolescents and young people.
The main ingredients of energy drinks are Caffeine,
added sugars, taurine, guarana and l-carnitine.
The literature lacks in the standard and scientific definition
of energy drinks. The highly caffeinated drinks
are referred to as energy drinks; many of which contain
greater than 80 grams of Caffeine per 8-oz serving,
which amounts for 3 times of caffeine in cola drinks.
The guarana ingredient is usually overlooked by many
people; surprisingly, each gram of guarana contains 40
to 80 gram of Caffeine, and it has longer half life due to
its potential interaction with other compounds. Manufacturing
companies do not mention this large amount
of caffeine in their list of ingredients; therefore, actual
caffeine exceeds that listed on the cans. According to
the Centre of disease control (CDC), energy drinks may
have as high as 27 spoons of sugar in one can.
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