Researchers Say 'LIfe-Threatening' Energy Drinks Need Warning Labels

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Researchers Say 'Life-Threatening' Energy Drinks Need Warning Labels

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Your daily caffeine blast from " energy " drinks might be killing you.

A new study says the high-powered drinks have so much of a jolt that

the government should put warning labels on them.

" The caffeine content of energy drinks varies over a 10-fold range,

with some containing the equivalent of 14 cans of Coca-Cola. Yet the

caffeine amounts are often unlabeled, and few include warnings about

the potential health risks of caffeine intoxication, " Roland

Griffiths writes in The Gazette of s Hopkins University, where

the study took place.

But he and other researchers found that some energy drinks have as

much as 500 mg. of caffeine in an 8-ounce can. That compares to 330

mg. in a 16-ounce cup of Starbucks coffee, or 35 mg. in a 12-ounce

can of cola.

If drinkers are unaware of just how much caffeine is in their drinks,

they run the risk of overimbibing and coming down with caffeine

poisoning, the study found.

The symptoms include anxiety, an upset stomach, restlessness and,

more seriously, a rapid heartbeat, which could put some people with

cardiac problems in life-threatening danger, the report said.

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Lance Armstrong, cyclist, is advertising one of these type drinks--is this one

also dangerous? I was thinking about trying it.

 

I won't use Red Bull again--threw up x3 and got a migraine.