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Energy drinks are beverages containing stimulant drugs marketed as providing mental and physical stimulation, usually through high amounts of sugar and caffeine. Other common chemicals are taurine, inositol, Vitamins B3, B5, B6 and B12, supposed to provide extra energy. This paper will identify structures, energy production reasons, health implications and propose an energy drink ban. Caffeine has formula C8H10N4O2, as seen below left. Caffeine is fat, water soluble: it is absorbed into the…

obese in New Zealand. Many people are keen on finding the reason of this increase and one of the popular targets is sugary drinks. A sugary drink is any beverage with added sugar or sweetener. Some examples of sugary drinks are sodas like Coca Cola or Pepsi, fruit juice, sports drinks such as Powerade or Gatorade and energy drinks like Lift Plus or Mother. Sugary drinks are mainly being targeted for the fact that they contain high amounts of sugar. The reason why containing so much sugar is…

With her article “Faced With a New Tax, Berkeley Drinks Less Soda,” published in The Upshot of the New York Times on August 25, 2016, health care reporter Margot Sanger enters a fierce debate about the impact of the soda tax on the consumption of sugary drink. Since 2014 when the tax first went into effect in Berkeley, California; attempts to impose the tax have been a matter of public controversy, and this is what motivated Sanger to produce this piece. The story’s “Kairotic moment,” as…

One Drink Is All It Takes Drinking and driving causes an average of 28 deaths daily across America, that is one death every 53 minutes. These deaths are caused by people who disregard the safety of themselves and everyone around them. Most drivers forget the gravity of the act of driving a car. Operating a motor vehicle is essentially strapping into a several thousand pound bomb and hurling it down the road at incredibly high speeds and steering it through various…

drinking one to three energy drinks could increase a person's blood pressure and mess with the heart rhythm. The normal heart rate for adults is from 60 to 100 beats per minute. An unusually low or high heart rate can cause problems. A lower heart rate means that the heart is functioning more efficiently. There are many things that may influence a person's heart rate. For example, fitness level, the temperature of the air, body size, medications and more. Energy drinks are a beverage that…

extent, once you get to a certain point you will require tooth bonding or crowns. With a rapid increase in Americas consumption of sugary or highly caffeinated drinks also comes more teeth problems in children. Drinking liquids high in sugar creates a bacteria that causes an acid that eats away at your enamel. Not only that, but those drinks contain acid themselves which further contributes to the problem. Most people believe that drinking diet sodas eliminates but that statement is completely…

barely function. These people believe that drinking energy drinks solves their problems. An energy drink is any of various types of beverage that are considered a source of energy, especially a soft drink containing a high percentage of sugar and/or caffeine or other stimulant. Even though energy drinks gives one a burst of energy, one does not realize the effects of consuming too much energy drinks. The consumption of too much energy drinks leads to many problems in the future for these people.…

Soda and other sugary drinks have been around for as long as I can remember. However, only recently I have seen an increase in the diversity of the beverage industry. They are inventing energy drinks and shots that claim to be a safe way to keep people alert and awake. In addition, now “healthier” options such as diet sodas or zero calorie drinks are being produced. Why would people choose these processed drinks over ones they know for sure are healthy such as water or milk? With adults learning…

throughout the day while providing many necessary vitamins (Higgins et al. 2010). Energy drinks have grown increasingly popular where there are now more than a hundred different brands of energy beverages being sold and consumed worldwide (Higgins et al. 2010). Today, the top four most common energy drinks sold in the market are Red Bull, Rockstar, Monster, and Full Throttle (Higgins et al. 2010). After energy drinks became popular, the energy shot was developed and marketed as well to increase…

The purpose of why energy drinks were originally designed was to target athletes. Promote increase energy thereby gaining faster running times, higher jumps, and so forth. However, over time this has evolved to” purposefully market young adults” (Malinauskas, Aeby, Overton, Aeby & Barber-Heidel, 2007), to aid them in their exams and “all night” cram sessions as well as party late and “function” the next day. It has replaced a way of life; one that includes health and wellness, such as,…