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In middle and high school, I knew stupid boys who would drink two huge Monsters one after the other, and their hearts would be racing and they would shake. I always thought it was stupid and dangerous.
It's not caffeine, it's energy drinks. There have been dozens of stories of people dying from energy drinks. There is a whole lot more ingredients in those "proprietary blends" then just caffeine.
My son told me it was trendy when he was in school for kids to slam a couple of these drinks with a bottle of Nyquil or handful of benadryl to catch a high before class. These drinks get abused, badly, alongside other stuff that's not exactly a Slurpee. If they get their hands on some Rx pain meds or benzodyazapines that's a seriously bad mix. Kinda hard to regulate the drinks, other than the alcohol ones, to the underage crowd.
There was a store, actually a pharmacy in Maryland that tried to regulate energy drinks. It's been awhile since I heard about them doing it but it was 21 to buy say a Red Bull. Not only did the kids complain about it but the parents complain about it too. One woman I can recall said something that her teenage daughter needs caffeine for school and she couldn't afford Starbucks so she needs those energy drinks. Anyway the regulation with energy drinks failed and today the pharmacy sells them to everybody of all ages.
The energy drink craze was fueled by one factor. The negative information about soda. A lot of people gave soda up but switched to energy drinks. To me that is like giving up cigarettes but switch to Black & Mild cigars instead.
In middle and high school, I knew stupid boys who would drink two huge Monsters one after the other, and their hearts would be racing and they would shake. I always thought it was stupid and dangerous.
Though I've never had a Monster (or any energy drink, as far as I can recall) I do drink a lot of coffee.
Per Monster's website, their product contains 92 mg of caffeine per 8 oz. A typical cup of coffee is 95 mg per the same 8 oz. Plenty of people - myself included (I weigh 185 lbs) - drink a lot of coffee.
So I call BS on the whole idea that drinking a lot of Monster is going to affect a normal person to any significant degree. These products sell the idea that it will make them 'wired' and people buy it, literally and figuratively. But it's just marketing.
Something seems wrong here. I mean, I think drinking Mt. Dew, coffee and an energy drink all in a couple of hours sounds incredibly unhealthy...and not to mention, gross...but people do that kind of thing all day, every day. I could see him feeling bad...heart racing, headache, stuff like that...but actually dying? It just doesn't seem right.
Though I've never had a Monster (or any energy drink, as far as I can recall) I do drink a lot of coffee.
Per Monster's website, their product contains 92 mg of caffeine per 8 oz. A typical cup of coffee is 95 mg per the same 8 oz. Plenty of people - myself included (I weigh 185 lbs) - drink a lot of coffee.
So I call BS on the whole idea that drinking a lot of Monster is going to affect a normal person to any significant degree. These products sell the idea that it will make them 'wired' and people buy it, literally and figuratively. But it's just marketing.
Well it happened. In middle and high school we ranged in age from 11-18 (though most would drink multiple energy drinks in a row in their younger years, probably stopped doing that by halfway through high school, so 15/16). Younger, smaller bodies may have different reactions. They would drink them one after the other, very quickly. I think they were trying to feel the effects honestly. I don't know many people who drink cup after cup of coffee quickly; most people space them throughout the day and don't drink it too quickly, especially if it's hot. I mean, these kids would knock the Monsters back like water.
When I first started drinking coffee, before I got used to it, in mid-high school, it used to speed my heart rate and make me feel anxious and antsy. Now I can drink multiple coffees/lattes a day and I'm fine.
I can't have energy drinks or anything like that, but I have sinus tachycardia. My heart rate just sitting here is 126. My cardiologist told me to never even look at one. Wonder if he has something underlying. Very sad
Although my niece downed a couple of Red Bull's and had seizures...
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