Are energy drinks really that bad for you?

[JackBlueJack]

i can't find over 10 deaths linked to drinking energy drinks, so

There we go, problem solved :D.  It's at a very low rate.

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[stuntman021]

There we go, problem solved :D.  It's at a very low rate.

yup! in fact, he has a 1 in 600,000,000 chance of dying from it

[Jacob/Lee]

Apparently drinking too many of those Four Loko things can kill you.

[Skateaton]

Apparently drinking too many of those Four Loko things can kill you.

I like rockstar and i'll stick to rockstar.

>implying i'll get another because parents will kill me

[Jacob/Lee]

I like rockstar and i'll stick to rockstar.

>implying i'll get another because parents will kill me

Bah, my parents don't let me get energy drinks. At least, my mom doesn't.

I don't know exactly how well they would work on me though, I drank coffee a lot a few years ago and I drink tea. Lots of tea.

[Skateaton]

Apparently drinking too many of those Four Loko things can kill you.

four loko should be technically illegal, i heard about that stuff and that stuff is bad. like really bad.

[JackBlueJack]

Apparently drinking too many of those Four Loko things can kill you.

I heard something on the news a while ago about them putting a little alcohol in this stuff?

[Skateaton]

I heard something on the news a while ago about them putting a little alcohol in this stuff?

Four Loko, made with guarana, taurine and caffeine, is said to contain 12 percent alcohol volume, which is almost three times the amount of a regular beer, and is being marketed as a 'caffeinated alcoholic beverage'.

Continue reading at NowPublic.com: Four Loko Alcohol Energy Drink Causing Young People to Black Out? | NowPublic News Coverage http://www.nowpublic.com/style/four-loko-alcohol-energy-drink-causing-young-people-black-out-2630373.html#ixzz1UQ0mtVmR

where did taht continue reading come from

[Jacob/Lee]

Yeah, I swear a local radio host said someone drank some 7 Four Lokos quickly and dropped dead due to the amount of caffeine in them.

[stuntman021]

Yeah, I swear a local radio host said someone drank some 7 Four Lokos quickly and dropped dead due to the amount of caffeine in them.

it sure as hell wouldn't be just the caffeine alone

[Skateaton]

it sure as hell wouldn't be just the caffeine alone

Four Loko should be illegal.

[Bisjac]

it sure as hell wouldn't be just the caffeine alone

yes it is.

caffeine is very dangerous. even for a healthy heart, to much at once can cause an attack.
plus it dehydrates you very quickly.

[VerticalHorizon]

I've been drinking energy drinks since I was about 8 or 9. I had a stint of about 2 a day every day and now, 10 years later I'm still knocking back Monsters and my health is perfectly fine.

[stuntman021]

yes it is.

caffeine is very dangerous. even for a healthy heart, to much at once can cause an attack.
plus it dehydrates you very quickly.

from only 7 energy drinks? bisjac please
the lethal dose for caffeine is 192 mg per kg
assuming a weight of 40 kg, that's about 8000 mg
exact caffeine numbers for four loko haven't been released, so let's highball it and do 300 mg
7 times 300 is 2100. that's a fourth of the lethal dose and wouldn't cause someone to drop dead on the spot

[Bisjac]

oh so all them reports we hear about every month are just fake. crazy kids who down 4 tall cans within 10 min and get sent to hospitals are just jokes.

no one is claiming its a common thing. but no one needs a whole can of energy drink in a single day. its just ridiculous. if you even need caffeine to get by on energy in your day, you already arent living healthy.