Essay about The Health Danger of Energy Drinks

After reading the article “Are Energy Drinks Really That Bad?” I somewhat agree that energy drinks are the liquid cocaine to the youth, working class and modern society of 2015. There are so many different varieties, flavors and amounts; the different brands offering elongating hours of extra energy of phenomenal. With all the different varieties there is no end to the amount of energy drinks that can be taken in by one person. Including minors there is no legal drinking age on these drinks, even though if someone drinks too much it could have the same effect as alcohol. As noted in (its normal for the average adult to in take at least

Based on data obtained from limited English sources dated 2005 to 2010, energy drinks have become more popular among teenagers and young adults (Rath, 2012). SixWise.com’s (2008) article “What is really in a hot dog?” provided evidence that just because the product is purchased by the public does not automatically mean it is beneficial long term (Wyrick). This new craze of energy drinks has the world consuming them at a staggering rate. The debates concerning the effects among energy drink consumption in all age groups are real and impacts most of us in some shape or form. Some people will argue there are benefits found in some of the ingredients that enhance the psychological and physiological mental and cognitive performances such as

From the results, we can say that energy drink consumption is popular practice among college students. Side effects of consuming energy drinks, including experiencing jolt and crash episodes, heart palpitations, and headaches. College students are observed to consume energy drinks when one needs more energy for an exam, to complete a project or while partying. Drinking more than three or six per month results mostly in jolts and heart

Caffeine is a psychoactive drug and potentially deadly in large amounts, especially for adolescents (Hershorin, Lipschulz, Schaechter & Seifert, 2011). Caffeine is one the most common energy drink ingredients and one of the most widely consumed substances in the world. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), caffeine is a chemical stimulant compound found in various plants that acts as a central nervous system stimulant. Caffeine is produced naturally and artificially. Caffeine is found mainly in coffee, tea, soda, chocolate, energy drinks and some over-the-counter medications. Due to the increasing demands placed on teenagers today, caffeine is becoming more prevalent in adolescents. While the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children have no more than 100 mg of caffeine a day due to unknown medical conditions, the fact a teenager’s brain is still in a developmental stage, and the importance sleep plays in the developing brain. Table 1, shows the amount of caffeine for the energy drinks in this report. (Note-this does not include the caffeine from blend ingredients)

With the narrative the author was trying to provide, no surefire concept was established for the reader to instantly cling on to, as every article should. The author provides claims that go against the idea of energy drinks. No contradictory claims were made, as providing such would damage the integrity of the passage itself. But instead, the author decides to go the extra mile and include backed up research to prove theirself wrong. Even the quotes displayed throughout have no evidence or statistics to back their claims up, which not only makes the reader more perplexed than previously, but it also once again ruins the integrity of providing a one sided opinion to entice the

The consumption of energy drinks is common throughout college students for many reasons, such as a need for energy while studying and working on major projects. Plus, now that they are gaining popularity, these issues are getting worse “...since the 1997 debut of Red Bull. More than 500 new energy drinks were launched worldwide in 2006 and beverage companies are reaping the financial rewards of the 5.7 billion dollar energy drink industry” (Malinauskas 2). Energy drinks have certainly grown in the past decade, causing college students to take advantage of this phenomenon. Although, they need to realize the long term effects they have on their bodies, especially when using them to stay awake.

It is argued whether there should be a restriction on the accessibility of caffeinated energy drinks to children under the age of seventeen because the side effects that these drinks provide are highly dangerous to the bodies of children of this age. (Brown University), Energy drinks contain large doses of caffeine that range from 75mg to over 200mg per serving and also contain other legal stimulants. As this substance is widely used by children under the age of seventeen the affects of the drinks have social and economical affects such as the long and short term side affects of the substance, who is gaining from these affects and who is losing and the affects of caffeine as well as the other products used to create the addicting energy

The consumption of alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AmEDs) is becoming increasingly popular amongst young adults and university students worldwide (Droste, Tonner, Zinkiewicz, Pennay, Lubman & Miller, 2014; Mallet, Marzell, Scaglione, Hultgren & Turrisi, 2014; Marczinski, Filmore, Henges, Ramsey & Young, 2013). In Australia it is estimated that almost half of eighteen to twenty-four year olds have used AmEDs, as well as 10% of them stating they use them weekly (Droste et al., 2014). Motives for high levels of AmED use by young adults is due to feelings of increased energy and alertness, as 70% of young adults state they feel “more energetic” using AmEDs compared to alcohol alone, the ability to consume more alcohol, as energy drinks can “hide”

Many teens, including myself, down energy drinks without thinking of the consequences they might have on them. Although teens don’t actually think about what they are actually putting into their body, many adults aren’t either. Teenagers need to think twice before downing an energy drink because of the unsafe caffeine and sugar content, the problems the drink can cause mentally, and that it can cause nervous and anxiety problems.

Energy drinks have become quite popular, especially for our young people. These beverages are usually sweet, which encourages people to drink them in abundance. The question that arises is about safety. Can these beverages do more harm than good?

Just like what everyone says, “Red Bull gives you wings,” a lot of people go to energy drinks to keep them awake or to help them function a bit better on their everyday tasks. Not only do adults consume energy drinks, so do young adolescents. To start off, adolescents are barely going through the puberty stage and this is the time their brains are developing the most. Although only a few percent of teenagers use energy drinks, it is still an important topic to look into. These young adolescents drinking these energy drinks are actually affecting their brain by drinking them. Being a young adolescent is very crucial because this is the critical stage in their developmental phase. (Van Batenburg-Eddes, 2014) Energy drinks have always been said

“In December 2011, a 14-year-old girl in Hagerstown, Maryland, went to the mall with friends, where she bought and consumed a 24-ounce can of a popular energy drink. The next day, she and friends were again at the mall, and she drank another 24-ounce can. She went into cardiac arrest that night, became unconscious, and later died. The coroner’s report stated that she ‘did have a mild underlying heart condition’...’’ (S4, P1) Energy Drinks: A Misunderstood Industry provides information about the energy drink companies and what measures they take to protect the common people. No laws should be put in place in regards to the amount of caffeine in energy drinks for two main reasons; one, energy drinks are labeled to protect the public, and two, energy drinks can be healthy when used correctly.

This means that even though teenagers look for that sort of kick that they get from taking drugs, energy drinks still provide enough caffeine to keep them sustained for the night. The reason why we have chosen this to be a better solution is because most teenagers use party drugs so that they can stay up longer which means that they can party longer as well. Teenagers usually only resort to party drugs because in clubs there is a wider social channel which means in some cases most teenagers are peer pressured into using the drug,. Teens use the drug because of the so called “buzz” that is given to the user. Party drugs are described as exhilarating and exotic to the user, which means that most young teens are pulled in by how the drugs are described and how certain people react to them. Our campaign will be successful because energy drinks can be a better substitute for party drugs as they do not have such an intense outcome that comes from consuming party drugs, and they don’t have such a wide range of negative effects on the abuser of

These drinks have become the new way for middle and high school students to obtain an instantaneous energy boost or an intense sense of awareness. However, this does not come without health risks, as a result of the consumption of energy drinks, a number of adolescents seen in the emergency departments because they have suffered adverse health effects. For example, health care providers are reporting that they have seen the following effects from the consumption of energy drinks: dehydrated, accelerated heart rates, anxiety, seizures, acute mania, and strokes. Teachers have also reported more behavior issues with students who admit that they are drinking energy drinks, they have also observed students having physical effects in the classroom, such as disruptive behaviors, difficult time focusing, and are struggling to stay on focused on task when experiencing the effects of energy drinks. (Pennington, Johnson, Delaney & Blankenship,

The practice of adolescents and young adults consuming alcoholic beverages with energy drinks or AmED has elevated concern on the topic of possible increases in detrimental practices with regards to drinking, damaging psychological and physiological side effects from consuming these mixed beverages and behavior that puts the individual and those around them at risk. In order to better see the effects of consuming both alcohol and energy drinks together, authors Amy Peacock, Raimondo Bruno and Frances H. Martin present a study that aims to establish the particular physiological, psychological and behavioral risk-taking consequences of drinking alcoholic beverages with energy drinks in the article, “The Subjective Physiological, Psychological, and Behavioral Risk-Taking Consequences of Alcohol and Energy Drink Co-Ingestion.”