O'Brien is concerned that energy drinks are marketed to children, and sold alongside sodas, which have government-mandated limits on caffeine. And presumably you're a grown-up and you're not 12!" O'Brien said.ĭr. "If you walk into a Starbucks for example, and you order a double grande, you know that you're buying a highly-caffeinated beverage, that's why you walked in there to buy it. An energy drink is a dietary supplement according to the federal government." Dr. And when you buy coffee, you know what you're getting. O'Brien says people tend to drink coffee slowly, compared to the sweet, fruit-flavored energy drinks. Coffee is bitter, it's hot, and it's not a beverage that is served to children," Dr. "I'm sick and tired of the comparison between energy drinks and coffee. O'Brien finds that comparison troublesome. The DAWN report calculates that an energy drink contains anywhere from 80 to 500 milligrams of caffeine compared to about 100 mg in a 5-ounce cup of coffee.īut Monster says most people drink 12- or 16-ounce cups of coffee, which puts its product on par with coffee.ĭr. Monster also takes issue with the DAWN report for how it compares caffeine in coffee to energy drinks. Mary Claire O'Brien, an expert on energy drinks at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C.īut she points out that more than half of the visits came from people who only drank energy drinks. "I think it's true that it's difficult to prove causality," said Dr. Monster also noted that 42 percent of the visits resulted from consuming energy drinks as well as drugs or alcohol. Monster Beverage Corporation says the report is flawed because it doesn't take into account other health factors of the patients. Coffee is bitter, it's hot, and it's not a beverage that is served to children." Dr. visits doubled from 2007 to 2001, with teenagers and young adults accounting for most of the 21,000 visits in 2011.Įnergy drinks contain high levels of caffeine, and patients exhibit symptoms including rapid heart beat, palpitations, nervousness, anxiety, sleep disturbances and high blood pressure. The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) recently reported that E.R. The beverage industry is faulting a government study that reports a surge in energy drink-related emergency room visits.
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