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Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy

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Re: Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy

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Post by tombert »

xnx wrote: post #12
PaulRobinson wrote: post #7

I never again want to work on a team full of people who drink a lot of energy drinks. I'm not going to pretend I'm a saint and I only ever sip mineral water or kombucha (although I do like both), but that stuff sends people crazy in a long term way I've not seen before. I'd rather people were slightly tipsy after a lunch in the local pub than on that stuff.

Different than coffee?

There certainly is kind of a different culture around people who chug energy drinks compared to people who drink coffee.

Energy drinks in the fridge at a job sort of signals that this company is part of that "grindset hustle culture" startup, which itself likes to employ a certain..."type".

Re: Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy

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Post by layer8 »

tombert wrote: post #25

I have always hated coffee so I've previously had some kind of energy drink in the morning for weeks at a time. Those suckers are bizarrely addictive. It's one thing to have one shortly after you wake up, but I found myself craving them later and later in the day, and of course that makes it harder to sleep...which makes me more likely to have energy drinks the next day. I stopped the daily consumption when I realize…

I mean, you could say the same thing about coffee.

Re: Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy

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Post by john_strinlai »

frankzander wrote: post #33

To all RB/Energy Drink consuments ... why do you drink RB instead of a good ol cup of coffee/tee? Please ... don't just write "it tastes good" ... no it don't. A strawberry or a cherry from the tree tastes good but not RB.

>Please ... don't just write "it tastes good" ... no it don't.

taste is subjective. i dont drink them often, but i enjoy a can of original green monster occasionally because i find it tastes good.

Re: Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy

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Post by ls612 »

AbsurdCensor wrote: post #28
ls612 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No it is just a moral panic because college students like to drink vodka Red Bulls, as opposed to drinking Irish coffees or any similar combination of caffeine and alcohol.

Yeah, seems like the problem is alcohol + caffeine, and at least in the US, those combinations in a single drink have been banned (ie Four Loko)

Glad to know you uncritically will sign up for the moral panic of the times.

Re: Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy

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Post by SequoiaHope »

superdisk wrote: post #29

I really don't know why people go so nuts over energy drinks. People casually chug coffee like crazy and then act like you're drinking nuclear waste when you drink a monster, and then you look at the ingredients list and it's like - Water - Sugar - Vitamin B - Caffeine and the caffeine is basically equivalent to one cup of coffee.

To me the surprising thing is how much sugar people are willing to drink, but I think the same thing when my friend drinks Coca Cola.

Re: Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy

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Post by yrjrjjrjjtjjr »

crtasm wrote: post #21
yrjrjjrjjtjjr wrote: post #14

Opposition to energy drinks seems like a moral panic to me. Like I don't see anyone calling for bans on coffee and Irish coffee.

Well, are either of those sold in cans and marketed to children?

Coffee is sold in cans yes. Very popular in Japan. Elsewhere... I think I saw Starbucks cans? Or was it bottles?

Re: Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy

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Post by TylerE »

harimau777 wrote: post #20
john_strinlai wrote: post #3

there seems to be 3 different issues in this article: - mixing alcohol and energy drinks (health-wise, e.g. arrhythmia) - mixing alcohol and energy drinks (psychologically, e.g. increased risky behavior) - age restriction on energy drinks to prevent kids from drinking them i am not positive how i feel on the first two. i could be convinced that the third is reasonable for some age group, though i think it would be si…

My understanding is that part of the problem with mixing caffine with alcohol is that it can prevent someone from passing out; which is the body's defense mechanism against alcohol poisoning. From that perspective I think that an argument could be made that restricting caffinated alcohol is regulating substances with known health risks. Full disclosure: I like vodka Redbulls. So I'm not saying this like I'm someone w…

No, the bodies defense against alcohol is vomiting. "Passing out" increases risk, namely that you vomit while asleep, and then choke on the vomit.

Re: Dubious research tied to Red Bull has shaped energy drink policy

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Post by theshrike79 »

frankzander wrote: post #33

To all RB/Energy Drink consuments ... why do you drink RB instead of a good ol cup of coffee/tee? Please ... don't just write "it tastes good" ... no it don't. A strawberry or a cherry from the tree tastes good but not RB.

Coffee gives me heartburn and acid reflux.

Energy drinks don’t.

Tea does fuck all for me caffeine wise unless I drink a full ass thermos of it. Mate kinda works but drinking it is a performance and a process.

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