Oh, man. Energy drinks are the new Big Scary Thing, apparently: "The number of health effects observed in our study suggests that more should be done to restrict consumption among children and youth," https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180115094219.htm …
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Except, this is an observational questionnaire subject to all sorts of bias and the numbers weren't that bad anyway
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I reckon you could ask the same questions and get the same answers if you asked about coffee instead. It's all contextual
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There's no reason (as far as I know) why an energy drink would be more harmful than a sugary coffee from Starbucks. The only added stuff - like taurine - doesn't do anything anyway
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I mean, even if this study is true, the claim that "Energy drinks are triggering side effects in 50% of kids" is wildly misleading because they asked about side effects EVER not every time
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