Re:Children are spoofing Covid-19 tests with soft drinks
by petercooper on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:36AM
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Here in the UK a lot of stores no longer sell caffeinated drinks to under 16s (it's not a law, but it's a common practice) so Red Bull et al. are out. I guess such a thing could be extended to sugary soda in general eventually. It's annoying, though, because if I want to buy one, I have to be "challenge 25" checked, but I guess it reduces my consumption as well!
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Re:Children are spoofing Covid-19 tests with soft drinks
by dcolkitt on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:56AM
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There’s zero evidence whatsoever that caffeine is unhealthy for children. And given what we know about the health benefits in adult, coffee is most likely health promoting for children.
Re:Children are spoofing Covid-19 tests with soft drinks
by viraptor on Monday July 19, 2021 @09:11AM
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It's not just the caffeine itself - that's one aspect. It's promoting the "use this to not sleep" recurring lifestyle choice, which some kids do come to rely on.
This gets worse with Monster and others pushing the caffeine limits. (I remember a free Monster giveaway at uni - could not sleep for close to 30h - that stuff is not healthy)
Re:Children are spoofing Covid-19 tests with soft drinks
by valvar on Monday July 19, 2021 @10:09AM
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Well, that's you. Everyone drank Monster at my uni and I don't think there were any reports of sleep issues. Of course it depends on your existing caffeine tolerance, and I guess most students consume quite a lot of caffeinated beverages, but if it was a common issue for those with low tolerance I'm sure we'd have noticed.
Re:Children are spoofing Covid-19 tests with soft drinks
by tester34 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @04:18AM
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>Everyone drank Monster at my uni
How was the silhouette of the people who drank the most of it?
Re:Children are spoofing Covid-19 tests with soft drinks
by valvar on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:13AM
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It varied :-p. But the best-seller in our vending machine was the white, sugar-free variant.
Re:Children are spoofing Covid-19 tests with soft drinks
by kingosticks on Monday July 19, 2021 @09:55AM
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No, see evidence regarding energy drinks in the references of https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
> Several studies identified a strong, positive association between the use of energy drinks and higher odds of health-damaging behaviours, as well as physical health symptoms such as headaches, stomach aches, hyperactivity and insomnia