Re:The false god of coffee
by clistctrl on Saturday October 24, 2009 @12:55PM
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man I wish a red bull worked, I can drink 4 and the only thing I feel is my heart hurting (I don't drink Red Bull any more btw, that heart thing freaks me out)
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Red bull is not the strongest energy drink at all. I need to chug 2 of the normal size cans in succession to feel anything at all. Monster and Rock Star are fantastic if you need to keep up physical work but I worry about their effect on my heart after reading about how bad they can be.
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSSYD58461200808...
Here is a sortable table of caffeine amounts in products. The numbers are quite striking.
http://www.energyfiend.com/the-caffeine-database
For example (mg caff / oz):
Red Bull = 80 / 8.46
Rockstar = 160 / 16
Coca Cola = 35 / 12
Fixx Energy = 400 / .17
I haven't drank Red Bull in a few years so things may have changed.
I checked the amounts of caffeine and other "medicinal" ingredients myself when I was doing physical labour and drank them regularly.