The false god of coffee

Re:The false god of coffee by sjs on Saturday October 24, 2009 @01:24PM (#900695)

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...

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Re:The false god of coffee by rudyfink on Saturday October 24, 2009 @02:00PM (#900742)

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

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Re:The false god of coffee by sjs on Saturday October 24, 2009 @03:06PM (#900825)

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.

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Re:The false god of coffee by gord on Saturday October 24, 2009 @11:50PM (#901227)

Surprisingly drinking chocolate has a few mg of caffeine also.

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