Have you ever think about a drink that can gives you lots of
energy to stay awake and focus?
Energy drink is a drink intended to boost mental energy,
typically containing sugar, caffeine or other ingredients as taurine. In the
past people used to drink coffee and tea and it was their energy drink because
it contains caffeine. Apparently tea contains more caffeine than coffee and
people used to drink these two drinks because it gives them energy so they can
stay awake and focus. The birthplace for coffee in Ethiopia and the birthplace
for tea in China. Caffeine occurs naturally in coffee, tea, chocolate, kola
nuts and a variety of other plants. Caffeine is the main supplement in energy
drinks and caffeine is a drug that is naturally produced in the leaves and
seeds of many plants. In the natural form, caffeine tastes very bitter, but
most caffeinated drinks have gone through enough processing to camouflage the
bitter taste. The chemical symbol for caffeine is C8H10N4O2, that means it
contains 8 carbons, 10 hydrogens, 4 nitrogen, and 2 oxygens. However, with the
passage with days in 1960 in Japan a man named Taisho made the first modern
energy drink he named it (Lipvitan-D) this drink contains a mix of essential
vitamins, taurine, and niacin. After that in 1987 Dietrich an Austrian added
to (Lipvitan-D) caffeine and sugar and
named the drink Red Bull. Then Red Bull introduced in Europe and Asia and in
the last 90’s this drink introduced in America. In 2002 Monster and power horse
energy drinks was created by Hansen and it contain the same ingredient in Red
Bull plus ginseng and blueberry flavor.
However, people nowadays still drink
coffee and tea because some people don’t like Red Bull or other type of energy
drinks so they prefer to drink coffee or tea. Coffee and tea is a traditional
thing in Gulf countries and people in Gulf countries drink coffee and tea as a
social aspect when they gather. Whereas, other countries around the world
prefer to drink coffee and tea instead of Red Bull, monster, and power horse
because they think it gives them more energy and it much safer than other types
of energy drinks. But in real coffee and tea has the same effect as in other
types of energy drinks. Most sport players drink energy drinks to have more
capacity.
Energy drinks can have positive effect on cognitive
performance. Studies have shown that consuming energy drinks had a significant
positive effect on concentration, reasoning, and aptitude. Also it helps people
to stay awake and focus. When my father drives from Abu Dhabi to Ajman he
drinks Red Bull to stay focus and awake. Moreover it increase alertness and
contributes to an increase in dopamine levels in the blood. On the other hand
there are wide range of negative effects of drinking energy drinks. It may
results in high sugar blood because energy drinks contains a huge amount of
sugar, insomnia, mood change, weight gain, increase blood pressure, increase
urination, dizziness, jitters, and headache. Energy drinks have more negative
effects than positive effects and it is very bad for all people I believe but
especially for teenagers because teenager’s body are still grow and when they
always or even usually drink energy drinks it may affect their inside body and
cause renal failure and also it may delay pregnancy with ladies.
In the UAE Salem alhammadi 23 years old used to drink Red
bull two times daily for one whole month, he was addicted he can’t stop, his
mother noticed that her son can’t sleep and was hyperactivity and she felt the
insomnia on his face so she took him to the hospital and the shock was he have
diabetes because of the Red bull.
Energy drinks are forbidden in Norway and Canada, however in
Washington state and Gulf countries begins legislation to ban energy drinks to
persons under 18 years old.
If you think seriously about energy drinks you will
understand how it is really bad and danger for our health and life. Is drinking
energy drinks worth losing your life?
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