The Washington, DC-based Center for Science in the Public Interest is asking consumers “not to believe” a new video posted online by 5-hour Energy, which has come under fire recently after reports of health issues possibly linked to the product. The company took to YouTube to defend the safety of its product, but CSPI is… Continue Reading
Over the past eight years, five people have died shortly after drinking Monster brand energy drinks, according to government records. This fact was discovered by a Maryland mother who requested to see reports of adverse health effects linked to Monster products after her daughter died in late 2011 hours after consuming the company’s energy drinks…. Continue Reading
Brown rice syrup used in many organic foods as a substitute for the often-chastised high fructose corn sugar is causing problems of its own with high arsenic levels. That means danger for those consuming such products as “organic” infant milk formula, cereal bars or high energy foods that contain the organic brown rice syrup (OBRS)… Continue Reading
In the wake of regulatory threats against the makers of alcoholic energy drinks, some are calling for further scrutiny of nonalcoholic energy drinks promoted as mixers for alcohol. Last year, after the Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission told the four biggest manufacturers of alcoholic energy drinks the caffeine in their beverages was… Continue Reading
Highly caffeinated beverages were in the spotlight again this week with the publication of a paper in the journal Pediatrics Monday that reviewed studies in the scientific literature, as well as government and media reports, about the contents and effects of so-called energy drinks. The latest paper, “Health Effects of Energy Drinks on Children, Adolescents,… Continue Reading
People who start drinking the soft drinks known as “energy” beverages early in life may be more prone to anxiety, depression, and addictive behavior later on, some research suggests. Dr. Conrad Woolsey, an assistant professor of applied health and educational psychology at Oklahoma State University, has written several scholarly articles and lectured extensively on energy… Continue Reading
Celia Hassan starts each day by reaching into her fridge and opening a can of Monster Energy. “I crack one open every morning like clockwork,” said Hassan, a 21-year old political science major at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. At a time when national attention is being focused on energy drinks that contain alcohol, which… Continue Reading
Some stores in Washington and Oregon have stopped selling certain alcoholic energy drinks, saying the blends may be unsafe. Haggen Food & Pharmacy said Tuesday it was halting the sale of two brands of alcoholic energy drinks–Joose and Four Loko–from its 32 stores in Washington and Oregon. Four Loko is the brand that Central Washington… Continue Reading