Informative Essay On Energy Drinks

Do you ever feel like you need a boost of energy? Well, Rock star lets you party like a rock star, Monster unleashes the beast, and Red Bull gives you wings. These are all examples of energy drinks, and many of us have turned to these drinks to help us get energy. Many people have asked if energy drinks are really that bad for you. Are they? “Energy beverages were introduced to the market a little over a decade ago”, and since then, the popularity has soured. People are drinking these drinks in search of energy and alertness (Attipoe). “Energy drinks are beverages advertised as enhancing energy, alertness, and performances”, and although energy drinks are a popular drink, because of the ingredients, side effects, and dangers, energy drinks

The main ingredient in energy drinks is caffeine, a “central nervous system stimulant, which activates noradrenaline and serotonin neurons” (Park). Caffeine is something everyone craves when they are tired or have no energy, whether that be in a soda, energy drink, tea, or coffee. Not only does caffeine help you be more aware and stay awake, but the drinks that have caffeine in them also taste good. The taste is a big reason people drink energy drinks. I know that is the main reason I drink my favorite energy drink rooster booster. One reason that caffeine, the main ingredient in energy drinks, is a threat to the body is because it is addictive. This causes energy drinks to be addictive, and in energy drinks, “the actual amount of caffeine content in energy drinks may be higher than that reported in their labels (Table 1)”, so the levels of caffeine on the level is usually not even correct (Seifert). Why, because the correct level would scare people away from buying them because it contains too high of levels of caffeine. The inventers of energy drinks are going through every loophole to hide what is really in energy drinks so they will stay a popular drink. If they did not hide the levels energy drinks popularity would go way down or even banned for being sold to the public. Selasi Attipoes consumer reports study resulted in thirty percent of

Many people are unaware that energy drinks are not only unhealthy for your body and can become a danger to it. One significant danger is that many college students have started to mix energy drinks with alcohol. One hypothesis is that the stimulant effects of caffeine, one of the main ingredients of energy drinks, may counteract the depressant effects of alcohol” (Verster). These are causing the students to become depressed and suicidal. This is a danger because depression and suicide are a threat to people’s lives not only their bodies. My cousin is a college student and was telling me about how people do like to mix alcohol with energy drinks because it makes them more drunk, but he also said that most of these people ended up having to go to the hospital because they drink too much. These college students that are mixing these drinks are unaware of all the dangers of this because energy drinks have their own side effects just like alcohol has their own side effects so mixing them together give double the effect. This is very dangerous and is asking for problems to happen, including jeopardizing life’s. Peacocks Another danger from energy drinks is that they have a statistically significant effect on heart rate and blood pressure” (Hajsadeghi). The caffeine levels in the energy drinks make your heart beat faster and faster because it is trying to give you that boost of energy you are wanting, and this is