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Posted: 1/15/2019 11:22:01 AM EDT

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In all things, moderation.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:22:30 AM EDT

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Have you ever just picked up a can and looked at the info... it's not just caffeine.

Those things are loaded with carbs/sugar... Looking at Amazon.

1, 8.4oz can of regular Red Bull

110 calories
27gr of Sugar
150mg of Sodium

8 ounces? How many do you drink a day? If you go by the "food chart" we were all spoon fed in school, the recommended sugar intake per day, is 28gr... You basically just nuked your entire recommended sugar intake for the entire day, with that one drink... a drink that really offers nothing else other than calories and sugar.

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You mean the nutrition chart that is based on the food pyramid that was created by the agriculture industry?

Also, ASPARTAME. No sugar, calories, or carbs bro. It’s basically caffeinated water.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:26:47 AM EDT

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I like my coffee, but I do occasionally have energy drinks. I don't think they are good for you either but neither are most things today and most of us will die of some form of cancer one day. I am active, eat what I want, ( love breads and pastas ) and feel great unless I overdo the bourbon or beers. Fluctuate from 165-175lbs since 2003. I am getting back to my super diet to put on strength and a few pounds I will try to eat around 185 gm protein a day, and 300-350 carbs a day.

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I wondered about that too, but then keto gave me the energy to not need them.

I went from 2 a day to none. They can’t possibly be good for you.

I like my coffee, but I do occasionally have energy drinks. I don't think they are good for you either but neither are most things today and most of us will die of some form of cancer one day. I am active, eat what I want, ( love breads and pastas ) and feel great unless I overdo the bourbon or beers. Fluctuate from 165-175lbs since 2003. I am getting back to my super diet to put on strength and a few pounds I will try to eat around 185 gm protein a day, and 300-350 carbs a day.

I’m sure there is nothing wrong with drinking them occasionally. I’m also sure I was drinking too many. I love the taste of sugar free Rock Stars. I think now I’ll save them for a rare treat. It’s just nice not needing them.

Everybody is different with their carb tolerance. Lifting weights obviously has a huge impact on that. I know for certain that a large majority of the population eats way too many. I personally feel better without them even while lifting 3-4 days a week. At most I’ll grab a couple handfuls of blueberries right around a heavy workout.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:28:12 AM EDT

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You mean the nutrition chart that is based on the food pyramid that was created by the agriculture industry?

Also, ASPARTAME. No sugar, calories, or carbs bro. It’s basically caffeinated water.

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Have you ever just picked up a can and looked at the info... it's not just caffeine.

Those things are loaded with carbs/sugar... Looking at Amazon.

1, 8.4oz can of regular Red Bull

110 calories
27gr of Sugar
150mg of Sodium

8 ounces? How many do you drink a day? If you go by the "food chart" we were all spoon fed in school, the recommended sugar intake per day, is 28gr... You basically just nuked your entire recommended sugar intake for the entire day, with that one drink... a drink that really offers nothing else other than calories and sugar.

You mean the nutrition chart that is based on the food pyramid that was created by the agriculture industry?

Also, ASPARTAME. No sugar, calories, or carbs bro. It’s basically caffeinated water.

I've never saw them with Aspartame, so I'll take your word for it there... but I can assure you it's not just caffeinated water... just like Diet Coke, isn't caffeinated water.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:32:01 AM EDT

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The lord above provided us with the perfect natural energy drink called coffee.

Why deviate broseph?

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:39:46 AM EDT

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I dunno, but I quit that shit (Red Bull) and cut down on my alcohol consumption because it was contributing to anxiety and high blood pressure.

If you need more than coffee every now and then, you are doing it wrong.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:40:25 AM EDT

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Linked to hepatitis

I drink them once in a while, maybe one or two a week and not more than one a day. Moderation and all that.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:43:46 AM EDT

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Who needs energy drinks when keto will keep you energized? Between my bulletproof coffee in the morning and marijuana cigarette in the evening all my ailments have been cured.

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Same for me.

A large BulletProof covfefe in the morning and I'm good all day.

This is now officially another Keto thread.

Who needs energy drinks when keto will keep you energized? Between my bulletproof coffee in the morning and marijuana cigarette in the evening all my ailments have been cured.

If you just were to just cook your mj cigarette into some of your butter, well then sir, your bulletproof coffee, and thusly your whole day, will be 420% mo betta.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:48:52 AM EDT

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I had a rockstar yesterday, no carb, bcaa and creatine, cotton candy flavor. It was awesome.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:49:04 AM EDT

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How bad would say 2 bronkaids and a Bang energy drink every day be for you? Asking for a friend

These Bang drinks are hard for me to comprehend... 300mg caffeine with 0 sugars/calories/fat/carbs and some of them taste excellent. Seems too good to be true. They do have sucralose though.

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That wouldn't be super good for you, long-term. Long-term use of pseudoephedrine, ephedra, or caffeine in high doses is all pretty abusive of the vascular system.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:49:46 AM EDT

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Have you ever just picked up a can and looked at the info... it's not just caffeine.

Those things are loaded with carbs/sugar... Looking at Amazon.

1, 8.4oz can of regular Red Bull

110 calories
27gr of Sugar
150mg of Sodium

8 ounces? How many do you drink a day? If you go by the "food chart" we were all spoon fed in school, the recommended sugar intake per day, is 28gr... You basically just nuked your entire recommended sugar intake for the entire day, with that one drink... a drink that really offers nothing else other than calories and sugar.

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Go back and read the OP and try again.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:49:53 AM EDT

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I used to drink one monster ultra sunrise / day. Coffee in the morning.

I had a stroke last fall at age 35. Completely out of the blue and the Dr's don't know why. I eat fairly healthy, I'm pretty laid back, etc. I haven't had an energy drink since. Could they have caused it? Maybe. No one knows.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:50:43 AM EDT

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The sugar-free kind. Rockstar, Red Balls, Monster, etc. How unhealthy is daily consumption? Long term effects? Keto friendly?

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Death by Caffeine Calculator

For Me

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:52:34 AM EDT

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My doc says they're bad.

The last time I saw him he told me that caffeine has a half-life of 6 hours. It takes 12 hours to get it all out of your system.

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Maybe get your dr to tell you what a half life really is.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:54:11 AM EDT

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This is now officially another Keto thread.

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The memes were not a lie, Keto people ARE just like crossfitters.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:56:22 AM EDT

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Add alcohol, then fight a kid at Chucky Cheese.

Posted: 1/15/2019 11:58:27 AM EDT

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Death by Caffeine Calculator

For Me

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Posted: 1/15/2019 11:58:36 AM EDT

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Just quitting caffeine gave me a lot more energy.

I can actually function after lunch time again.

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Im on a coffee break, no wait, I’m taking a break from coffee. I realized the other day that I was getting to be dependent on it, so I’m going a week or so without it. I like it a lot, but the dependency it not acceptable to me. I can’t stand the headache and sluggishness if I don’t get a cup in the morning, so I’ll go without for a while and slowly add it back in. As long as I control it instead of it controlling me, I like it.

Posted: 1/15/2019 12:03:13 PM EDT

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Yeah..

Cause of death for the 19 yr old was she had a congenital heart defect that was made worst with her energy drinks.

She had a leaky heart valve.

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Girl on right...

Nevermind the ugly dude on the left.

Posted: 1/15/2019 12:13:19 PM EDT

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I've heard the go-drugs in them are bad for your liver, maybe kidneys too. Notadoctor

Posted: 1/15/2019 12:28:08 PM EDT

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Maybe get your dr to tell you what a half life really is.

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My doc says they're bad.

The last time I saw him he told me that caffeine has a half-life of 6 hours. It takes 12 hours to get it all out of your system.

Maybe get your dr to tell you what a half life really is.

LOL. Yep. I screwed that math.

Posted: 1/15/2019 12:34:43 PM EDT

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Drastically reducing my intake of energy drinks has significantly helped my energy levels throughout the day. I feel much better.

I went from 1-2 a day to 1-2 per MONTH.

I feel fantastic. I limit myself to one cup of coffee in the morning.

Posted: 1/15/2019 12:41:13 PM EDT

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I have always said they are the new cigarettes.

Everyone has a pretty good inkling they arent the best thing for you but will act surprised when they are linked to cancer and heart disease or something.

That being said I usually have a sugarfree rockstar a day.

Posted: 1/15/2019 2:22:11 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/15/2019 2:28:22 PM EDT

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My doc says they're bad.

The last time I saw him he told me that caffeine has a half-life of 6 hours. It takes 12 hours to get it all out of your system.

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That's not how half-life works.

ETA: I see I am beaten.

Posted: 1/15/2019 2:42:38 PM EDT

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Following this thread......I drink a couple of Low Carb Rockstars a week....but I'm sure they are not good for me. The price is what's keeping me from drinking more...they are like $3 each! No thanks!

Posted: 1/15/2019 2:48:58 PM EDT

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Screw that, I'm chugging this!

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Sez right there, safe for most kidneys.

Posted: 1/15/2019 3:04:44 PM EDT

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Maybe get your dr to tell you what a half life really is.

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My doc says they're bad.

The last time I saw him he told me that caffeine has a half-life of 6 hours. It takes 12 hours to get it all out of your system.

Maybe get your dr to tell you what a half life really is.

Half is gone in the first period, the other half in the 2nd

Posted: 1/15/2019 3:28:21 PM EDT

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Yep. I have one morning coffee and rarely go beyond that during the day. After a while it works wonders.

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Coffee can't possibly be good for you, look at all the scary looking ingredients

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I don't think energy drinks are bad for you in moderation. No more bad for you than coffee or soda.

Posted: 1/15/2019 3:56:57 PM EDT

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26 tablespoons of sugar in one Monster? What could go wrong?

Posted: 1/15/2019 4:17:25 PM EDT

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My FIL is 74 and drinks nothing but coffee (at least a pot a day), energy drinks (1 or 2 / day), and diet cokes (4 or more a day). I first met him in 1993 and have never seen him drink water. He only eats high fat / high carb food that "tastes good" and needs to drop about 60 lbs. He also smoked most of his life but gave that up a few years ago. He's in pretty good health for his age, but I wouldn't recommend his lifestyle. I suspect it would kill most everyone else.

Posted: 1/15/2019 4:30:42 PM EDT

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Powerthirst 2 - Re-Domination

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-3qncy5Qfk

Posted: 1/15/2019 4:32:18 PM EDT

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Google "John Higgins energy drinks"

He's a cardiologist at the medical school I went to. He does a ton of research in to them.

tl;dr: they're bad for you.

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I've personally had 3 otherwise healthy patients under 25 whom have had heart attacks from a 2+ energy drink a day habit for 2-3 years or more. One, a 23 year old died from it, follow up after autopsy showed no other elicit substances or cormobidities in the individual.

Upon admission interview questioning, we are seeing more people with chest pain and positive cardiac symptom admissions with energy drinks than with smokers in the past. YMMV.

Posted: 1/15/2019 4:33:53 PM EDT

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NrG Phuk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC2x3rju5UI

Posted: 1/15/2019 4:39:54 PM EDT

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Ha "Just because something comes from nature, doesn't necessarily mean it's good for you. Sharks come from nature"

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Sharks are both delicious and good for you!

Posted: 1/15/2019 4:40:45 PM EDT

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They have lots of b vitamins. They must be healthy. I love the taste of the sugar free ones

Posted: 1/15/2019 4:46:13 PM EDT

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I’ve been drinking them for over 20 years. My ekg is good every time. I miss the energy drinks with ephrederin from the 90’s. They really gave you wings.

Posted: 1/15/2019 5:57:47 PM EDT

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I've never had a single energy drink, coffee and soda aside.

Monster, Redbull, etc? No thanks.

Posted: 1/15/2019 6:04:16 PM EDT

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Dude that's nothing, 87 months after starting Keto my left leg which was amputated above the knee fully grew back.

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in the interest of science, can we try that with your right leg?

I have a new blade on the chainsaw, so it's basically sterile.

Posted: 1/15/2019 6:17:57 PM EDT

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The ones I drink are gonna kill me. Of course, they are 50% vodka, so...

Posted: 1/15/2019 6:23:53 PM EDT

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Bang FTW

Posted: 1/15/2019 6:27:28 PM EDT

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There is something in them that gives me kidney stones

I’m serious

Posted: 1/15/2019 6:32:05 PM EDT

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I just stopped drinking Rockstar Fruit Punch. Traded it in on Bang. Star Blast is delicious.

Posted: 1/15/2019 6:36:19 PM EDT

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Easy on the sips...

OOGA BOGGA II: The Rock Market KaBoomBoom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5O6U2Gus_o

Posted: 1/15/2019 6:43:26 PM EDT

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Please keep drinking Monster, NOS, and Full Throttle. You help pay my bills.

Oh, and we have some new flavors coming out!

Monster Gronk, Rowdy, Rehab Pink Lemonade, and Full Throttle Orange are now discontinued as well....just FYI

Posted: 1/15/2019 6:44:24 PM EDT

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I miss the energy drinks with ephrederin from the 90’s. They really gave you wings.

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Damn straight. Drink it before a game and WOW, could you fly.

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Posted: 1/15/2019 6:48:58 PM EDT

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Damn straight. Drink it before a game and WOW, could you fly.
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I miss the energy drinks with ephrederin from the 90's. They really gave you wings.

Damn straight. Drink it before a game and WOW, could you fly.
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ephedrine is still available at the drug store - you have to sign for it

Posted: 1/15/2019 6:55:18 PM EDT

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Following this thread......I drink a couple of Low Carb Rockstars a week....but I'm sure they are not good for me. The price is what's keeping me from drinking more...they are like $3 each! No thanks!

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I get 3 Rock stars for $4 at the local 7/11