The study doesn't point the finger directly at caffeine and taurine—they're just saying the drinks in their entirety seem likely to raise blood pressure. And the American Beverage Association Industry disagrees with the whole concept, releasing the following statement in response:
While the amount of caffeine in energy drinks or coffee may cause a slight and temporary increase in blood pressure, it would have no greater effect than walking up a flight of steps.
The researchers didn't reveal which energy drink they used in the study, but they pointed out that all of the drinks use pretty much the same basic ingredients. "By giving the brand, it would dilute the message that all of these drinks need to be looked at." We just picked Red Bull because that's the one slogan we actually know.
"Energy drinks jolt blood pressure, study finds" [Reuters]
(Photo: Red Bull and Getty)
Red Bull is delicious, but its effects are highly overrated.
]]>...a new study suggests that they might interfere directly with blood pressure or hamper the effectiveness of medications.
I think the "or" makes that statement misleading. To me it sounds like they found evidence that these drinks interfere with the medication independent of the fact that it raises your blood pressure. I read the article expecting them to say that something in these drinks stopped a chemical from doing what it needed to do but all they found was that the drink increased the blood pressure of healthy adults.
The "or" should be "and therefore" or it should be "and possibly".
]]>anything that's even remotely fun will increase your blood pressure. learn to live with it.
]]>Another study that says nothing new that any person with a brain would already know. I didn't see who conducted the study in the article but I sure hope my tax dollars didn't pay for it.
]]>@peorgeum: Clean is 100% right. Between soda/energy drinks and the typical clean meaning, alcohol, I say alcohol is less worse for you. I have 0 scientic fact behind that opinion.
]]>I've been "clean" for 3 years now.
]]>I have rock-bottom blood pressure, which is probably why I down as much coffee and Enviga and Diet Red Bull as I can in a given day. I have to be careful - at one point I was drinking four RB's a day, which is just ridiculous. And still I feel sluggish!
]]>no suprise here
]]>argh, they be stealing mah Rockstar!
(the caffeine of 5 Cokes in one can o'Rockstar, yeah!)
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