Recently, I’ve read several national news reports documenting teens and young adults abusing energy drinks. Some of these reports document emergency room visits related to mixing energy drinks and alcohol or teens having heart palpitations and dizziness. Some high schools around the nation have banned these products because so many students were “wired” on caffeine […]
Facts and Myths Behind Energy Drinks
WRITTEN BY: Daniel T. Remley, Field Specialist, Food, Nutrition, and Wellness, Family & Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension.
SOURCES:
- Nutrition and Health Info Sheet, produced by Karrie Heneman, and Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, Nutrition Science Specialist, Cooperative Extension, University of California- Davis