Check this out! I was at the university running some errands, got lunch at Tim's, and sat in front of the library and picked up this weeks issue of [here]. On the front page, the title is "Generation Wired Gets Loaded on More Than Just Energy". I hate those dumb energy drink things and this article just gave me more ammo. The actual article on the inside is by Melanie Taylor called "A Wired Generation Gets Their Buzz On, But At What Cost? [here] explores crack in a can."
Now here's the gross part...Energy drinks also contain a main ingredient called Taurine, which the article says, hasn't been tested in any long-term studies. Taurine is an acid that is found in human bile and in other tissues. It helps with muscular contractions to break down your food. In the case of energy drinks, it is isolated from ox bile - probably where Red Bull gets its name - Bleck!
It is believed that Taurine can play a role in the development of seizures. A study of rats fed high amounts of Taurine exhibited a high level of anxiety, irritability, increased sensitivity to noise and even self-mutilation. Sound like anyone you know?? Maybe they need to get off the ox bile.
Taurine was just one ingredient - there were others in the article. And there actually is an energy drink called Cocaine.
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The further you get away from the natural way God made stuff the scary it gets. Interested in knowing what goes into the vaccines that kids get? It's scary what is injected into an immune system that is only hours old and even at age 1 and 2 not yet fully developed....
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