I have read several articles out of the UK over the past few weeks about the dangers of childhood consumption of energy drinks. Well. Growing up I was kept away from the coffee pot "that is for grown ups" I was told. Later it was explained to me high amounts of caffeine in a developing body has numerous negative effects. If you want a summation of what those effects are, feel free to read up with articles like this.
So, caffeine plus kids equals unhealthy kids. Pretty straightforward, hard to argue. Now, what's to be done about it? Watch what your kids are taking in and talk to them about avoiding high caffeine content drinks. Easier said than done, I understand, but what else is there to be done? Watch energy drink sales as closely as alcohol? Put a limit on the number of energy drinks that can be purchased in one transaction? Make ridiculous claims that make energy drinks sound like black tar heroine? If you ask folks like this,yes, we should do all of that.
Unfortunately there are a lot of voices calling for the regulation of energy drinks. I don't have to worry about this all that much because I live in the good ol' U S of A. We are putting a lot of talk into de-regulating pot, a far cry from regulating RipIts. This is however, a worrying trend we as energy drinks have to keep an eye on. There is bound to be a lot of misinformation flying around in the next few months demonizing energy drinks.
Energy drinks are not killing us. They are not a gateway to codeine as one of the above article claims. They will not cause your teeth to fall out of your head and give you diabetes. They will make your heart beat faster and perk you up for a while. Energy drinks are a vice, but a small vice, and a person without any vices is a sinking ship without any cargo to throw overboard.
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