Energy Drinks

The Life Out Loud: Bubbling Over With Good Health

MeiMei Fox | Posted 05.23.2013 | Small Business

A lifelong athlete, Steven Kessler always had appreciated the importance of honoring your body by eating whole foods and exercising. Then ten years ago, while working in sales for a natural vitamin company, he met a guy named Eric Schnell.

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Declaring War Against Energy Drinks

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 05.08.2013 | Miami

I hope Governor Scott is watching this battle closely, as Florida's Department of Health needs to implement a strategy to educate parents and teens about the dangers of energy drinks.

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Energy Drink Maker Sues City Attorney

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 04.30.2013 | San Francisco

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NEW YORK — Monster Beverage is suing San Francisco's city attorney over demands that the company reduce the amount of caffeine in its energy dri...

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Energy Drinks Marketing Sends Confusing Message

The Huffington Post | Carey Polis | Posted 04.11.2013 | Business

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Energy drinks have been the subject of a heap of controversy recently. From claims of false advertising to disturbing news about deaths that followed ...

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Rockstar Energy Drink targets beverage laws

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 03.26.2013 | Home

By Dave LevinthalThe Center for Public IntegrityParty like a rockstar? Try lobby like a rockstar.Rockstar, Inc., maker of the eponymous beverage, ha...

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LOOK: These Foods Aren't Always What You Think They Are

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.07.2013 | Business

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Europe may be up in arms about the horse meat scandal, but let's be honest: food mislabeling happens. And it happens a lot more often than we think. ...

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Four Loko To Get Makeover After Lawsuit

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 02.13.2013 | Business

The Federal Trade Commission Tuesday announced new rules for the marketing of Four Loko malt beverages, which were in hot water last year amid a wave ...

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Reduce, Rethink, Recharge

The Miami Hurricane | Posted 04.06.2013 | College

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At the end of the day, choices are ours to make. Though there are worst things in life than energy drinks, it is better to be educated now than sorry later. And remember: The rush comes first, but the crash comes later.

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What's Worse For Your Health?

Posted 01.31.2013 | OWN

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By Corrie Pikul There are times when the healthiest answer is just not an option. We ask the experts to help us pick the lesser of two evils. ...

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Buzzed: Energy Drinks + Stimulants = PEDs of Choice?

Lawrence Rosen, M.D. | Posted 04.01.2013 | Healthy Living

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Why are so many teens and young adults turning to stimulant drinks and drugs? Given that I run a busy pediatric practice and take care of patients up to age 21 (or so), I went straight to the source. I heard the same things repeatedly.

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Energy Drink Maker Fights Damning Accusations

Reuters | Posted 03.22.2013 | Business

Jan 18 (Reuters) - Monster Beverage Corp sought to defend itself and its energy drinks on Friday from a federal report implicating the drinks in a r...

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Lawsuit Claims Red Bull Uses Deceptive Marketing

Reuters | Posted 03.19.2013 | Home

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By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Red Bull, the popular energy drink whose slogan is "gives you wings," provides no more...

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5-Hour Energy Accused Of False Advertising

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.03.2013 | Business

The energy “shot” that promises “no crash” may be heading for one itself. Living Essentials, the distributor of 5-Hour Energy, a high-selli...

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Energy and Sports Drinks: An Unhealthy and Perhaps Deadly Combination for Children

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 02.04.2013 | Healthy Living

As parents, we tell our children not to drink coffee since it might "stunt your growth," but we do not tell them not to drink these caffeine-loaded energy drinks since it might kill them. The risks and severity of the dangers of these drinks are not being recognized.

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FDA: 5-Hour Energy Linked To 13 Deaths Since 2008

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 11.15.2012 | Business

"What you don't know can't hurt you," goes the old saying. If those unknowns involve popular energy drinks, though, they could potentially be lethal. ...

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Energy Drink Reported As Possible Factor In 13 Deaths, FDA Reports

Reuters | Posted 11.29.2012 | Home

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Nov 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Wednesday the receipt of reports that another caffeine drink, 5-hour Energy, may...

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Red Bull Launches 3 New Flavors

Posted 11.13.2012 | Home

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Last month, Red Bull announced that it was changing its signature flavor for the first time with three Red Bull Editions. These new products, availabl...

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All the News That's Fit -- for My Kids

Erin Mantz | Posted 12.31.2012 | Parents

When it comes to tackling many important topics I'm dying to discuss with my sons, now 7 and 11, news stories can get through to them in ways I can't. It brings my urgings to "Be Careful!" to life.

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There May Be More Caffeine In That Energy Drink Than You Think

Reuters | Posted 12.25.2012 | Healthy Living

By Martinne Geller Oct 25 (Reuters) - Energy drinks do not always divulge how much caffeine they contain, and when an amount is listed...

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The Health Risks Of Energy Drinks

Posted 10.25.2012 | Healthy Living

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By Beth Gilbert Medically reviewed by Lindsey Marcellin, M.D., M.P.H. Anais Fournier, a 14-year-old Maryland girl with a heart arrhythmia, drank...

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Monster Energy Drink Linked To 5 Deaths

Posted 10.22.2012 | Home

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Last December, 14-year-old Maryland resident Anais Fournier died of "cardiac arrythmia due to caffeine toxicity" after drinking two 24-ounce cans of M...

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5-Hour Energy and 30-Second Deceit

Nathan Risinger | Posted 12.18.2012 | Healthy Living

Advertisers frequently trade on the implicit trust we have in medical professionals to sell products for their clients. For example, an advertisement promoting the consumption of 5-Hour Energy has recently been running on television.

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Monster, Pepsi's AMP And 5-Hour Energy Drinks Under Investigation

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 08.29.2012 | Home

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- High-octane energy drinks including 5-Hour Energy and Monster that promise healthy bursts of energy are getting pulled over in New Yor...

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