News Flash: Kids Don’t Need Energy Drinks

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/news_flash_kids_dont_need_energy_drinks_20110530/?ln

Energy drinks might have more serious side effects for children and teenagers than just getting them good and hyper, according to a group of doctors who released a cautionary report in the journal Pediatrics, warning that the amped-up beverages might trigger seizures and other highly undesirable reactions in rare cases. As it happens, they should also lay off the Gatorade. —KA

Reuters via Yahoo News:

Children never need energy drinks,” said Dr. Holly Benjamin, of the American Academy of Pediatrics, who worked on the new report. “They contain caffeine and other stimulant substances that aren’t nutritional, so you don’t need them.”

And kids might be more vulnerable to the contents of energy drinks than grownups.

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It's a great sports drink and tastes great too.



--imm

Whichever one is in the black can (I don't drink that shit so I don't know the brands). What the fuck is up with that? How much more wired does a three-year old need to be?

:shrug: