Energy drinks

[Anonymous]

My kid and my kid’s friends are obsessed with them. My kid hasn’t ever even had one, but still talks about them incessantly. Some of the other kids get Monster drinks at home. And now there’s a new energy drink called “Cocaine” (Seriously. Streets sells it.)

I find it all so ridiculous and annoying.

Are other middle schoolers fixated on energy drinks?

[Anonymous]

those energy drinks were made to give people heart attacks. Kids on ADHD medication combined with energy drinks will experience speeding. Now you have a speed addiction. They elevate your blood pressure to dangerous levels. If you have a blood pressure auto monitor, watch what it does after you drink one of those drinks.

don't let your kids have that. love your kids with healthy drinks. I'd give my kid coffee milk before I'd let them drink that poison. But only high school age. Not below that.

[Anonymous]

I let my kid ( 11) have Gatorade or the bottled prime ( not cans it’s different) if she wants after a soccer game or during a swim meet. Not just because she wants one though

[Anonymous]

Fixated? No. Have you not read the articles about children ending up in the hospital after drinking energy drinks? It’s terrible for their heart health. Please discourage this and make sure your child understands the risks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I let my kid ( 11) have Gatorade or the bottled prime ( not cans it’s different) if she wants after a soccer game or during a swim meet. Not just because she wants one though

That is not an example of an energy drink.

[Anonymous]

My kids will occasionally have one, but I have told them how dangerous it is to have too much, and to stay away from that Panera Supercharge lemonade literally killing people (no idea how it's allowed!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I let my kid ( 11) have Gatorade or the bottled prime ( not cans it’s different) if she wants after a soccer game or during a swim meet. Not just because she wants one though

Aren’t those just sugar, salt, and electrolytes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fixated? No. Have you not read the articles about children ending up in the hospital after drinking energy drinks? It’s terrible for their heart health. Please discourage this and make sure your child understands the risks.

A can of Monster has about the same caffeine as coffee. While I can understand some level of concern, I don't understand targeting energy drinks above and beyond coffee drinks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids will occasionally have one, but I have told them how dangerous it is to have too much, and to stay away from that Panera Supercharge lemonade literally killing people (no idea how it's allowed!)

Is you read about the cases it will make more sense. And be far less troubling. It sounds like you just read a headline.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fixated? No. Have you not read the articles about children ending up in the hospital after drinking energy drinks? It’s terrible for their heart health. Please discourage this and make sure your child understands the risks.

Kids have died from caffeine OD’s.

My own children’s cycling league strictly bans student athletes from using caffeine. This follows several cases where student athletes suffered heart attacks and died following ingestion of large doses of caffeine.

[Anonymous]

Is everyone sure these are not dangerous?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna120785

[Anonymous]

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/05/15/health/teen-death-caffeine/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I let my kid ( 11) have Gatorade or the bottled prime ( not cans it’s different) if she wants after a soccer game or during a swim meet. Not just because she wants one though

This is the rule (meaning this is what we buy and have in our home - but knowing he has a car and money so we can't control everything) we have with our 17y. Gatorade or bottled Prime before/during/after sports. I think he tried an Alani or something that we got as a sample and didn't like it. He is on ADHD meds so we have chatted extensively about those types of energy drinks.

[Anonymous]

I buy Gatorade Fit for my kids’ sports. They love it. I think it’s fine for events but not for everyday. All things in moderation and if they like it, so what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I let my kid ( 11) have Gatorade or the bottled prime ( not cans it’s different) if she wants after a soccer game or during a swim meet. Not just because she wants one though

That is not an example of an energy drink.

But it’s targeting the same kids in the marketplace.

This kind of thing is all over social media so hopefully kids will buy this not that.

It’s working if you are paying attention. Celsius is all over Tic Tock and Instagram. It’s actually a B vitamin supplement with a little bit of caffeine. It’s fine in moderation as long as you aren’t consuming other stimulants.