Now a days, the consumption of functional foods is on the rise to impart additional positive physiological effects. They are available in many forms like antioxidants, minerals, stimulants, energy, vitamins, dietary fiber etc. Their proponents claim multipurpose use like enhancing general health effects, concentrated dose, disease specific claims, improving cognitive abilities, muscle strengths...

Energy drinks are increasingly popular among athletes and others. Advertising for these products typically features images conjuring great muscle power and endurance; however, the scientific literature provides sparse evidence for an ergogenic role of energy drinks. Although the composition of energy drinks varies, most contain caffeine; carbohydrates, amino acids, herbs, and vitamins are other...

BACKGROUND The new millennium has been together with a variety of synthetic and caffeinated high-energy drinks targeting the youth market. Energy drinks raise the level of energy and their consumption has been increased significantly worldwide. OBJECTIVES This research aimed to determine patterns of energy drink consumption and to assess the prevalence of adverse side effects among energy dri...

Because energy drinks are becoming more popular in the United States, family physicians should be familiar with them and their potentially harmful effects. Energy drinks are distinctly different from soft drinks or sports drinks. Soft drinks (e.g., Coke, Pepsi) contain flavorings, sugars or artificial sweeteners, and often caffeine; sports drinks (e.g., Gatorade) contain sugars and electrolytes...

OBJECTIVE To describe benefits and adverse effects associated with the consumption of energy drinks. DATA SOURCES Searches were conducted using Medline, IPA (International Pharmaceutical Abstracts), EMBASE, and MANTIS; databases such as Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, Natural Standard, ALTMEDEX, and AltHealthWatch; and Google (range 1980 to September 2007). Search terms included ene...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this survey was to assess the motives for energy drink consumption, both alone and mixed with alcohol, and to determine whether negative or neutral motives for consuming alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AMED) have a differential effect on overall alcohol consumption. METHODS Demographics, alcohol and energy drink consumption-related questions, and motives for the cons...

background : energy drink consumption has a direct relationship with high risk behaviors such as smoking and alcohol consumption. the aim of the present study was to investigate the pattern of energy drink consumption and its associated factors in college students. methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on students of isfahan university of medical sciences, iran, in the acad...

BACKGROUND Caffeinated energy drinks are widely used worldwide. They are associated with a variety of adverse effects and are of concern to health authorities, yet there is still scarce information about their adverse effects and inadequate awareness among medical personnel. METHODS Case description and discussion of a patient presenting to the emergency room after overdose of energy drinks i...

Large amounts of energy drinks and caffeine, which is the main ingredient of energy drinks, produce a negative effect on the drivers, and therefore affect traffic safety. In order to determine the attitudes of drivers toward the impact of energy drinks and caffeine, a research was conducted using a questionnaire form and the targeted group of the survey were drivers. The research was conducted ...

BACKGROUND Globally, young adults and college athletes are primary targets of the marketing campaigns of energy drink companies. Consequently, it is reported that young adults and college athletes consume energy drinks frequently. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of energy drink consumption among student-athletes selected from seven public universities in Ghana. The stu...