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13 Energy Drinks In 3 Sessions
circletimessquare writes "As a member of the cult of caffeine, as I suspect many Slashdot readers are, I was pleasantly amused by this story in The New York Times entitled Opening 13 Cans of Whoop (reg req). Our brave reporter sucks down a number of energy drinks of various parentages and gives us the lowdown on their taste, appearance, ingredients, overall effect, and dubious appeal. Example: 'At this point, my energy level was not only elevated, it was speeding toward the red line. I felt myself staring holes through my computer screen, typing at five times my normal rate and thinking far too creatively about life questions like how many AA batteries I needed to buy when I went to the drug store. My mood was chipper. Too chipper.'"
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Trolling is a art,
One of those makes me hyper beyond belief.. I can't imagine the amount of caffeine withdrawal this guy must have gone through to put this article together.
And the big discovery is that..
Energy drinks give you Energy?
Woah.
[Someone didn't have anything to write on this sunny saturday night]
I think at some point its much healthier to switch to cocaine.
While the article does look funny, I personaly don't drink any caffeine. ever. I've found that I function better, think faster, and am actually less tired with out caffine than with it. Plus, caffine is bad for you. and it's also the most abused drug on earth.
I put instant coffee in the microwave and went back in time.
Thanks Steve Wright..
While it's real great to be awake and theoretically able to do something productive until the wee hours of the night, there is no substitute for honest to goodness sleep. It's a lot cheaper than a $2 eight-ounce can, too.
Sleep when you can. You won't regret it.
Sigs are like bumper stickers.
I felt myself staring holes through my computer screen, typing at five times my normal rate and thinking far too creatively about life questions like how many AA batteries I needed to buy when I went to the drug store.
Whatever! You'd think the guy was smoking crystal meth or something. Anyway, if you want to feel healthy and alert, try:
(a) Eating nutritiously and sparingly,
(b) Exercising every day, and
(c) Sleeping regularly (same time every day) for 8 hours.
wow.
He musta been some kinda messed up the morning after he finished that.
/b
|f(x)dx = F(b) - F(a)
did i use correct punctuation?
I'm ready for a different kind of drink. It's called Blaa.
Which is exactly how you'd feel when you come off of that caffiene trip.
Yah, the NYT gets slashdotted all the time... Don't trolls usually go AC, like myself?
Red Bull wasn't the first energy drink. Remember, Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine.
that people spend that kind of money on this stuff. Give me a bag of coffee beans and stand back. If needed I will make it stiff enough to stand on it's own, you don't drink it, you chew it. Who needs a mug.
Of course I don't understand Starbucks either. $4 for a cup of coffee? I like mine plain black, not that sissified crap.
Professional Politicians are not the solution, they ARE the problem.
If you need energy drinks to stay alert, you either aren't getting enough sleep (which is dumb) or you're utterly insane.
Normal people in normal sleep routines should be able to get by without caffeine. Hell, I've stayed up all night on nothing more than water before.
By summer it was all gone...now shesmovedon. --
V rules all energy drinks!
jolt cola was limited to 72mg dose of caffine per 12 oz soda do to food laws. (at least in the USA)
which ironicly is less then coffee can be (normally 65-175 mg per 8 oz serving) and less then espresso (100mg per 1.5-2oz)
http://www.freshcoffee.com/html/caffaq-1.html
these energy drinks are not "soda" to get around the limit.
LD50 for caffine is 150mg/kg
(take your weight in kg * 150mg of caffine = a dose that has a 50% chance of killing you)
200 pounds = 90.7 kilograms => 13.6 grams
100 pounds = 45.3 kilograms => 6.8 grams
Staring holes through my computer screen!? I've been going over the top with Red Bull for a long time, and there ain't no holes in the screen.
The large dents on my computer's case on the other hand...
I am the breaker of Chairs!
um, I know this is kinda blasphemy here on slashdot, but my tip is actually to reduce your dose of caffeine. I used to drink *lots* of coffee and other caffeinated beverages earlier, but decided to try a little break and watch the difference. My conclusion is as follows (beware: these are my personal experiences, your might be completely different)
:P
1. If you are going to be doing a lot of intensive work, in need of intense concentration (such as coding), you shouldn`t pour down coffee like you never saw it before. The coffee dehydrates your body, leading to less-than-optimal body functionality and can actually make you less suited to do the job intented.
2. If you, as we all do once in a while, drink buckets of coffee - remember to drink lots of water or other beverage to compensate for the water loss brought on by the caffeine. It`s important to have enough water in your body, we're water creatures after all ^^.
but, who am I kidding - Coffee is G-O-D
Doolittle :
Bomb no.20 : To explode of course.
Ritalin combined with caffine is by far the most productivity inspiring legal cocktail one can imagine.
Reminds me a lot of this (funnier!) column from Computer Language magazine.
Is he in soviet russia or something? in the rest of the world, computer screen stares holes in you!
Caffiiineeee yeah yeah yeah! uhuh! im good to go! hey i can quit! i can quit anytime!
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"(a) Eating nutritiously and sparingly"
I'm poor. I have the "sparingly" down pat.
"(b) Exercising every day"
Being chased away from dumpsters gives me that.
"(c) Sleeping regularly (same time every day) for 8 hours."
Park benches are no Serta.
the interesting thing to me is, that while caffeine is probably the worlds most widely used drug, it's effects (on spiders, albeit) actually seem to be more detramental than that of even marjuanna.
Yes, I know this is a spider and not a human; but it's still some food for thought....
Fry: Fancy cigar why don't you smoke it already? Puff puff go go go go go!
I don't see how this evaluation of energy drinks means anything, because he had more than one per sitting. Who's to say which one did what, or how they cross-reacted?
This is a 'Science' story???
The NYT article itself is a lark, and a poorly written one at that. As one who consumes espresso regularly and *energy drinks* occasionally, I can assert, experientially (corroborated by several friends & coworkers with whom I've discussed this in the past), that the defining active ingredient in Red Bull and its myriad spawn is Taurine, not Caffeine.
Conduct the experiment yourself: get a double espresso one night, followed the next night by an 8oz *energy drink* (adjust qtys. for your tolerance). Note the differing effects of the caffeinated espresso vs. the taurine+caffeine *energy drink*.
...of my Ibiza clubbing days (1998-2000). Not being into illegal substances (then :)) I used to down numerous Red Bull and Vodka mixers and dance like Taz on acid till 6 in the morning, and then go on to daytime clubbing till 2 in the afternoon, repeat this for 2 weeks =0) ... looking back - at the ripe old age of 31 and with 2 kids - it's nothing short of a miracle that I didn't drop dead within a week! Energy drinks are bad mmmmkay? :o) But fun....
Real men drink Bawls...
God made the natural numbers; all else is the work of man - Kronecker
Why not get actual Caffeine or pure Guarana? Of course, I once saw a girl who ate roughly 1 gram of caffeen in a night stay up for 4 days straight while crying and dribbling at the mouth, so don't overdo it.
And as for straight coffee beans... Try instant. Just shovel a few spoonfuls into your mouth, and wash it down with water. 10 seconds and you're super caffinated.
Of course the other secret is to eat 20mg of caffeine immediately before falling asleep. You will awake totally refreshed in about two hours, as if you had a full night's sleep. You do have to make very sure you fall asleep before the caffeine kicks in, or you just won't sleep at all. Long-term effects include improved GPA and complete cardiopulmonary collapse.
The ______ Agenda
What's the most caffeine you've had, anyway? My above experience with SkyRocket spiking (plus spiked OJ and Coffee in the morning) resulted in about 1g (not mg, mind you) of caffeine intake over a period of about 6 hours. First time I've ever noticed my heartrate go up from caffeine. With my weigh of about 115 lbs, the LD-50 for me is around 7 grams.
(-:Stephonovich:-)
"Who needs reincarnation when we've got parallel universes?" -Me
Honestly folks, out of all of us nerdy caffeine freaks, who hasn't tried the suculant taste of Bawls energy drink? I have sampled all of the major drinks on the market, and Bawls ranks in the top three on Taste, Power, and Look (Come on, the bottle is awesome). Do they not sell this stuff in New York? It would have been the one of the top three I'm sure.
Raise your hand if you have any recollection of this swill (or any recollection the day after comsuming it).
It's called Blaa.
and what is Blaa in Norwegian?
-Grump
Google translate doesn't do Norwegian to English.
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Published: May 23, 2004
Slowly but surely
Apparently the author and/or NY Times seem to have made a significant breakthrough in one of the leading areas of physics research. Maybe that's why this is a 'science' article!!
- Hooeezit
80 mg. Talk about lightweight. If you can't do over a gram without getting a buzz...
And for the price you'd be better off buying crack.
Wow, that is so amazing!
No, wait...
If you want to achieve the effects described in this article, why beat around the bush. Just get some cocaine. Compared to what these things cost, you might even be saving money.
But, for those who can't give up drinking their high.. there are new coca enhanced energy drinks coming out of Peru. Not coming into America any time soon, but still..
Which, pronounced in Norwegian, would sound more like "blow" -- a common nickname for another popular stimulant. I would give it a day or two before the reporter tries "Blaa"...
Erik
would be a "scientific study" of the respective disolving powers of each drink. Since teeth vary, I guess we would initially need to establish,the parameters of the "average tooth" of the consumer in terms of its resistance to:
A: Carbonic acid
B: Phosphoric acid
C: Sodium Benzoate
D: Sugar activated plaque
E: Anything else in a drink including colours (colors), flavours, (flavors), preseratives etc.,
Once we establish the "average tooth", we need to obtain sufficient samples which are sufficiently similar in size, type and quality of dentyne layer.
Incidentally, we also ought to test fillings and see what happens to them. We could look for loosening due to tooth decay or the disolving of metal amalgum, (or whatever filler they use).
I'd be particularly interested in the gases liberated from metal fillings and glues/resins by the corrosive action of the acids.
While we are at it, IF these drinks are made from
domestic water, what effect does the fluoride have
on the tooth. Fluoride is added to water supplies so that poor unfortunate people who apparantly don't buy toothpaste don't have to worry about their teeth falling out.
Obituary: J Bloggs croaked on Friday due to liver failure as a result of Fluoride overdose. The Coroner did note however that the deceased had a lovely set of teeth.
While we are at it, where are MY RIGHTS? I didn't demand fluoride in the water. If you brush your teeth with toothpaste containing fluoride AND drink copious quantities of water containing Fluoride (BECAUSE SOME MF SOB DECIDED IT WAS IN YOUR BEST INTERESTS WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!) they can get stained black. Whoopee! Might as well issue black crayons. Why are polititians and tooth fairy campaigners so IGNORANT of long term health issues. They wouldn't have shares in fluoride mines perhaps now would they???!!!
Colours, sweeteners and preservatives are used to make products attractive to look at and cheap to produce. Medical help and therapy costs millions, maybe billions$. WHO PAYS IN THE END?
Sorry for the soapbox moment but some stuff has to be said.
My hyperlinks aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
OT, but like he points out: "sale of Red Bull, the leading energy drink in Europe, has been restricted to pharmacies in some countries there because of its high caffeine content." Here in Norway they actually outlawed it completely (which can be done because we think are to good for the European Union and it's free trade...) Of course we are used ridicolous legislation regarding to anything remotely stimulating, after all I live in a country which has about the same maximum punishment for possession of larger amounts of cannabis as for murder in the first degree (21 years, (while rape typically gets you 3...))
I'm not falling for that again.
What?
Has anyone tried the new Skaterade drink yet? This may be a bit off topic, but its supposed to be a new energy drink out there.
Mark
Most I know quitting caffeïne just turned out being better off; the only burden is going throught the headaches of withdrawal which are only temp (instead of returning each time you "forget your caffeine intake").
Former daily routine:
1. wake up, drink 2-3 mugs of strong black coffee to wake up.
2. Get a high out of it, bounce towards wherever I have to be.
3. arrive and feel sortof drained; Next intake of caffeine to get a new boost.
4. By noon; drained, burned up all my energy for the day already. New caffeine intake; the illusion I somehow get another boost.
5. during the day, trying to get as much caffeine as possible. Caffeine's fun! Freaking some people out with my abnormal / hyper appearance, hands shaking. (ate eraser while concentrating)
6. Dragging myself home, feeling drained, depressed; conclude it's just the way my life is. Maybe I should consider some changes..
7. Physically burned out, but hyper in mind. I try to sleep but I can't..
8. goto 1
I think we can keep recursing like this until someone returns 1
Try that for a real buzz...just dont do to much like an 8ball.Why do so few nerds smoke weed or coke
im from norway and i dont recall ever seeing a product named blaa (or could it be blå/blue?). wtf is he talking about?
red bull is btw illegal here if iirc, some people have ended up with blackouts from mixing red bull and alcohol...
from what i understand guarana i added to help speed the uptake of the other stuff along. personaly i never understood whats so special about these drinks anyways. if anything they make me more sleepy, not less...
comment first, facts later. http://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInScience/RelativityofWrong.htm
By Heath's calculation, the amount of ecgonine [an alkaloid in the coca leaf that could be synthesized to create cocaine] was infinitesimal: no more than one part in 50 million. In an entire year's supply of 25-odd million gallons of Coca-Cola syrup, Heath figured, there might be six-hundredths of an ounce of cocaine.
So, yes, at one time there was cocaine in Coca-Cola. But before you're tempted to run off claiming Coca-Cola turned generations of drinkers into dope addicts, consider the following: back in 1885 it was far from uncommon to use cocaine in patent medicines (which is what Coca-Cola was originally marketed as) and other medical potions. When it first became general knowledge that cocaine could be harmful, the backroom chemists who comprised Coca-Cola at the time (long before it became the huge company we now know) did everything they could with the technology they had available at the time to remove every trace of cocaine from the beverage. What was left behind (until the technology improved enough for it all to be removed) wasn't enough to give a fly a buzz.
There is much cruelty in the universe, John.
Yeah, we seem to have the tour map.
Although it is cheaper ($0.00 vs $2.00 = $2.00 cheaper, or #INF%), there is the flip side as well.
Not to denounce the fact that sleep is a Good Thing(tm), but...
Let's say that drinking the content of the $2 can allows you to stay up and awake, productive, etc. for 1 more hour.
At $40/hour pay, you just 'made' $38.
I know a few people who wouldn't mind making that trade-off if they could.
I am seeing from the posts that there are at least a couple of other individuals like me. I could drink a pot of coffee and then go to sleep if I wanted to. Caffeine just does serve to wake and/or keep me up. I still enjoy a couple of soft drinks from a taste perspective, and I still enjoy a nice cup of coffee every once in while for the experience, but I do not need these products to wake myself up and I only drink them rarely. The alarm clock and a hot shower do more to get me up, and I tend to not even need the alarm clock as long as I allow myself at least 6 hours of sleep every night. I wish I was one of those people who could catch a buzz off a cup of joe, I feel like I am missing out on something.
I experimented with a few energy drinks prior to my trek out to new mexico from new jersey. I found that SoBe Adrenaline worked best for me. I never drink caffine and always get at least 8 hours sleep so I knew this would be system shock. My brother, on the other hand, who has ADD could find nothing that worked.
Just on Adrenaline I made it out there in under 40 hours only stopping for gas/bathroom. Not a huge accomplishment for most, but a triumph for me. When I got to the pan handle I was downing one almost every 30 minutes.
I did try Red Bull and some others on the way back but they didn't have close to the same kick. I really think the effectiveness of these drinks depends on the person.
Never get drunk on these. Nothing worse then being drunk and not being able to sleep it off due to all the caffine in your system!
Your statement doesn't entirely ring true.
Coffee dehydrates - yes. But just drinking water isn't going to re-hydrate you. Indeed, drinking too much water is toxic.
The problem is that even though you drink the liquids, you don't have enough salt (to put it simply) in your system to *retain* that water.
So my advice : If you drink a lot of coffee / water, be sure to have some salty snacks as well. E.g. licorice, chips/fries, bacon - whatever.
Whoa deamn!
Just keep in mind LD-50 is the point where HALF of the HEALTHY subjects are dead. Many die well before that, many also get ill. I don't know about YOUR particular physique, but most slashdotters I know in real life (myself included) are not exactly healthy.
Careful man, you could suffer short or long term health effects.
Anywho, I gotta stop typing, my BAWLS with guarana is nearly 45 F, I gotta finish it now.
Sigs? We don't need no stinking sigs!
If only the product had been available to Keith Richards, he might be wrinkle-free and rosy cheeked today.
Who is this guy trying to kid? Keith Richards has done every drug there is and he's still alive. You just can't seem to kill the guy. I'm pretty sure that he'd just laugh at these energy drinks. You know what they say, If there's ever a World War 3 only two things will survive: the cockroaches and Keith Richards!
I j-j-j-ust drank-k-k a-ll thirteeeen-n-n at once-ce-ce-ce aaaand-d let meeeee tell-l-l-l you I wouldn't-t-t-t recomend it!
*thud*
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Thus, in the time that you could have been awake because of a $2 can of energy beverage, you could be losing THOUSANDS of dollars doing nothing!
This article reminds me of a hilarious review of sleeping pills I read on Slate:
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2062791
The reviewer even went so far as to pit the pills head-to-head against a strong dose of caffeine:
"I washed down two Calms Forté caplets with a huge mug of java at 10:30 p.m. Within 45 minutes, I was tired and ready for sleep. Score one for the pills! But as I lay in bed, a terrible thing happened. My body felt exhausted, barely able to move, yet my mind continued to race the way it does on coffee. This was like being paralyzed and was really horrifying. (I also had another trippy dream on Calms Forté: It involved an intriguing new strategy for darts, and let's just say the distinction between "dartboard" and "sternum" became somewhat meaningless.) When I tried the coffee battle again with Unisom, it took longer to fall asleep (about two hours), but I didn't have the paralysis thing. Still, my girlfriend reports I tossed and turned in bed that night like a caged animal."
I once heard about this guy from a friend that works for Pepsi. he told me that this guy, a co-worker of his at one time, on a bet, drink six cans of Amp (or one of those similar kind) in just a few minutes (think chug).
He said within 15 minutes, they were rushing him to the emergency room cause his poor heart was thumping out over 250 beats per minute.
don't tell me that stuff doesn't have an effect.
"Before humanity, the stars shone throughout the heavens. After humanity [has gone], the stars will continue to shine"
What is it with you pussy americans. Over here in goot old Brit-land we drink this stuff with vodka.
A typical night out at a club might be 9/10 double vodka and redbulls. Each of those has a tin of redbull in it.
In fact tesco (a big 'ol grocery store) has started selling their own brand called kick which comes in a 1 litre bottle for a mere 99p. It is very popular with students like me and running up to exams (like now) a can drink 2 or 3 of these a day.
The cool thing about these drinks is they do keep you awake a bit, and even better they dont mince your bowels like drinking 10+ cups of superstrength espresso does.
I have discovered a truly remarkable sig which this post is too small to contain.
as "13 Energy Drinks in 3 Seconds"?
"Some fight for law. Some fight for justice. What will you fight for? One day, you will see."
bawls has to be not just the best tasting energy drink but also the best any drink there is. it smooth, and refreshing. its also got a hell of kick. i chugged 4 before my last slipknot concert and i had enough energy to spend the whole night in the pit. i love bawls. the only problem is the hyvee that i used to get hooked up at stopped stocking it so now i have to drive 2 hours or order it off the internet. :-(
my favorite for a long time was Jones WhoopAss. now that Jones has phased that drink out for "Energy", it's my preferred energy drink, right in front of Red Bull. i was honestly surprised there was no mention of it.
is Jones really that underground?
grey wolf
LET FORTRAN DIE!
The most I've had was when my High School had grad-night and had free espresso. So I got 12 shots in a cup. 1.2 grams!
:-D
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
this review of 40s.
It would be good to know exactly how much caffeine is actually in some of these drinks. I'd also like to see some taste panel results or surveys.
I've found that one or two of these will keep me from falling asleep after a three- or four-hour ride and a hot shower. I don't drink it before the ride, because keeping my heart rate under control is essential to maintaining speed on a long ride. Caffeine will give you tachycardia if you're pushing the edge of the anerobic threshhold.
Some of these drinks taste really foul. I've found that Red Bull does the job, but it doesn't taste very good. SoBe Adrenalin Rush tastes worse. KMX tastes ok, but doesn't have any kick, as far as I can tell. The best combination of taste and effect that I've found is AMP, but I'd like to hear some other opinions. The article was humorous, but it wasn't informative.
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Maybe I have been reading too many tech sites, but I was hoping for some actual testing and results, but this guy gave us a day in the life. Hello, which drink is the best for energy, doofus????
180- comes from Anheuser Busch, but DANG! talk about a powerful zzap! For me, it's got a better lift than Red Bull or Lipovitan D , lasts longer, and gives me more stamina than any. Whoop Ass comes in a close second. Nothing works better for taming that multi-acre yard in the country! :D
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I'm kind of curious how many shashdotters actually have any respect for their own bodies.
funny, all the people who think weed doesnt affect them and ignore what people who arent having weed say to them.
Ironic given yesterdays post on mental disorders. If you want scihzofrenia(spell?) thats a sure way to go. If you dont believe me, become a psychologist and after a while you might notice how soooo many of the people just seemed to have smoked weed then one day scitzo.
Whats more..
1:if you have a twin avoid it as you would allready have a elevated probability of the mental condition.
2:If you live in an area that isnt so sunny (or more to the point if your mum did while she was pregnant with you) then the possible lack of vitamin D also elivates your possibility of getting the disease.
Very often you will see people in countries at peace on tv doing things that you just cant believe someone is so stupid to do. I often used to think to myself how can people be so crazy and stupid. Then I discovered the correlation with drugs.
I have a mum who works for a public psychology center. Its funny how often she recognises someone on tv in the news who has just robbed someone in bizare ways or some other violent or rediculous altercation. yup- they're all been on drugs. If society realised what these drugs are really causing, wow i can assure that alot more would be invested and alot more would be put into prevention.
if such drugs are fine for you, they are not fine for your community as the community has to deal with you once you have lost it in 5 years.
Whats more if you deside to become a parent, then you inherently will screw your childs mind before they are even born.So then the community will have to mop up their problems too. So it isnt always about you. For example, my sister worked in atlanta in the US for a while as a teacher. ouch.. The area wasnt very wealthy and it was pretty easy for her to predict which parents had taken drugs- mainly by which kids would walk around all day,all week and year muttering they are going to kill someone or the kids that wet their pants just to copy some other kid that did.
Yep it aint always about u.
Whatever happened to WhoopAss? It was the first "energy" drink I ever tried, and it tasted MUCH better than Red Bull. ThinkGeek doesn't carry it anymore, and it was the only place I ever saw it.
Ignorance is the root of all evil.
Comedy. It's not so easy, is it?
As for respect for one's body... yes, I realize I'm not invincible. That being said, I'd rather live a short and well-enjoyed life (such as eating 24 oz. steaks) than a long and miserable one (such as being a vegetarian).
(-:Stephonovich:-)
"Who needs reincarnation when we've got parallel universes?" -Me
to a two-liter of Mt Dew and a couple of bottle of Vanilla Coke ..... ..... each day. I really don't go for Red ..... ..... Bull or Jolt.
Not everyone's making $40/hour to start with - I presume many more who might be considering the 'redbull' lifestyle are in the $18-$25/hour range.
Assume $25/hour. After taxes, you're probably making $18/hour. Minus the $2 (you buy most things with after-tax dollars, not pretax dollars) and you're left with $16 'profit'.
Considering the long-term health risks associated with that type of abuse, and the more likely ROI financially most people would actually realize, it's not as great as many people make it out to be.
Having said that, I do partake in some caffeine-fueled binges now and then, but I don't try to justify it from a financial standpoint.
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Maybe that is because guarana is caffeine? Actually, guarana (Paullinia cupana) is a plant, which according to Erowid contains 5% caffeine from which it derives its stimulant effects. There is no alternative to caffeine named guarana. Wikipedia's article on guarana has more information. Yet more misinformation from the Times.
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If you're so obsessed with getting the perfect caffeine ratio, just buy some caffeine pills. You'll get nearly the same effect, can take it faster, you won't have to get up to piss as a result, and it's only something around a nickel or less per pill. In comparison to a drink that'd cost twenty times more and deliver less caffeine.
Everything will be taken away from you.
I (generally) don't consume caffeine very much. But I once drank 1.5l (6 cans) of Red Bull in a single night, and didn't feel any different in the hours that followed. I went to sleep a few hours later and slept as soundly as ever. Coffee doesn't seem to perk me up, and caffeine has no noticeable effect. Is this even vaguely normal? Or can certain people have no sensitivity to caffeine at all? I don't tend to be the energetic type anyway, so perhaps it can't fight over that ;-)
Once upon a time, a friend of mine took ridiculous amounts of caffeine over a weekend. It is NOT fun, he started having heart palpitations. Don't fuck with you body for the fun of it.
I love drinking too much coffe, the dehydration issue is especially important in office building that are air-conditioned and dry you out even more. I keep a 1 litre water bottle on my desk and aim to drink it through the day (refilling at the water cooler), I prefer cool, but not chilled water. Having experimented, I find drinking water through the day finds me feeling more buzzed and alert at the end of the day (whether or not I drink coffee).
Xix.
"Everything is adjustable, provided you have the right tools"
I've tried over 75 diff E drinks. I used to keep a can collection, but me gurl made me through them out. I now take a pix of each one b4 I toss the can. I'm almost immune to caffein at this pt.
Pounding Punch tastes like a nonalcoholic version of the Pagan Pink Ripple, a budget wine with tropical flavors that was a landmark beverage for me. Its distinctive hangover, a sneak preview of a cheap and tawdry death, made me realize while still in college why it is very important to drink in moderation.
To follow knowledge like a sinking star, / Beyond the utmost bound of human thought. ("Ulysses", Tennyson)
I downed cases of RedBull a week. Costco was my supplier, Officer. I also gained 70 lbs. Whee.
So, imagine how happy I was to see Sugar Free RedBull. Sure, it has calories, but not nearly as many. I've lost 50 of those pounds and though I've had project deadlines that push the boundaries of sleep since, I have kept the weight off thanks to SFRB.
I wouldn't have latched on to RedBull if I could have located Time Release Caffedrine capsules. Great stuff, it was but I can't find it anywhere. Oh... to explain my love for Time Release Caffedrine, allow me to repost the following:
-- @rjamestaylor on Ello
I don't know about you guys, but nothing beats the Arizona Tea Energy drink. You know, in the 20oz can....99 cents at the store. It's cheap and it tastes great (asst fruits and green tea). Not only that, but it's loaded with all sorts of energy boosters. I don't know that it has as much kick as some of the other products, but it quenches your thirst, give you a boost, it's dirt cheap, and tastes great all at once (something I've yet to see with any other product).
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Almost any sweet beverage you can buy at the supermarket will dehydrate you more than it will hydrate you thanks to all the added sugar they put in those things.
I've heard people say this a lot of times, but it doesn't make sense to me. So are you saying that if I drink nothing but coke, i will eventually die from dehydration? Because i drink several litres of coke a day and pretty much that is the majority of my fluid intake each day and my pee is clear and I don't get headaches.
I'm not saying you are wrong - but I'd love to know the explanation.
I looked over the article, I missed any reference to Starbucks Doubleshot. Is this something that could even be classified as an energy drink, even though it's essentially coffee? I've found it to be much more to my taste than any of the regular energy drink offerings (though, AMP is bearable) because it tastes like... coffee. Probably doesn't offer the same "kick" as the other energy drinks out there, but it certainly does a good job at increasing one's alertness level.
Seriously, go with the original energy drink. My favorite coffee shop in town, Comet, sells something called a speedball (same thing as Alterra's redeye...) its a cup of house strong with two shots of espresso in it, that'll wake you up before class. Comet also sells something called a switchblade, which IIRC is a pint of mocha with 4 shots in it, Mmm.
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You can usually find it at the Diamond Shamrock gas stations, if you are in Texas, for about $2.00 each. If you happen to work at the NSA, they sell it in the sundry shop by the credit union for $2.25.
damn-- their website doesn't seem to be firefox-friendly. I checked it out using the other browser on my system, turns out there is a pop-up, Rockstar is hiring!
a long and miserable one (such as being a vegetarian)
Or, you know, you could live a long and well-enjoyed life being a vegetarian. It could happen.
I want to add to this: Eat lots and lots of caffeine pills. You seriously can't have too many. Most of us are familiar with eating habits that tend to go with the healthy lifestyle: home-cooked meals, multivitamins, fruits, fresh veggies, and water (that weird clear stuff) by the truckload.
However, when I made a conscious effort to start eating caffeine with *every* meal (and not just a box of pills or so a day), I noticed that I started having fewer headaches, had more energy, and just generally felt all-around healthier. Now, if I don't eat my pills, I find that those symptoms come right back. Ritalin, Caffeine pills, cola and heroine are almost always staples in my fridge.
Another thing while I'm on the soapbox: Drink lsd in lieu of water and fruit juice. Almost any 'healthy' beverage you can buy at the supermarket will hydrate you more than it will waken you thanks to all the added sugar they don't put in those things. If you have infrequent headaches and your pee doesn't come almost clear 2 times out of 10, then you're chronically under-doped. Jolt is okay, but only after a good workout. Otherwise, LSD is going to hydrate you best.
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He mentioned it tho. I picked up two cans at 7-11 tonight (2 for $2, so what the hell) After ONE I feel like I want to run around my building a few times. Fortunately, I have work to do in the office, so I don't have to worry about any nasty exercise sneaking in.
. .. or is this an entire thread exploring the concepts, A: eating food, and B: sleeping.
Oh, man. Please get girlfriends, 'k? I worry about you.
Every single one of these drinks is just a sugary mess with lots of caffeine. It's a big marketing joke on everyone that buys into it.
You can buy a bottle of caffeine pills for next to nothing, if it's that important to you. 50mg caffeine each pill; pop three and you saved yourself $8 worth of nasty tasting "energy drinks."
For me, I'll drink my morning coffee and a few cokes during the day. Admitantly, I drink too much coke, but it's just so damned tastey. I could give a rats ass about Caffeine.
ps. Anyone that says they are addicted to caffeine is a poser.
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I'd like to know who the brain surgeon is who modded my previous post redundant. Offtopic? yes. Overrated? probably. Stupid? Most definately. But redundant? There were only 13 previous posts! I mean come on people? How many people before me posted "there were 13 comments to this story"?
Hint for moderators: This post is offtopic.
My mood was chipper. Too chipper.
The simple lexicography of these redundant statements begs a different tale.
Check out the review all the goodness of Rockstar without the sugar and WITHOUT NUTRASWEET! I usually get a headache and an aftertaste after I consume a lot of Nutrasweet but Diet Rockstar leaves me just fine.
1200mg in a few hours. I passed out a few times (dehydrated) and also didn't sleep for quite a while.
Bawls. That's about all there is to say, skipping the greatest and most aptly named caffiene drink of all time.
Something I have foun that works to quit caffeine is a carbonated but non-caffeinated drink such as Sierra Mist or something similar. Just start buying it instead of your caffeinated drink and its effect is similar to one of those fake cigarettes or that Bac-Off stuff for chewing tobacco. It uses the placebo effect to make you *think* you're still getting the caffeine, when in reality you're not. Eventually you can just give up the drink altogether.
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I have a very low tolerance with caffeine - I usually am fine with just a cup of tea if I need it.
Once I tried one of those energy drinks - I just took one slug and it was so extremely potent. I never had them again.
What about No-Doz?! Pah! You people forget the classics all too easily.
:-/
It's funny this article appeared because I'm doing Relay For Life right now (the 24-hour walking relay to raise money for cancer research and patient support) and I had No-Doz not too long ago. I'm on my break right now, but that No-Doz sure helps keep me up. I've been trying to quit caffeine for the past month (it sucks, a lot) but I had to give in because I'm coming close to being up for 24 hours straight.
It's hard to quit caffeine when you're surrounded by damned Pepsi machines. (I go to CalPoly in San Luis Obispo, the college that Pepsi basically owns). I'm getting there though. It'll be nice when I can go a week without caffeine and not have migraines from hell.
115 lbs?
Are you 12 years old?
As my father lik@(munch munch)...
On my numerous visits to St. Petersburg (Russia, you know), obviously russified version of Red Devil has provided plenty of boost to me and my friends. It's half the price of regular Red Devil and contains 9 percent alcohol (thus subtitled "alcoenergy"). After half dozen of those, maintaining insane drinking spree is childs' play and a bottle of vodka is enough for those hours between 6 am and noon. What an innovation. :P
"At this point, my energy level was not only elevated, it was speeding toward the red line."
Could energy level be measured by med\ trainer ? they got to have some routine measures, right?
I have been drinking 1 RedBull every morning in replacement for coffee, and it's great!! At first I didn't like the taste but it grew on me (a-la Fresca, or 50/50). I drank 2 of these 1 morning on the way to work and I almost drove off the road.... caffeine levels in Redbull are phenomenal. Also if you live in the NEPA area, try some Turkey Hill Iced Tea... This stuff cranks! -Rainman1976
I'm finnish you insensitive clod.
Tell you what, you go find my ex-gf down in san jose and wake up next to her in the morning and tell her this, "Honey, I've thrown away all the caffiene in the house and hidden the keys to our cars so we can't get anymore. Let's be pure with our bodies, put that down! What the hell are you doing? AHHHHHHHHHHHH." Ok, once you have done that you tell me this shit has no addictive properties.
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He missed the normal energy drinks like Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, etc. The one crossover-marketed beverage I've seen is Starbucks Double Shot, which is a little $2 can containing espresso and cream. Unlike most of the genre, it actually tastes good!
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I have been drinking Amp for the last couple years
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and it's taste has been unbeatable.
Right now I am drinking my special mix. .
50% Sobe 'No Fear', 25% Mountain Dew, 25% Raspberry Juice
It tastes good, and I couldn't go to sleep untill 4:00 this this morning. Note to self -- experiment with drinks earlier in the day.
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A very useful link...
Caffeine Content of Beverages
Boy, I'm glad I don't have to QA your work!
Seriously, I was hoping the guy was going to get blood drawn 15 minutes after each drink to see what the ammount of caffeine per pint of blood was.
Yes Francis, the world has gone crazy.
I love these. They go down smoth even when warm, and the cream base is very sothing on your stomach (especially at 3am after you have had three or four).
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and they will be performing human trials with real tooth implants--stem cells differentiated into dental cell tissue that grows into a real tooth.
i am so very tired....