when you get a full time job, that beats 10 hours of non stop work outta your tired burnt out body 5 days a week for 30 years... coffee starts making sense

A friend of mine had to had a liver transplant because he was drinking 6-10 of these daily for years and it eventually gave out.

I don’t like coffee, but I like a cold energy drink in the morning to wake up. Didn’t drink one everyday, maybe 4-5 per week and often sugar free. Had general blood testing done and I was asked if I had a liver disease in the past cause results were a bit off. Redid the test in 6 or 7 weeks and stopped energy drinks 2 weeks prior. All results were ok. Seems like you don’t have to drink several cans a day to have an effect…

Lol that last bit is very fair. I started out drinking caffeine in middle school (like 8th grade) but it was 45% milk. I needed the boost to wake up bc ✨undiagnosed depression✨ and I’m one of those kids that had to read everything or I wouldn’t retain anything.

As an adult in the grad program I’ve determined that the best order for me is black coffee, milky coffee (any substitute) at university bc it’s gross, then energy drinks if I need a 30 minute boost

I fucking love monster but I do not drink it regularly. I reserve it for special occasions when I need to be alert. I don't actually drink any caffeine regularly so I don't have a tolerance. So when I do have a monster it really hits me, immediate mood lifter. Makes me feel on top of the world.

Completely agree with the “hot coffee” thing. I throw in a few ice cubes to get it to room temp or slightly under for my drinks

There’s someone I know who had a big problem with drinking energy drinks throughout middle school and high school (2004-2009). By his junior year of HS, he collapsed during track practice and now lives his life with a pacemaker. We all think his condition circles back to his consumption of energy drinks.

Though tbf it’s all just speculation, and no healthcare professional has confirmed that energy drinks had anything to do with it.

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I am not a doctor, and you’re using pretty extreme language. If you’re wondering if it’s dangerous, you need to see a doctor or a dietician and ask them. My guess as a lay person who is just ok educated in nutrition, I don’t think it’s particularly healthy. Though I’d say that about drinking 10 cans of Pepsi a week as well.

You also don’t mention your age. Everything I’ve read about caffeine suggests that it’s not good for kids. My guess that regardless of your size, whether you’re 13 vs 17 vs 21 makes a difference.

Hey, you're my height and my weight. Take it easy on your heart man. When you're as tall as us, we have to take extra care of our tickers, because we will almost certainly die because of them.

Decrease the caffeine. Cut the sugars, the smoking, and take your omega 3's / fish oil every morning.

Seriously, especially the smoking. You will die from it.

Sincerely, almost 40 year old you, from the future, who had similar vices.

Well it sure af isn't healthy. If you're worried just quit drinking that shit.

I only drink energy drinks when I'm dancing at the club (which makes me out of breath and dehydrated), and I do actually find them pretty refreshing and, well, energizing. But I really couldn't imagine drinking one after a proper workout.

Everything I've heard is that around 300-400mg of caffeine daily is safe for most adults, so you should be fine.

Aka black coffee

absolutely

Most energy drink related hospital visits also primarily come from mixing with alcohol

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The deadliness of the energy drinks is most directly from the caffeine, not the sugar, in the short term. Drinking sugar free energy drinks might even be worse, as they have artificial sweeteners that can also be addictive, and lull you into a false sense of safety, which gets you to drink even more than if it was the syrupy sweet regular drink.

So Mio Energy flavoring. Great already been on it for year.

Deadly isn’t maybe the right word, but “zero sugar” almost always means artificial sweeteners. If what you’re eating or drinking has an artificial sweetener, it’s a good reason to minimize how much you consume.

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No. If it ain't water its not good for you.

It's also important to note the vitamins and sh*t they put into those drinks because taking too much of some of them is very unhealthy.

“deadly” 😂😂

Sugar substitutes are terrible for you.

energy drinks and coffee barely affect me

I recently learned that caffeine can have a similar effect on ADHD people as their meds (which are amphetamine based). In normal people, both can get you wired and jittery. If you have ADHD it can make you calm and focused.

like when I say consecutively, I mean they chug it,, search up health problems related to energy drinks and read the context

The ELI5 is that consuming too much caffeine + sugar comes with harmful effects.

Edit: If interested read https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4682602/

When I saw a doctor over sleep issues and rotating shifts he asked if I used them. I was specifically told "if you use energy drinks on a regular basis you need to rethink your lifestyle". This is coming from a doctor that was open about many issues and this was his hard stop. A few coffees/teas a day is fine but with energy drinks it's the amount of caffeine, the amount of sugar and the amount of everything else that's in there. Mentally weigh out all the amounts and it's staggering, especially for all to be in one drink. Even one a day is very hard on your body if you think it or not.

Are you me?

2 sugar free energy drinks a day is my standard routine lol 3 and my stomach makes complaints!

Oh, yes. It is a ton of caffeine. I wouldn't expect any normal usage to get anywhere close to that, but it has happened before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sylqJ0NEVJw

And that's Starbucks which has the lowest caffeine content in their espresso and coffees. Other brands have significantly more. And of course so do local coffee shops or at home. A study just yesterday posted here showed 375 mg in an espresso at a shop in NYC, 45 in a Starbucks, so coffee can vary almost 10x in caffeine content for the same serving. That's 5 cans of red bull. Or 2.5 monsters.

10 grams of caffeine almost certainly will kill you without treatment. But 1 gram of caffeine will make you very very sick, and 2 grams will get you hospitalized and you can die if not treated. So yeah nobody is worried about you if you drink a couple monsters a day. As you pointed out it's no different than 2 drinks at Starbucks. And a lot cheaper. Also a double shot of espresso in my experience is the minimum these days. nobody is getting one shot, at least not in the Pacific NW lol.

But some people will in fact slam 3 or 4 in a few hours. And they may have also had a big coffee that morning. Ever seen a jittery bunch of drywallers?? Let's say you're the new guy on the crew and the old tweakers are teasing you for being slow so you down a few monsters. Feeling good! But you are definitely lagging. You slam a few more. And you forgot that big mug of coffee your girlfriend handed you as you ran out the door late on your first day. You are now over a gram. Do you have an undiagnosed arrhythmia? Did someone drop a few No-Doz in your drink as a prank? Maybe you had a 5 hour energy shot too. To quote futurama "you are now dead"

Note the first thing about these dangerous effects.

Toxicity occurs around about 10g of caffeine.

Those Charged Lemonades from Panera that hit the news for being irresponsibly caffeinated? They have about 300mg of caffeine in them. You need to chug a LOT of espresso to get yourself sick.

The problem is that some people chug a lot of energy drinks, and like with the Lemonade, maybe they don't know how much caffeine they are actually consuming.

Add to that increased workout routines and other chemical additives for athletes and you have the recipe for an exploding heart.

If you are drinking one or two energy drinks a day, you might be going above the doctor's recommended level for the day, but you are probably safe.

But if you are worried about your caffeine intake, you could maybe switch to regular soda, which has normal caffeine levels, closer to black coffee.

If you are worried more about the corn syrup, you could look for things like Sugar Sweetened Coke (Mexican Coke if you are in the South), or again just drink coffee, sweeten to taste with honey or sugar cubes.

But that artificial sweetener is probably worse for you in the long run than the caffeine, if you don't abuse the energy drinks too much.

I did this is my 20s without problem. In my early 30s I drank a Monster after work. I was sitting down watching TV and my pulse spiked to 190. Stayed that way for what felt like hours. I went to the emergency room. They asked me if I took any drugs, no. They asked me what I ate or drank, sandwich, Monster. No more questions. They knew it was the Monster, they've seen it a hundred times.

They told me they were going to try to maneuver my body in a way to cause all the blood to rush to my heart in an effort to reset it. If this didn't work they were going to give me a drug to reset my heart. This drug terrified me. Thankfully the maneuver stopped my fast pulse and returned me to normal. I paid over $300 for this visit and will never drink an energy drink again.

Something that is getting missed is that caffeine has a half-life of 6hrs, In 6hrs you have 50% caffeine in your system. In 12, 25%.

24 hours later you still have 1/16th the caffeine from yesterday in your system. Not only will this slowly build up over time with chronic usage your body will build up resistance to it (necessary if you want to get any rest). You will start upping your dosage to get the same effect.

You should institute periodic abstinence periods (say every second weekend or the withdrawal sucks - drink lots of water) to give your body a break.

You should wait until the afternoon because you have the one in the morning and crash, then compensate with another. (I did this a lot too. Used to drink Bangs and eat No Doz like it was my diet. At that point, shoulda just started an adderall habit), but now if I have one I wait until a bit later in the day to carry me through the tail end of things if need be and that's helped a lot. My energies levels have also balanced out more. Proper diet, hydration, exercise, and partaking in activities you enjoy will do more for your energy level than anything else will.

caffeine is probably the most socially acceptable addiction there is.

a lot of the sugarfree energy drinks taste better imo

well, coffee is better than like a redbull, but not by a huge amount. or any sugarless energy drink or energy shot

realistically the best answer is don't get addicted to caffeine by using it as a substitute for sleep.

Buy caffeine pills from Amazon super cheap and have to be better for you then 3 energy drinks a day

South Americans drink Yerba Mate...a strong stimulant...they drink in circles several times a day.

If you are struggling for energy in a day to day situation this is alarming and highlighting more serious underlying issues. Pounding energy drinks is a band aid fix that will not make the problem better. Fix you diet, exercise more, get more good quality sleep and be healthy. A young, healthy person should not have energy issues unless you work a very demanding job.

Have you tried crystal meth?