Energy drinks refer to beverages that contain, besides calories,
caffeine in combination with other presumed energy-enhancing ingredients
such as taurine, herbal extracts, and B vitamins. Energy drinks
are beverages that are marketed to enhance
performance and boost energy.
The main ingredient of importance in an energy
drink is usually caffeine. Caffeine stimulates the nervous
system and, at moderate intakes, can enhance endurance performance and
concentration in adults.
Caffeine is a CNS (central nervous system)
stimulant, and also has the ability to increase
heart rate and blood pressure. While the caffeine
concentration in an 8-‐to 12-‐oz. bottle is
about 72 to 150 mg, the University of California
Davis reports that larger-‐size bottles may contain
as much as 294 mg.
Energy drinks first appeared in Europe and Asia in the 1960s in
response to consumer demand for a dietary supplement that would
result in increased energy.
Today, majority of energy drinks are targeted at teenagers and young
adults 18 to 34 year old due to this generation's on-the-go
lifestyle and receptiveness to advertisements for these types of
products.
Beverages that can enhance performance and boost energy
Technically, any liquid intended for drinking is a beverage so named by a word derived from French and Latin verbs meaning ‘to drink.’ Healthy beverages are beverages with health benefits that attribute by its nutritional value. The use of healthy beverage for promoting health and relieving symptom is as old as the practice of medicine.
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