A recent news story has noted the consequences of drinking popular energy drink Red Bull in excess as a UK driver was booked for dangerous driving after drinking 20 cans (20 cans!) of the product.
Interestingly, the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry published a
Red Bull has had several papers published on it in scientific journals. It is often not referred to by brand, but often by the euphamism of 'energy drink [with taurine and caffeine]' or 'functional energy drink'.Despite the marketing hype, it has been genuinely shown to improve mental performance for a short duration, and particularly usefully, to counteract dangerous driver sleepiness during tests with a driving simulator.
...when taken in sensible doses, of course.
From 'Mind Hacks', URL:http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2006/01/zero_wings.html
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