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I drink two Red Bulls a day. Most of my friends are into energy drinks, too. They're not bad for us, right?

Wrong! Drinks such as Monster, Rockstar, Pimpjuice and, yes, Red Bull can be harmful. They're packed with sugar and caffeine caf·fein (k-fn, kf, and many are loaded with B vitamins, which, in large quantities, can cause rapid heartbeat. In recent years, poison control centers have reported an increase in caffeine overdoses. Some drinks also have mega-doses of ingredients like taurine taurine /tau·rine/ (taw´ren) an oxidized sulfur-containing amine occurring conjugated in the bile, usually as cholyltaurine or chenodeoxycholyltaurine; it may also be a central nervous system neurotransmitter or neuromodulator.

tau·rine (tôr
 that haven't been FDA-approved. To be safe, kick the habit or stick to one a day.
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Title Annotation:GL BODY Q&A
Author:Kemp, Kristen
Publication:Girls' Life
Date:Feb 1, 2007
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