You know that icky crash that always follows that oh-so-lovely sugar high that keeps kids up til midnight like grown ups and keeps grown ups buzzing around the streets like kids?
We buy energy drinks because we need a boost. We have lots of reasons for needing that boost, but at the end of the day, it’s that little extra energy we’re after.
Sugar tends to be one of the main ingredients in energy drinks, but if it’s energy we’re after, then an overdose of sugar isn’t going to be the best solution. We’ll end up having to chase that sugar high and ward off the inevitable crash like some kind of junkie.
Let’s have a look at some of the energy drink sugar levels in the most popular brands out there and then see if we’re in the clear as far as our intake. After all, I ain’t no junkie…
Taurine, from the Latin word Taurus, meaning bull, is an amino acid found naturally in many places on the bodies of mammals like us including the heart, skeletal muscles and nervous system.
And yes, it’s found in the testicles of bulls. But don’t worry, that’s not where Red Bull gets it from.
We’ve learned to synthesize taurine chemically, so energy drinks’ taurine comes from a lab, not the family jewels of any horned mammal we need to worry about.
So why is taurine in your energy drink?
