The Energy Drink Dilemma
Medgeeks with Andrew Reid
Medgeeks
4.8 • 997 Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2022
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Everyone wants to feel energetic and more focused. Many patients will turn to coffee and tea but claims by energy drink companies can be the siren call to those weary, who want to achieve more.
Join Dr. Niket Sonpal as he reviews the dilemma with energy drinks, their content, lack of scientific evidence, and numerous negative health outcomes.
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| 0:00.0 | Energy drinks are consumed all over the world and have become a part of mainstream culture. |
| 0:05.0 | Even in the TV show, The Office, when the warehouse team wins the lottery, |
| 0:09.0 | they decide to invest in a very specific niche market energy drink. |
| 0:13.1 | Mind you, the plan completely fails. |
| 0:15.9 | When it comes to caffeinated beverages, yes, yes, |
| 0:18.0 | coffee and tea are king. |
| 0:20.1 | Coffee and tea are the most consumed, socially acceptable stimulants in the world. |
| 0:25.0 | Approximately 90% of all adults in the world consume caffeine daily. |
| 0:29.5 | In their natural forms, coffee and tea contains several chemical compounds that may confer both beneficial |
| 0:35.8 | and even some adverse health effects, including caffeine and antioxidants. |
| 0:40.4 | I mean, we know it's popular. |
| 0:41.8 | The United States had an entire tea party regarding its |
| 0:44.2 | popularity and if you get that joke you're either from Boston or you're a geek like |
| 0:47.8 | me so welcome to this week's podcast where we go into and investigate the |
| 0:52.0 | truth behind energy drinks, |
| 0:54.0 | the cousin of coffee and tea that has become so so popular. |
| 0:58.0 | And we're going to go into it and talk about what they contain |
| 1:01.0 | and what are the claims made by the companies that produce them. |
| 1:04.0 | Yes, we know that they may not give you wings to fly, but they may give you diabetes and insomnia. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm Dr. Nakeets Sondpol and let's jump right in. More than 150 million people in the United States drink coffee daily, making it an important |
| 1:30.2 | environmental exposure. We in health care need to understand this. |
| 1:34.0 | Coffee now is preferred over tea in most developing countries, particularly in Europe, |
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