• The Assman@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    52·
    7 months ago

    If you’re deciding solely on cost just buy a bottle of caffeine pills from your pharmacy. A 100 count bottle of 200mg pure caffeine (well, plus cellulose or whatever holds the pill together) costs me like $20. Now do the math on 100 red bulls.

    • No_@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      7 months ago

      I mean, no one who buys energy drinks does it only for the caffeine. I’m just saying there’s little difference between a redbull and a generic energy drink.

      • Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        Most people who are addicted to drinks like Monster do so because of vitamin B12 defficiency, the drink is their main source of it.

        • Vilian@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago

          include meat, clams, liver, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy products.

          these people buy monster instead of eggs or meat wtf

            • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              3·
              7 months ago

              Some are just alcoholics too. Alcohol reduces your ability to absorb Vitamin B, so they need to supplement it. If you pay attention you will notice heavy drinkers tend to consume a lot of beef, slam energy drinks or both.

          • Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            7 months ago

            https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8780606/

            The relative prevalence and average amounts of the top ingredients were as follows: caffeine (100%; 174.4 ± 81.1 mg), vitamin B6 (72%; 366.9 ± 648.1 percent daily value (%DV)), vitamin B3 (67%; 121.44 ± 69.9% DV), vitamin B12 (67%; 5244.5 ± 10,474.6% DV), vitamin B5 (37.3%; 113.6 ± 76.6% DV), and taurine (37.3%; amounts undisclosed). Conclusions: Our findings suggest a high prevalence of caffeine and B-vitamins in these energy products, with many of the formulations containing well above the recommended daily value of B-vitamins.