Articles Tagged with ''Caffeine''

Healthy people who drank energy drinks high in caffeine and taurine experienced significantly increased heart contraction rates an hour later.

Today’s sports nutrition formulations provide sophisticated ingredients, alone and in combination, for not only athletes and weekend warriors -- but also those engaged in the grueling competition of simply getting through the stressful marathon that is modern living.

Energy beverages used to be one-trick ponies -- fast ponies, but not much else.

After analyzing various cell cultures, researchers from the Duke University School of Medicine found that the caffeine from these beverages stimulated the breakdown of lipids found in the liver.

The risk was more than 50% higher in adults under 55 years old.

While the resulting booze has the flavor of coffee, almost all of the caffeine is removed during the brewing process.

The controversy surrounding energy drinks continues to gather steam, and other energizing foods are getting caught in the wake.

According to the study, caffeine plays the role of a mild antidepressant by enhancing the production of certain neurotransmitters in the brain that include serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline.

The advice, the release notes, is particularly important for children, pregnant and breastfeeding women and women who are planning to become pregnant.

The preliminary findings of research into the effects of energy drinks are creating something of a buzz.