Energy Drinks Are they really that good?

It has come to my attention that Energy drinks which are completely legal to any age most of them at least are really unhealthy. I think just like cigarettes there should be an age limit to where you can start drinking them. That is because kids as young as 12 years old are drinking them and it is ruining their health. Even though yes, it might give them energy for a sporting event but look at this stuff I found well researching what they can do to ones health. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore stated “Many of these drinks do not label the caffeine content," he says, and some energy drinks contain as much caffeine as found in 14 cans of soda. Now you cant tell me that these drinks are not going to do anything to you. I also found that these drinks could cause some to have insomnia, high blood pressure, heart disease, and ulcers to the stomach. Now imagine if a 12 year old is drinking this stuff. There little hearts are already working really hard now think of what it would do if they put this in there body it could lead to them having a heart attack. Another thing that I thought was crazy and could not believe could happen is that Energy Drinks can indeed cause a women to have a miscarriage during pregnancy. So, with all that said I think that is why they should but age limits on all highly caffeinated beverages do to how many things can go wrong while drinking them. Even though they do give you a lot of energy to do what ever you may need to do but think next time you drink one do you really want to do this to your body?

Sources:

http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20080924/energy-drinks-hazardous-to-your-health

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/energy-drinks-health-concerns.html