Energy Drinks Are Filled With Sugar And Caffeine .

                              
Energy drinks should be banned from schools amid fears they are equivalent to dangerous drugs. Drinks such as Monster, Red Bull and Relentless combine sugar and caffeine in such high quantities that children are becoming hyperactive and difficult to control
. Manufacturers and retailers have a voluntary ban on the sale of the drinks to children under the age of 16, however there is no law preventing purchases. Some 500ml cans of energy drink contain the equivalent of more than 13 teaspoons of sugar and 160mg of caffeine, which is about the same as in four cans of cola.‘Energy drinks are effectively another form of drugs. a schools public health adviser, said children report feeling sick, shaky and, sometimes, dizzy after downing the drinks.
‘They say the rush that it gave them could be quite scary if you drank it very fast. Britain’s Got Talent judge Sharon Osbourne said she blamed energy drinks for a seizure suffered by her 29-year-old daughter, Kelly, last year. A study published by German researchers in December found that energy drinks packed with caffeine can change the way the heart beats. DM.