You may have seen some news coverage this week on energy drinks and heart health. However, we here at Sip & Savor wanted to make sure you saw the most important story on the topic - one that takes on the issue of caffeine in energy drinks versus the amounts found in coffee. From Forbes:

"Research by radiologists at the University of Bonn finds that caffeine in energy drinks has cardiovascular effects similar to those of caffeine in other beverages. That’s not terribly surprising, but it is bound to be seen in a sinister light given the media-driven scare about these products, especially because one of the researchers incorrectly states that energy drinks contain more caffeine than coffee does. ...

The implication is pretty clear: Energy drinks pose a potentially deadly threat because they contain so much caffeine. Yet the drinks that Dorner and his colleagues gave their 18 subjects contained 32 milligrams of caffeine per 100 milliliters, compared to 76 milligrams per 100 milliliters for Starbucks coffee. So Starbucks coffee contains more than twice as much caffeine per milliliter as energy drinks, as opposed to one-third as much, as Dorner suggests. That’s a pretty big mistake—and one that is likely to be repeated in future coverage of this issue because it jibes with the attention-grabbing claim that energy drinks are more dangerous than other caffeinated beverages. ...

In other words, this study does not document any harmful or lasting effects from consuming energy drinks. And if caffeine poses a risk to people with heart disease, that risk presumably would be greater in the case of coffee, which supplies a bigger dose. If the caffeine in coffee does not scare you, there is no reason, aside from alarmist press coverage, why the caffeine in energy drinks should."

To read the article in its entirety, click here. To read more about energy drinks and their ingredients, visit energydrinkinformation.com.