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Red Bull
Can anyone help, I'm concerned at the amount of Red Bull my bf is drinking...he has a can every morning. He says he drinks it every day cause it's good for you, and apparantly on the advert they say "Red bull gives you wings" is this true or is he just being sucked in by the advertising????????
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I think most of its apparent effects are due to people's imaginations...
There have been some deaths in Sweden about three years ago, that got into the news as the victims were drinking Red Bull just before their deaths.
As fas as I know a connection has never been proved.
But even if it is not bad for you, I really can't imagine it being particularly good!
I wouldn't say one can a day is outrageous, I often work late nights and used to drink a lot of a much cheaper energy drink that was pretty similar, but I would recommend he change to strong coffee as a cheaper and more conventional alternative. The adverts do say Red Bull give you wings, but obviously this isn't true.
In all fairness none of these answers give you much guidance. The Energy in Red Bull is derived from caffeine - which in this form is quite unnatural. If he is after something that is more "natural" but still does the job tell him to drink Lucozade Energy.
The energy in Lucozade is natural glucose which both the brain and body absorb in a much quiker way.