Energy Drinks
In the current issue of JAMA(Journal of the American Medical Assn) a commentary gives the overall contemporary view of "energy drinks"
The FDA in November 2010 issued a warning that caffeine is an unsafe additive to alcoholic drinks since there have been deaths occurring with exploring youths looking for the ultimate high
But the article goes on to cite that "high"energy drinks are suspect for deteriorating health regardless of the association with alcohol or not That the potent caffeine drinks are deleterious to health And as typical the matter science evaluated these drinks in numerical fashion as to the amount of caffeine per ounce, citing health problems associated with caffeine
From an energy science view caffeine aggravates all three energy patterns of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha by increasing the mobile, light, and oily qualities Taken excessively this provocation can lead to many chronic health issues
But what about the proverbial "cup of Joe"? Same caffeine but not as much Well, what about all the caffeine in the carbonated cans these days Same deal The addiction to caffeine is a real one And the reason is that the drinks help us go even faster, if we weren't already going too fast as a society already
In a previous blog we treated energy drinks in a similar way JAMA is now doing but from an energy science approach
So what's the bottom line? Green tea is just fine, thank you!
Until tomorrow To health as a Skill Love DrBill
