General Health Information

Increasing consumption of energy drinks containing
high levels of sugar and caffeine may be contributing to our expanding
waistlines, according to new research that could demonstrate damaging for the flourishing energy drinks market.

Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand Professor Elaine
Rush claims
to have discover that an energy drink containing sugar, added caffeine and
guarana causes the body to convert sugar into fat more rapidly than
lemonade.

“These results could have huge
implications when you think about how much sugar and caffeine people
consume these days, and the high rates of inactivity,” Professor Rush
said.

Lemonade and other sodas are already being
blamed by consumer groups for their role in increasing childhood
obesity as many have a high sugar content.

But
energy drinks have previously been exempted from such attention as
their caffeine content was thought to increase metabolism.

Energy Drinks and Obesity