Energy Drinks
Composition, Consumption, and Cautions
- 1st Edition - March 17, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: John Higgins, Joshua D. Hahn
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 8 0 3 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 8 0 4 - 1
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Request a sales quoteAfter reports of adverse events associated with energy drink consumption, including trouble sleeping, anxiety, cardiovascular events, seizures, and even death, concerns have been raised about their safety and efficacy. Energy Drinks: Composition, Consumption, and Cautions will focus on these popular beverages, their composition, ingredients, consumption patterns, performance-enhancing effects, and their potential negative side effects and health risks. This book will go on to make recommendations that call for education, regulatory actions, changes in marketing, and additional research.
The research about energy drink safety and efficacy is often contradictory, and much of the available literature is industry sponsored. This book will offer a single, unbiased, up-to-date resource for researchers, healthcare providers, and industry regulators to understand the full scope of energy drinks and their associated health risks.
- Covers the composition, varieties, and ingredients of energy drinks
- Details the performance-enhancing effects, as well as the adverse effects associated with energy drinks
- Educates readers on safe consumption and makes safety recommendations for beverage producers and government regulators
Healthcare providers, Researchers in food and beverage science, Policy makers and regulators in the food and beverage space, Exercise physiologists and personal trainers
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. What are energy drinks?
- Abstract
- What are energy drinks?
- History of development of energy drinks
- Energy drink ingredients and their real or purported benefits
- References
- Chapter 3. How are sports drinks and soft drinks different from energy drinks?
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Historical evolution
- Ingredients and formulation
- Health and wellness
- Caffeine and performance
- Regulations and controversies
- Innovation in the industry
- References
- Chapter 4. Demographics and consumption patterns
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Marketing strategies
- Healthcare personnel
- Young people
- References
- Chapter 5. Marketing and economics of energy drinks
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Region-wise insights
- Leading brands and marketing metrics comparison
- Brand strategies
- Recent developments in energy drinks market
- Concerns and challenges
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6. What are energy shots?
- Abstract
- Introduction: the emergence of energy shots from successful marketing of energy drinks
- What do energy shots typically contain?
- Regulatory status of energy shots
- Consumption patterns associated with energy shots
- Evidence for enhanced performance effects from energy shots
- Adverse events associated with energy shots
- Discussion
- Key takeaways for consumers
- Disclosures
- References
- Chapter 7. Composition of energy drinks
- Abstract
- Aluminum can liner
- Aluminum can
- Carbonated water
- Sugar
- Artificial sweeteners
- Citric acid, sodium citrate
- Taurine
- Caffeine
- L-Carnitine
- Glucuronolactone
- Sodium, sodium bicarbonate, magnesium carbonate, or monopotassium phosphate
- Sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, benzoic acid, potassium benzoate
- Ginseng, guarana, milk thistle, Brainberry Aronia fruit extract
- Natural flavors, artificial flavors
- Colors
- B vitamins (B2, B3, B5, B6, B8, B12)
- Thickening agent
- Proprietary compounds
- References
- Chapter 8. Unpacking the impacts of caffeine containing energy drinks on athletic performance
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Considerations in the study of energy drinks for performance enhancement performance
- Energy drink ingredients and performance enhancement
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 9. Cautions: noncardiovascular adverse effects associated with energy drinks
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10. Cautions: cardiovascular adverse effects associated with energy drinks
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Noted cardiovascular adverse effects and physiological mechanisms
- Breakdown of energy drink ingredients: cardiovascular pharmacologic/physiologic effects of various substances
- Chronic cardiovascular concerns with regular energy drink consumption
- Confounding factors associated with energy drink consumption and cardiovascular pathology
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11. Cautions: the rising public health issue of energy drinks
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Potential harms of energy drink consumption by young people[FF1]
- Rapidly growing energy drink sales, consumption, and marketing efforts
- Regulatory options
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 12. Recommendations for consumption
- Abstract
- General recommendations
- Special populations
- References
- Chapter 13. Conclusion
- Abstract
- Introduction
- What are energy drinks?
- How are sports and soft drinks different from energy drinks?
- Demographics and consumption patterns
- Marketing and economics of energy drinks
- What are energy shots?
- Composition of energy drinks
- Performance effects of energy drinks
- Cautions: noncardiovascular adverse effects associated with energy drinks
- Cautions: cardiovascular adverse effects associated with energy drinks
- Cautions: the rising public health issue of energy drinks
- Recommendations on consumption
- Book summary
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 17, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 246
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443138034
- eBook ISBN: 9780443138041
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John Higgins
Dr. John Higgins is a Harvard-trained cardiologist who is passionate about treating patients and engaging in community outreach to advocate for a heart-healthy lifestyle. He is frequently featured on various television and radio interviews and is an 8-time winner of the UT system Dean’s Teaching Award. His research includes (1) Screening athletes (2) Energy drinks (3) Smartphone Apps & Activity Trackers (4) Teaching young children first-aid. John is the author of three books for those practicing or interested in the medical field, including Cardiology Clinical Questions published by McGraw Hill, Smartphone Apps for Health and Wellness published by Elsevier, as well as the children’s picture book series Marvelous Maxx
Affiliations and expertise
McGovern Medical School, USAJH
Joshua D. Hahn
Dr. Joshua Hahn is a Fellow of Cardiovascular Medicine at UT Health and the McGovern Medical School. He attended medical school at Texas Tech and completed his residency at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Hahn plans to practice as an interventional cardiologist at the end of his fellowship in 2025. He has published over a dozen papers in a variety of medical journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Joshua Hahn, Cardiovascular Medicine - McGovern Medical School, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USARead Energy Drinks on ScienceDirect