monster energy drink...pros and cons?

[Schizm Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Schizm]

during the summer,one of friends introduced me to monster energy drinks.

at first I was pretty sceptical about the whole "energy drink" thing but I gave it a try anyway and found out it tasted really good!
so we started drinking a can each whenever we went out to town.

I had a look at the ingridients and it says caffeine 0.03% which is rather low in my opinion and for something that tasted that good,I didn't think it could have other sideeffects other than keeping you awake at night.

till recently

I don't know...I kinda find myself wanting to drink a can to keep my spirits up or something just because I like the taste so much but since it's loaded with things I've never heard before,I also try to avoid it so I limit myself to a can per week,maximum 2 cans per week.

I started searching around and it seems that the sideffects could be disastrous....they're even investigating deaths because people drank too much for crying out loud

and then there are not so severe cases where people really do end up with less than they started with...caffeine addiction being the lesser sideffect here.

now,I'm 22 at the moment and I hate the very taste of coffee in my mouth,I can't understand why people continue to drink something that tastes so awful and so bitter so I'd rather not get myself addicted to caffeine through energy drinks -.-

what do you guys think of the monster energy drink specifically?
good? bad?
any articles you can come up with for me to read up?

I'd also like to state that I only drink it just because it tastes soooooo nice and so much different from everything else...I'm full of energy with or without energy drinks

oh and I only drink the "ripper" and "lo-carb" versions of monster drink once or maximum twice a week

[Toadstool Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Toadstool]

I believe they're full of aspartame, which is a carcinogen.
It also leads to a carb-craving so it may lead to weight gain indirectly.

I don't drink them. Ever. Those energy drinks are garbage for your health.

[namsokiek Banned Find all posts View Profile Close namsokiek]

anti-gravity nitrous Monsters are the best; however they come in smaller cans for a reason.

It is easy to become addicted to some of the things in those drinks so you need to be careful. I get the damnedest headaches if I'm drinking frequently (one a day for a week or so) and then take a day off. This usually happens if I'm on the road and driving a lot.

One quick way to flush caffeine from your system and reduce the withdrawal effects (headaches and irritability) is to drink orange juice or other natural forms of vitamin C. This can cut withdrawal effects from a week to 1-2 days. The negative of this is that vitamin C is also a diuretic, which if you take too much you'll be running to the bathroom. In my opinion, loose stool is an acceptable trade-off for 4 fewer days of caffeine withdrawal headaches.

[MrBigDick Retired ModeratorPEGym Hero Find all posts View Profile Close MrBigDick]

I believe they're full of aspartame, which is a carcinogen.
It also leads to a carb-craving so it may lead to weight gain indirectly.

I don't drink them. Ever. Those energy drinks are garbage for your health.

Exactly.....

[Toadstool Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Toadstool]

Caffeine is good for your body, in smaller doses. Don't run from caffeine, but rather seek to moderate it, or get it from a variety of natural sources such as coffee, and teas.
Green tea is especially good because the caffeine found in it is different than the caffeine found in coffee. In green tea, there is a slower release of it into your system so you never experience any huge highs or lows.