So you have a source on why you believe these are unhealthy?
They're pure sugar water and caffeine. I drink them but do you honestly think there is a chance they are healthy in any possible way?
Is any canned drink "healthy"?
Liquid Death
Ensure/Slim Fast? Probably not a majority of them.
No? I mean it's a decent source of B vitamins and taurine, but cmon.
But I don't think chocolate is healthy and I let my kids have chocolate sundaes sometimes too.
I don't see why teaching my children moderation could ever be seen as bad.
FWIW I don't normally allow my 8 year old to drink pop (friends birthdays are about it) but my 17 year old having a large Starbucks coffee once or twice a week was not a big deal to me.
That all seems reasonable, but none of this was alluded to in your previous comment and it gave the implication that you were suspicious of energy drinks being labeled "unhealthy."
Also I think there are benefits with chocolate. It's the sugary Hersheys type chocolate that is nothing but empty calories.
That's 1/3 less caffeine than in a 16oz iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts, and a large is 32oz.
I'm not arguing to give large coffees to 8 year olds but rather that this isn't as much caffeine as people think it is
One argument I could see is that energy drinks are super sweet and sugary (not to mention cheeper) and on top of that they have bunch of cool flavors. While coffee is more off-putting
coffee is more off-putting
It straight up offends me to concede this point lol
Coffee is ilegal for children in most countries, so thease should be as well, but you have a point.
Where is this true? I've never heard of this and Google fed me nothin
So you have a source on why you believe these are unhealthy?
They're pure sugar water and caffeine. I drink them but do you honestly think there is a chance they are healthy in any possible way?
Is any canned drink "healthy"?
Liquid Death
Ensure/Slim Fast? Probably not a majority of them.
No? I mean it's a decent source of B vitamins and taurine, but cmon.
But I don't think chocolate is healthy and I let my kids have chocolate sundaes sometimes too.
I don't see why teaching my children moderation could ever be seen as bad.
FWIW I don't normally allow my 8 year old to drink pop (friends birthdays are about it) but my 17 year old having a large Starbucks coffee once or twice a week was not a big deal to me.
That all seems reasonable, but none of this was alluded to in your previous comment and it gave the implication that you were suspicious of energy drinks being labeled "unhealthy."
Also I think there are benefits with chocolate. It's the sugary Hersheys type chocolate that is nothing but empty calories.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Energy#Ingredients caffeine, a lot of it.
That's 1/3 less caffeine than in a 16oz iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts, and a large is 32oz.
I'm not arguing to give large coffees to 8 year olds but rather that this isn't as much caffeine as people think it is
One argument I could see is that energy drinks are super sweet and sugary (not to mention cheeper) and on top of that they have bunch of cool flavors. While coffee is more off-putting
It straight up offends me to concede this point lol
Coffee is ilegal for children in most countries, so thease should be as well, but you have a point.
Where is this true? I've never heard of this and Google fed me nothin
I just assumed it is. Maybe it isn't. Idk sorry.