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Despite their popularity, energy drinks have always been painted in a rather negative light, occasionally for pretty good reasons. Not many energy drinks are safe to drink on a regular basis. Most have a lot of sugar, too much caffeine, or other times suspicious additives and ingredients that may be harmful to your health.

According to a study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 8 percent of young people drink energy drinks weekly, 20 percent think that energy drinks are safe drinks for teenagers and 13 percent think that energy drinks are a type of sports drink.

(For comparison, a 12-oz. can of cola contains about 35 mg of caffeine, and an 8-oz. cup of coffee contains about 100 mg.) Energy drinks also may contain other ingredients such as guarana (another source of caffeine sometimes called Brazilian cocoa), sugars, taurine, ginseng, B vitamins, glucuronolactone, yohimbe, carnitine, and bitter orange.

Vitamin overdose Although getting a lot of vitamins may seem like a good thing, this isn鈥檛 necessarily the case. The vitamins typically used in energy drinks are Vitamin B2, B3, B6 and B12, all naturally occurring vitamins that the body requires.