Comments on: Alcohol Caffine Drinks – Health Warnings http://www.blood-pressure-monitoring.org/blog/alcohol-caffine-drinks-health-warnings/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alcohol-caffine-drinks-health-warnings Take Control Of Your Blood Pressure Improve Your Health Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:00:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: joey http://www.blood-pressure-monitoring.org/blog/alcohol-caffine-drinks-health-warnings/comment-page-1/#comment-70 joey Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:07:10 +0000 http://www.blood-pressure-monitoring.org/blog/?p=125#comment-70 In trying to go after the “alcopops” they swept a lot of things into the dustbin which don’t ad caffeine. Things like p.i.n.k. Kahlua, Godiva chocolate liquor, tea flavored alcohols… all of these things have flavor additives that can break down into caffeine. The study used to justify the FDA’s action didn’t even deal with caffeinate alcohol drinks! It only looked at non-alcoholic energy drinks mixed with cheap alcohol on college campuses. Moreover, it didn’t show that mixing an energy drink resulted in “high-risk” behavior… only that students who drink and have high-risk behavior tried mixing alcohol and energy drinks in the past month. In trying to go after the “alcopops” they swept a lot of things into the dustbin which don’t ad caffeine. Things like p.i.n.k. Kahlua, Godiva chocolate liquor, tea flavored alcohols… all of these things have flavor additives that can break down into caffeine.

The study used to justify the FDA’s action didn’t even deal with caffeinate alcohol drinks! It only looked at non-alcoholic energy drinks mixed with cheap alcohol on college campuses. Moreover, it didn’t show that mixing an energy drink resulted in “high-risk” behavior… only that students who drink and have high-risk behavior tried mixing alcohol and energy drinks in the past month.

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