1. By: JP Weber and Brian Meso

2. What is the mineral in Monster that has the biggest negative effect on the human body? There are about 60 different minerals in Monster, but one stands out in particular. This mineral is called Taurine. There are 1000mg in Monster of this mineral. If this mineral is consumed too much it is proved to be able to cause heart failure. All in all though, any mineral that has as big as portions as this can be dangerous.

3. What is the mineral in Red Bull that has the biggest negative effect on the human body? Red Bull is a little different than Monster. There are much less minerals in Red Bull than there are in Monster, but the minerals are a little more dangerous to health in Red Bull than Monster. The leading mineral is 111mg of Caffeine. This a lot of Caffeine and Caffeine can easily cause heart problems or Kidney Failure if consumed too much. If you ever wondered why Red Bull bottles are much smaller than Monster bottles, it is because of the more health damaging minerals in Red Bull.

4. Are energy drinks more threatening to adults or children? Why? Energy drinks can be dangerous to everyone, but children are affected more as you may have expected. The minerals in energy drinks are pretty dangerous alone to begin with, but when they are all put together is when they really can cause medical concern. Children are all constantly growing, and this mixture of minerals affects growth plates. Adults are always done growing by a certain age so this may not be a concern for them. However, having a Red Bull or Monster "every once in awhile" will not cause any health problems even with children. It becomes an issue when constantly consumed.

5. Of the three main energy drinks Monster, Red Bull, and Rockstar, which one has the most problem causing minerals and what exactly do these minerals do to the human body? As you may have guessed, Red Bull would get the edge on being more mineral concentrated than the other main two. The main minerals in Red Bull are Caffeine and Sodium. The caffeine can cause heart problems and the Sodium can cause poisoning in your blood if drunk too much as that would happen with Salt Water. Red Bull however is scale sized so it is equivalent in levels of "unhealthiness" than all the other energy drinks.

6. What is the main problem in energy drinks that really cause a human body to experience hardship? The main problem is the combination of all the unhealthy minerals in energy drinks including Caffeine that can cause Heart Failure or Taurine in which can cause Stunted Growth.

7. Do energy drinks have similar minerals as Soda or even Alcohol? Can the minerals in energy drinks be more of a problem to the human body than the other two beverages mentioned? The minerals in energy drinks are the aim as soda for the most part, but have a little more minerals and are much more concentrated. For instance, there is much more Caffeine in Red Bull than there is in Coca Cola. They are much more healthy threatening in Red Bull and Monster than Coca Cola and other Sodas. The minerals in energy drinks are almost the exact opposite on what is in Alcohol meaning they both have many different minerals. The are both dangerous in their own way though. Alcohol causes intoxication when Red Bull and Monster do not, just extreme hyper-ness. If you were the drink 5 beers you would not die as an adult, but if you drink 5 energy drinks you would have almost no chance of survival if all consumed fight after each other. It is basically opinion-based on which one is more deadly, and I think it is alcohol because it is drunk more than energy drinks and it is much more common.

8. How many Monster and Red Bull energy drinks would it take to kill an average healthy human being? The number has been said to be 3 Monster Drinks and maybe 4 at the maximum. Red Bull is the same because of it's scaled size due to Caffeine purposes so if Red Bull were to be the size of Monster energy drinks it has been said 2 Red Bulls could kill an average healthy adult. What happens is the extreme levels of Minerals would eventually mix together and your body would not be able to fight them off. Stunted growth in children is more cause by having an energy drink once every day when having maybe 3 at the same time can cause heart failure or another way of death.

9. Have people died by drinking Red Bull in the past? About 5,000 people have been killed by drinking too much Red Bull. This is the leading energy drink that causes death, but is also the energy drink bought the most often. Most of them have Heart Attacks and even in some cases Brain Failure or Kidney Failure.

10. Have protestors ever tried to stop the selling of energy drinks to teens and even try to get them out of the market? Were they successful? There are many attempts made by the media to try and stop this but almost none have ever made it into actual advertisement. The thing is, no matter how young someone is if they walked into a Gas Station and asked for a Red Bull or other energy drink they would have to be served because it is not against the law. So in shorter terms, the protestors were and continue to not be successful in their mission to get teens to stop having energy drinks.

11. What drew the attention to energy drinks as being deemed to be very unhealthy? Was the gathered information due to people having troubles with health themselves? Energy drinks became negatively thought of by some people due to other peoples past experiences of stunted growth, chest pains, extreme migraines, and even death. Doctors would find out what caused the death and Scientists then began to really dig into what makes energy drinks really unhealthy and what they found was surprising (many dangerous minerals).

12. Are energy drinks tasty due to dangerous minerals, or are the minerals in energy drinks that are harmful in disguise (meaning they have no taste)? The taste comes from the ingredients of whatever flavor it is meaning limes if it is lime soda for example. What is harmful to the human body such as Caffeine and Taurine are tasteless.

13. Is Monster or Red Bull concentrated with more Taurine? Monster is a bit more concentrated with Taurine than Red Bull is.

14. Is Monster or Red Bull concentrated with more Caffeine? Red Bull is extremely more Caffeine concentrated than Monster.

15. Red Bull and Monster being equally recognized, what causes Rockstar and other energy drinks to be more in the shadows? Is this due to it being less healthy or just coincidental purposes? This is not at all caused by them being less healthy. I would not be surprised if there was an energy drink out there that not many people know about that is more unhealthy than the 2/3 main ones. If it was due to being less healthy than none of the energy drinks would be recognized. It is because the other ones don't really sponsor any sports or anything so they are much less popular. An example of an energy drink not really recognized is Verve even though it has the most ambit of minerals in it. The three main ones have more people working in their fields and have a more organized and wealthy corporation/company.

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