JHU Caffeine Experts Call for Warning Labels for Energy Drinks

Johns Hopkins scientists who have spent decades researching the effects of caffeine report that a slew of caffeinated energy drinks now on the market should carry prominent labels that note caffeine doses and warn of potential health risks for consumers. "The caffeine content of energy drinks varies over a 10-fold range, with some containing the equivalent of 14 cans of Coca-Cola, yet the caffeine amounts are often unlabeled, and few include warnings about the potential health risks of caffeine intoxication," said Roland Griffiths, one of the authors of the article that appears in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence this month.

By johns Hopkins University, USA.

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