An evaluation of a caffeinated taurine drink on mood, memory and information processing in healthy volunteers without caffeine abstinence

Warburton, David M.; Bersellini, Elisabetta; Sweeney, Eve

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“…5 A study of 12-to 17-year-olds revealed that boys found caffeinated soda more reinforcing than did girls regardless of usual caffeine consumption. 72 Some studies of adults revealed improved mental alertness, reaction times, and concentration with energy drinks 59,74 ; others revealed no improvement compared with caffeine or glucose alone. 73 One study of 14 young adults compared a complete energy drink mixture to the glucose fraction, the caffeine fraction, and the herbal fraction.…”

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Health Effects of Energy Drinks on Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults

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"poison control center" to identify articles related to energy drinks. Manufacturer Web sites were reviewed for product information. RESULTS:According to self-report surveys, energy drinks are consumed by 30% to 50% of adolescents and young adults. Frequently containing high and unregulated amounts of caffeine, these drinks have been reported in association with serious adverse effects, especially in children, adolescents, and young adults with seizures, diabetes, cardiac abnormalities, or mood and behavioral disorders or those who take certain medications. Of the 5448 US caffeine overdoses reported in 2007, 46% occurred in those younger than 19 years. Several countries and states have debated or restricted energy drink sales and advertising. CONCLUSIONS:Energy drinks have no therapeutic benefit, and many ingredients are understudied and not regulated. The known and unknown pharmacology of agents included in such drinks, combined with reports of toxicity, raises concern for potentially serious adverse effects in association with energy drink use. In the short-term, pediatricians need to be aware of the possible effects of energy drinks in vulnerable populations and screen for consumption to educate families. Long-term research should aim to understand the effects in at-risk populations. Toxicity surveillance should be improved, and regulations of energy drink sales and consumption should be based on appropriate research.

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Health Effects of Energy Drinks on Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults

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“…(44) A number of studies have examined the behavioral effects of energy drinks containing caffeine, glucose, taurine, and vitamins amongst its components. These studies found improvements in aerobic and anaerobic cycling performance, (37) attention performance and/or reaction time tasks, (37,45) afternoon driving performance, (46) and different indices of alertness. (37,45,46) Smit and Roger compared the behavioral effects of two tailor-made energy drinks with a still water and no treatment conditions.…”

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Energy Drink Consumption : Beneficial and Adverse Health Effects

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Consumption of energy drinks has been increasing dramatically in the last two decades, particularly amongst adolescents and young adults. Energy drinks are aggressively marketed with the claim that these products give an energy boost to improve physical and cognitive performance. However, studies supporting these claims are limited. In fact, several adverse health effects have been related to energy drink; this has raised the question of whether these beverages are safe. This review was carried out to identify and discuss the published articles that examined the beneficial and adverse health effects related to energy drink. It is concluded that although energy drink may have beneficial effects on physical performance, these products also have possible detrimental health consequences. Marketing of energy drinks should be limited or forbidden until independent research confirms their safety, particularly among adolescents. Disclosure of benefit:This work was not supported by any drug or commercial company. Manufacturers recently have shifted their consumer focus from athletes to young people. Energy drinks are aggressively marketed in places popular with teens and young adults. Approximately, two thirds of energy drink consumers are 13-35 years old, and boys are two thirds of the market. (4) In the U.S., energy drinks are the second most common dietary supplement used by young people; about 30% consume energy drinks on a regular basis. (5) The popularity of energy drinks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not seem to differ from other parts of the world. Around half of the Saudi University students who participated in a survey admitted to regular consumption of energy. (6) Energy drinks are designed to give an "energy boost" to the drinker by a combination of stimulants and energy boosters. The major constituent in most energy drinks is caffeine. They usually contain 80-150 mg of caffeine per 8 ounces, which is equivalent to 5 ounces of coffee or two 12-ounce cans of caffeinated soda. (7) Most of the brands on the market contain large amounts of glucose while some brands offer artificially sweetened versions. Other commonly used constituents are taurine, methylxanthines, vitamin B, ginseng, guarana, yerba mate, acai, maltodextrin, inositol, carnitine, creatine, glucuronolactone, and ginkgo biloba. CorrespondenceCurrently, significant concerns have been raised about the safety of these products. There have been several reports that showed adverse health effects associated with energy drink. Despite this, manufactures of energy drinks claim these products are suitable for consumers

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“…Despite accumulation of findings on the relationship between taurine and synaptic plasticity by electrophysiological studies, the effect of taurine on learning and memory at the behavior level is complicated. Studies of acute administration of taurine indicate that it has no effect on humans [1,20] and mice [15], whereas studies investigating the subacute or chronic effect of taurine, often taken exogenously in food supplements on a daily basis, are still controversial. Sanberg and Fibiger reported that taurine impaired memory functions [16].…”

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The Effect of Subacute Supplementation of Taurine on Spatial Learning and Memory

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Abstract:Although the effect of taurine on the heart and liver is well studied, there has been no direct observation concerning the effect of taurine on spatial learning and memory at the behavior level. In this study, we tested the effect of subacute taurine supplementation with evaluation by the Morris water maze method. Although swim distance to find the platform of taurine-supplemented rats was significantly longer than that of control rats due to increase of swimming velocity, escape latency and the efficacy of learning and memory was comparable in both groups. These results suggest that taurine supplemented orally does not affect the learning and memory function. Taurine, 2-aminoethylsulfonic acid, is widely distributed throughout the body including the liver and heart. The roles of endogenous taurine in the liver and heart are to increase bile acid secretion by forming bile acid conjugate [2] and regulate Ca 2+ kinetics to protect and improve the heart function [17], respectively. In the brain, taurine is also abundant, especially in the hippocampus, and modulates synaptic transmission as an inhibitory neuromodulator interacting with g-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA A ) or glycine receptors [9,22]. Recent electrophysiological studies using rat brain preparations, however, have shown that taurine application induced long-lasting synaptic potentiation [3,6]. The features of this taurine-induced synaptic potentiation are similar to those of long-term potentiation (LTP) [4,19], which is a typical example of synaptic plasticity, and is thought to be a basic model for learning and memory [8], indicating that taurine is likely to be involved in learning and memory. Despite accumulation of findings on the relationship between taurine and synaptic plasticity by electrophysiological studies, the effect of taurine on learning and memory at the behavior level is complicated. Studies of acute administration of taurine indicate that it has no effect on humans [1,20] and mice [15], whereas studies investigating the subacute or chronic effect of taurine, often taken exogenously in food supplements on a daily basis, are still controversial. Sanberg and Fibiger reported that taurine impaired memory functions [16]. On the other hand, El Idrissi reported that taurine improved learning and retention in aged mice [5]. In these conflicting studies, the passive avoidance test was adopted to -Note-

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An evaluation of a caffeinated taurine drink on mood, memory and information processing in healthy volunteers without caffeine abstinence

Abstract: Moderate doses of caffeine and taurine can improve information processing in individuals who could not have been in caffeine withdrawal.

Cited by 150 publications

References 31 publications

Health Effects of Energy Drinks on Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults

Health Effects of Energy Drinks on Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults

Energy Drink Consumption : Beneficial and Adverse Health Effects

The Effect of Subacute Supplementation of Taurine on Spatial Learning and Memory

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