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It's taurine and imo it should go on the headline.
The whole thing is clickbaity, they conclude that there's nothing to worry about.
The study is about how the body produces taurine and the leukamia feeds on that.
The article title and it's contents are bullshit. It gets to the one line of truth where it states there's no link that tourine from energy drinks makes the cancer grow more, or causes cancer.
The entire thing is that tourine (naturally made in your body) is used by leukemia cancer cells as a fuel source, and that preventing tourine from going into the cancer cells halts its growth.
aint it the core ingredient?
Yep, with the mg content prominently advertised on the can along with caffeine
Yes:
Ingredients for Monster Original Energy Drink,16 oz Monster Original Energy Drink,16 oz Ingredients
Carbonated Water, Sugar, Glucose, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors, Taurine, Sodium Citrate, Color Added, Panax Ginseng Extract, L-carnitine L-tartrate, Caffeine, Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Benzoic Acid (Preservative), Niacinamide (Vit. B3), Sucralose, Salt, D-glucuronolactone, Inositol, Guarana Extract, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vit. B6), Riboflavin (Vit. B2), Maltodextrin, Cyanocobalamin (Vit. B12).
I love when I read through ingredients and see sugar in various forms. "this has water, sugar, sugar, citric acid, more stuff, ohh and did I mention sugar"
welp... we got like 2 generation of heavy users.
UnitedHealth prolly already figure how to use this to raise the rates.
Thank you.
Man I remember there was an iPhone jailbreak called Taurine