CNN - Most children and adolescents do not need sports drinks according to a clinical report published in the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The report also finds that energy drinks are never appropriate for children or teenagers– water should be the primary beverage choice "Some kids are drinking energy drinks – containing large amounts of caffeine – when their goal is simply to rehydrate after exercise,” she said. “This means they are ingesting large amounts of caffeine and other stimulants, which can be dangerous.”
Shocking, you mean kids, with enough energy to power a small metropolitan city, don't need additional energy via energy drinks? And parents should indulge their children with energy drinks containing 14x the amount of caffeine in your average coca-cola? Just astounding.
What I find really weird is that the average parent would be taken a-back if I offered their kid a cup of coffee for breakfast, but so many are willing to keep a case of energy drinks readily available in the fridge. It's the same frigen thing. Yea little Timmy won't scald his throat with that can of redbull, but he'll still keep you up until 3 watching Dora the Explorer all the same.
The fact that it took a medical study to come to this determination is appalling. I'd ask the researchers one question: Have you ever observed your average 3-10 year old? Kids can't sit still if you pay them. Kids literally jump up and down and run in circles for entertainment because they don't know what to do with themselves. No shit they don't need energy drinks, and up until today I was fairly certain the blood of young children was a main ingredient in energy drinks. I mean how else do these things work?
