"Once again, the media never let the facts get in the way of selling a story. The caffeine content in a can of Red Bull is 80 milligrams. A brewed cup of coffee (6-8 ounces) has 100 milligrams of caffeine. So you'd easily get more caffeine from 3 or 4 good espressos than even 10 cans of Red bull. People sitting in cafes across the world are not dropping dead.
Taurine is a sulfur containing nonessential amino acid formed from methionine within the body. It is actually one of he most abundant free form amino acid in human milk. Since 1984 taurine has been added to infant formulations, which suggests as a single amino acid it must be safe and plays a vital role in growth and metabolism.
Dietary sources of taurine occur in animal foods, it is virtually nonexistent in plant foods. The "massive" dose of taurine in one can of Red Bull that every one is concerned about is 1 gram. That's right, one lousy, freakin gram!
You can not tell me that your average 200 pound bodybuilder that easily consumes over 400 grams of animal protein every single day, would not have a higher intake of taurine! Come on! Where do these people get their information? I suppose you don't have to have a long neck to be a goose!
Combining taurine and caffeine with large amounts of alcohol may be a different story. However, this caffeine, high protein/taurine and alcohol mix has surely been replicated in various other dietary circumstances by many hundreds of thousands of people all over the planet at some stage. Have there been deaths reported previously documenting this cocktail?
Am I the only one that has to point out the obvious?
Where and by whom are these large amounts of Red Bull drinks consumed? Where had each of these people been previously before their deaths? Rave parties!
Now, what's the other little thing that people like to pop at rave parties?
But adding this to equation of these unfortunate deaths makes too much sense doesn't it? And grieving, angry family members of those that died, desperately want someone or something to blame. No body would like to hear that their little angle liked popping street drugs on weekends."
