Energy Drinks: Composition, Consumption and Cautions

After reports of adverse events associated with energy drink consumption, including trouble sleeping, anxiety, cardiovascular events, seizures, and even death, concerns have been raised about their safety and efficacy. Energy Drinks: Composition, Consumption, and Cautions will focus on these popular beverages, their composition, ingredients, consumption patterns, performance-enhancing effects, and their potential negative side effects and health risks. This book will go on to make recommendations that call for education, regulatory actions, changes in marketing, and additional research.

The research about energy drink safety and efficacy is often contradictory, and much of the available literature is industry sponsored. This book will offer a single, unbiased, up-to-date resource for researchers, healthcare providers, and industry regulators to understand the full scope of energy drinks and their associated health risks.

• Covers the composition, varieties, and ingredients of energy drinks
• Details the performance-enhancing effects, as well as the adverse effects associated with energy drinks
• Educates readers on safe consumption and makes safety recommendations for beverage producers and government regulators

Dr. John Higgins is a Harvard-trained cardiologist who is passionate about treating patients and engaging in community outreach to advocate for a heart-healthy lifestyle. He is frequently featured on various television and radio interviews and is an 8-time winner of the UT system Dean’s Teaching Award. His research includes (1) Screening athletes (2) Energy drinks (3) Smartphone Apps & Activity Trackers (4) Teaching young children first-aid. John is the author of three books for those practicing or interested in the medical field, including Cardiology Clinical Questions published by McGraw Hill, Smartphone Apps for Health and Wellness published by Elsevier, as well as the children’s picture book series Marvelous Maxx

Dr. Joshua Hahn is a Fellow of Cardiovascular Medicine at UT Health and the McGovern Medical School. He attended medical school at Texas Tech and completed his residency at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Hahn plans to practice as an interventional cardiologist at the end of his fellowship in 2025. He has published over a dozen papers in a variety of medical journals.