With the abundance of energy/ vitamin drinks to choose from, combined with an emphasis on lower calories, more and more individuals are focusing on their daily sugar intake before consuming these drinks. With this consideration, this application highlights both the LC separation of various sugars and erythritol (sugar alcohol) as well as the analysis of these components in a selection of three ...

The consumption of specific functional foods (FF) and some determinants of FF item selection were assessed using a questionnaire administered to 1112 individuals in the Canary Islands (Spain). Food items considered were Milk products: easily digestible milk (or milk low in lactose), milk enriched with vitamins and/or minerals, skimmed milk with soluble fiber, milk with royal jelly, milk with mo...

The nature of caffeine reveals that it is a bitter white crystalline alkaloid. It is a common ingredient in a variety of drinks (soft and energy drinks) and is also used in combination with various medicines. In order to maintain the optimum level of caffeine, various spectrophotometric methods have been developed. The monitoring of caffeine is very important aspect because of its consumption i...

BACKGROUND A new web-based food frequency questionnaire (the ASSO-FFQ) was developed within the ASSO Project funded by the Italian Ministry of Health. OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study is to assess the validity of the ASSO-FFQ at food groups, energy, and nutrients level. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS The validation study compared the ASSO-FFQ against a weighted food record (WFR) measuring foods,...

OBJECTIVE To examine energy drink consumption and its association with demographic characteristics, drug use, and injury among adolescents. METHODS Data on 4,342 adolescents were derived from the 2011 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey, a province-wide school-based survey of students in grades 7 through 12. The survey was based on a two-stage cluster design and analyses include approp...

Background: Energy drinks are promoted for their stimulant effects including increased attention, performance and endurance. However, recent reports have raised concerns about their use in children and youth. Case presentation: In this case report I describe a case of a young man with no previous psychiatric history who was involuntarily hospitalized for severe manic symptoms following the heav...

Recently, we had a 21-year-old patient admitted for severe anxiety, resting tremor, and chest pain. An assessment revealed that the young man had consumed multiple caffeinated energy drinks and shots with alcohol. Caffeine toxicity was the discharge diagnosis and intoxication. All other drug screens were negative. I was surprised how significant the symptoms were. Based on reports from the pati...

The increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases from year to is related the consumption food and drinks. Drinks are anything that can be consumed quench thirst, usually in liquid form. Instant noodles types contain high fat sodium, while processed foods (meat, chicken, fish) a lot harmful additives. purpose this study was describe water, sweet drinks, soft drinks/carbonated energy instan...