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Logan Paul’s new Energy drink gets the wrong kind of attention

This summer’s hottest ‘energy’ drink, endorsed by a pair of high-profile influencers, contains an alarming amount of caffeine—and it’s marketed directly to teens and kids. Here’s what you should know about the beverage, marketing to kids, caffeine labeling, and Senator Schumer’s call for the FDA to investigate.

Food LabelingJuly 12, 2023Adrienne Crezo
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Can coffee impact your heart rhythm?

Researchersrecruited 100 coffee drinkers without heart rhythm irregularities. (Most typically drank about ½ cup to 3 cups of coffee a day.) For 2 weeks, each participant got a text saying that they should either consume coffee or avoid all caffeine the next day, in random order.

Healthy EatingApril 27, 2023
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5 things to know about lower urinary tract symptoms

More than half of middle-aged and older adults have lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). That can include urinary leakage, urgency, and frequent visits to the bathroom, day or night. Others experience recurrent urinary tract infections or painful kidney stones. Here’s what to know about keeping your urinary tract in shape.

Preventing DiseaseFebruary 23, 2023Bonnie Liebman, MS
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What to know about fending off AFib

Atrial fibrillation—aka AFib or AF—is an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) in the upper chambers (atria) of the heart. In AFib, random irregular electrical signals cause the atria to quiver. So some of the blood stays behind in the atria, which makes the blood more likely to clot. AFib can cause rapid, fluttering, or pounding heartbeats, lightheadedness, extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pain...or no symptoms at all.

Preventing DiseaseJanuary 26, 2022Bonnie Liebman, MS
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Coffee and the risk of irregular heart rhythms

In a study that tracked roughly 386,000 people for 4½ years, drinking coffee wasn’t linked to a higher risk of irregular heart rhythms like atrial fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia.

Preventing DiseaseOctober 21, 2021
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Caffeine

Because caffeine appears to increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, including miscarriages, preterm delivery, stillbirth, and childhood leukemia (and possibly birth defects) and inhibits fetal growth, women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should avoid caffeine.

Food SafetyJanuary 4, 2021
FDA Finally Takes Enforcement Action against Distributors of Deadly Powdered Caffeine

FDA must ban sales of highly concentrated caffeine products

In September 2015, FDA issued enforcement letters to five companies that sold pure, powdered caffeine. While those companies stopped marketing the product, the problem is bigger than those companies.

Food SafetyApril 26, 2016
Petition to Ban the Retail Distribution Of Pure and Highly Concentrated Caffeine Sold in Powder Form as a Dietary Supplement

Petition to Ban the Retail Distribution Of Pure and Highly Concentrated Caffeine Sold in Powder Form as a Dietary Supplement

CSPI thus requests that FDA limit the form in which caffeine is sold to prevent unreasonable risks to adolescents and others from overdoses of caffeine.

Food Safety
And Now Caffeinated Gum?

And Now Caffeinated Gum?

Government AccountabilityApril 29, 2013

New Pepsi Label Incl. Caffeine Content

Caffeine content level of a Pepsi product.

Food Safety
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