In this experiment we , inspired by several movies, decided to see if energy drinks truely do what they claim. So we jumped into the Nicolemobile (The Blazer) and headed off to good old BigLotts to stock up on some of the lesser known energy drinks. We tested every drink purchased and recorded our findings. (Note: We only drank three energy drinks per human as was the recommended dosage on each can. Some of us, fearing for our very lives, decided to follow the prescribed caffine intake.)
Predictions for the night
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1)Stomachaches
2)Alot of urine
3)Hyper
4)Running around like Jason Statham's Character "Chev Chelios" in the movie "Crank" when he
took too much epinephrine
5)Laughter
6)Day after headaches
(Results at bottom of page, along with Side Effects)
MacGyver's Drinks and Opinions
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Drinks
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1) Ace - Juice + Energy
Price - $.60
Sugars - 26g
Caffine - 250mg
Grade) A
Verdict - Tastes like the orange powder straw things you buy in that huge bag...only in liquid form.
Pretty good.
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2) Bad Boy - Power Drink
Price - $.60
Sugars - 25g
Caffine - None
Grade) C-
Verdict - Kinda tastes like when you mix mountain dew and pepsi at a fast food drink machine
...only flat. Has no aftertaste...strange.
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3)Hooters - Energy Drink (Double D Size)
Price - $.60
Sugars - 27g
Caffine - 110mg
Grade) D-
Verdict - Pretty bad, kinda wished I hadn't saved this one for last. Tastes like if someone
chewed up some bubblegum, then spit their now bubblegum flavored spit into a can. Pretty
bad aftertaste also.
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Total Sugars Consumed - 78g
Total Caffine Consumed - 360mg
Energy? A little for a short amount of time.
Crash? - Never really got jacked up enough for a crash.
Nicole's Drinks and Opinions
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Drinks
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1) Jones - Extra Strength Energy Drink
Price - $.75
Sugars -27g
Caffine - None
Grade) C
Verdict - Tastes like flat coke. Bad aftertaste
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2) RAW Attitude (RAW is ENERGY)
Price - $.60
Sugars - 24g
Caffine - 80mg
Grade) C+
Verdict - Tastes like oranges. Crappy aftertaste.
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3) Euphoric Energy - The Future of Energy
Price - $.60
Sugars - 26g
Caffine - 70mg
Grade) A+
Verdict - Sort of tastes like a cherry and grape
mixture. Good aftertaste. This is some
good shiz-nit.
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Total Sugars Consumed - 77g
Total Caffine Consumed - 150mg
Energy? Not at first but later on for a second.
Crash? - Not really, stayed pretty sleepy the whole time.
Jeremy's Drinks and Opinions
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Drinks
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1) RAW Attitude (RAW is ENERGY)
Price - $.60
Sugars - 24g
Caffine - 80mg
Grade) F
Verdict - Claims it tastes like some form of alcohol.
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2) Red Devil - The Taste of Energy (Really? That's their slogan?)
Price - $.60
Sugars - 31g
Caffine - None
Grade) B
Verdict - Tastes like raspberry, pretty good.
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3) Red Devil - The Taste of Energy (Really? That's their slogan?)
Price - $.60
Sugars - 31g
Caffine - None
Grade) N/A
Verdict - Never made it to the third drink. Gave up.
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Total Sugars Consumed - 55g
Total Caffine Consumed - 80mg
Energy? Yes
Crash? - Wanted to sleep durring the whole experiment. So I guess he was crashing the whole
time.
Tasks results
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1)Do BigLotts energy drinks do their job? Not to the extent of what they claim on their
lables.
2)Do energy drinks really make you crash? Nah not really. They never make you hyper enough
to ever just drain you of your energy.
3)Drink three energy drinks of our choice. Completed? Nicole and I did, Jeremy failed.
4)Go about life as usual - Completed? Yes, didn't really make anyone so jittery or hyper that
we couldn't finish usual daily tasks like cleaning the house, playing with our daughter,
making food, or working on the puters. (Nicole's antidepressant gives her more energy than all three drinks combined)
5)Energy usage - Play AC/DC Rockband. Completed with extra energy? Oh yeah, we were
tearing it up!
Predictions for the night results
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1)Stomachaches - Me and Nicole did, but Jeremy didn't.
2)Alot of urine - Yup, we all had to pee.
3)Hyper - I was a little, Nicole had a little burst of hyper later on, and Jeremy claimed he
couldn't sit still.
4)Running around like Jason Statham's Character Chev Chelios in the movie Crank when he
took too much epinephrine - Jeremy and I did, nicole said she wasn't quite to that point.
5)Laughter - Nicole was pretty giggly, Jermery and myself were only a little laughy.
6)Day after headaches - Nicole and I didn't. (Not even cool enough to give a hangover) However, Jeremy claims to have had an after night headache...hmmmm.
Side effects
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1)Jeremy and I stayed thursty even after our drinks.
2)I felt a little light headed later on.
3)Nicole and I had some crazy rapid heartbeats.
4)Nicole said she could still fall asleep.
5)Nicole started having psychotic episodes of hallucination. (Saw stars on the livingroom
ceiling.)
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