Dear Wazuans,

Do you agree with the advert that is being run on air at the moment that VITA 500 is an equivalent of eating 80 oranges i highly doubt

The thing sounds over exagerated any doctor around to advise??

what is the difference ?

Fanya research internet on these energy drinks and stay safe.Most rejected or banned goods find market in Africa cz we never research.
I am very keen on key ingredients & always check the pros and cons of each on a human body.Sio tu kununua cz they mentioned oranges.

Vita ingredients
No caffeine
vitamin c(ascorbic acid), liquid fructose, fructose, concentrated apple juice, citric acid,taurine

http://healthpsych.psy.vanderbilt.edu/Taurine.htm
Deaths have been linked to the use of caffeinated taurine drinks, but even here, we do not know for certain if energy drinks played a role in the deaths or not. The uncertainty of possible health risks is why some countries have banned energy drinks containing taurine and why Canada and U.S. require a warning label on energy drinks. The uncertainty due to lack of solid data maybe enough reason for some people not to consume energy drinks.

Commercially,the taurine in energy drinks is made synthetically
http://www.globalhealing...lth/dangers-of-taurine/

Studies have implicated synthetic taurine in illnesses ranging from high blood pressure to strokes and seizures to heart disease. For these reasons it’s been banned in some Scandinavian countries after being linked to the deaths of three consumers.

Because taurine is utilized by the body during exercise and in times of stress, it’s become a popular ingredient in energy drinks. But taurine has a stimulating effect on the central nervous system that’s very unnatural.


Taurine in the brain.
Taurine is involved somehow in the development and function of the brain.
We can’t even be sure how much of the taurine in the drink actually reaches the brain!

The daily dose of Taurine should be between 100-500mg, and one can of a popular energy drink, for example, has 1000 milligrams of synthetically produced Taurine. Some people are drinking up to eight cans a day (8000mg of Taurine), an amount that can have drug-like effects on the body and cause damage. Furthermore, mixing stimulants with sedatives, especially alcohol, is extremely risky.
The daily dose of Taurine should be no higher than 500mg.

We eat and drink with ignorance.

...in which case you will bet much better off than drinking vita500...because of the other nutrients.

Indeed, I suspect, just one orange is much, much better for you than a can of vita500

Too much of everything, just like phombe is byad, even drinking too much water is dangerous.