Green Tea Energy Drink Warning
Enviga Dangers!
Are green tea energy drinks such as Coca Cola's Enviga the healthy
beverage it claims to be? Dr. Shen from Berkeley says it contains some real
scary stuff.
If you think when you buy a soft drink such as Enviga, you are buying into
the goodness of green tea, think again.
You may be surprised to learn that this bottle of "negative calories" diet
contain a host of chemicals which are widely considered harmful.
Have a look at the label.
As expected, it contains benign ingredients such as concentrated green tea
extract, citric acid, natural flavourings and carbonated water.
The beverage is made by Coca Cola and Nestle from freeze dried fannings -
not the highest quality tea leaves.
The problems of consuming too much caffeine is well known, and one bottle of
Enviga may contain as much as 100 milligrams of caffeine - which is as much as a
cup of coffee.
It also contains harmful ingredients such as calcium lactate, phosphoric
acid, potassium sorbate and potassium benzoate, aspartame, and ace-k.
Many people are allergic to calcium lactate. Any benefit of calcium
supplementation is destroyed by the presence of phosphoric acid, which weakens
bones.
In addition, it is full of aspartame.
Ace-k is acesulfume potassium. It's funny how it is always called ace-K. That
is a chemical terminology, so that ordinary folks don't recognize it.
It is very controversial and considered by some to be carcinogenic.
As is the preservative potassium benzoate. It transmutes into benzene (a
known carcinogenic) when mixed with small amounts of Vitamin C with the presence
of either heat or light.
Potassium benzoate affects kids' teeth. It also contributes to allergies and
asthma, especially in kids.
Phosphoric acid weakens bones and affects kids' teeth.
There is a big movement in Naturopathic Pediatrics to get this stuff out of
cafeteria pop since it is bad for kids.
Why not have a glass of a decent cooled green tea, add a tiny bit of a
healthier sweetener (if you have to) and eat a peach?
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