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The author of the excerpt “Energy Drinks Promise Edge, But Experts Say Proof is Scant” supports his claim in the title. It is shown throughout the article in multiple ways. The author supports his claim by showing how the energy drink companies try to convince consumers and how the energy drinks have little to any benefit.
Energy drink companies try to convince consumers to buy their product by including huge amounts of well known ingredients. The companies try to convince customers by including huge amounts of well known ingredients like vitamin B12 and Vitamin B6. Companies do this to
“make for eye-catching numbers on labels”, it states in paragraph 18. Drink companies also try to convince consumers to buy their product by advertising false research. In paragraph 14, “Red
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Energy drinks have little to any benefit. Energy drinks have little to any benefit because of how many unnecessary and unknown ingredients are included in the energy drinks and because they won’t increase energy levels. Energy drink companies use many ingredients in their concoction of an energy drink that are unknown or unnecessary. One example of these

ingredient is glucuronolactone. This ingredient was tested on rats, it states in paragraph 11
“scientists injected large doses of the substance into laboratory rats. Afterwards the rats swam better”, but in the next sentence the scientist who was researching this topic, Dr Goodman said,
”I have know idea what it does in energy drinks”. This shows that it is an unknown ingredient that may be unnecessary. Energy drinks won’t increase energy levels because it states in paragraph 24,” there was an overwhelming lack of evidence to substantiate claims that drink ingredients, apart from caffeine and sugar, can provide any benefits”. This shows that there is a lack of evidence that drink ingredients can provide any increase in energy levels.
This shows that the author supports his claim by showing how the energy