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Investigative Essay on Energy Drinks
Energy drinks is a trend now. Peoples are very commonly used these drinks to get energy which increases number of emergencies (Appleton, 2011, pp. 102-117). Energy drinks due to its bad impact on human health also not considered as a good approach to get instant energy. It may cause sudden increase in heartbeat, seizures and insomnia, that’s why most of the countries or states ban energy drinks containing 180 mg of Caffeine (Watson, 2013, pp. 37-42; Kevin, 2013). The most current example of this is the ban of energy drinks in Chicago by its government (Judy, 2013). In this essay which is basically an investigative essay we are going to investigate energy drink’s bad impact by using an interviewing approach based on some questions. This essay uses two articles published on USAtoday.com and also some other sources for investigation. In this investigative essay, two peoples are interviewed whose result is then analyzed. When question about usage of energy drink is asked then person who gives interview answers that energy drinks mostly used by the teenagers, sports person as well as those peoples who are involved in physical activities and need extra energy to perform well. In addition with this, some of the peoples also used energy drinks as a drug. This is also cleared according to an article published on USAtoday.com “about 31% of teenagers used energy drinks on regular basis” (Kevin, 2013). Interview also claims that energy drinks provides a very bad impact on human health when question about impact of energy dring on human health is asked. It may cause seizures, insomnia and fast heartbeat. Deaths are also reported as a result of using energy drinks. Person also explain that when peoples take many energy drinks they face certain health problems which already discussed above. Some of the energy drinks sales with the slogan of a supplement which contains
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