Be careful with this stuff.

It's a slippery slope.

I started off on one can a week. Didn't think anything of it.

One can became two, became three, became four....

Pretty soon every morning I was swigging a can on my way to work.

My boss didn't like it when I started drinking them in the office. After I followed through during a sales meeting after too many afternoon Monsters, I found myself out of a job.

Soon I was drinking two or three cans on my way to the job centre.

Before I knew it all my teeth had fallen out. Within weeks I had an inexplicable desire to buy a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and start wearing tracksuits all of the time. Not that I ever did any sports.

in POUNDland £2 POUNDland....

is there a min spend ?

including ripper ?

Energy drinks are health disaster. Teeth decay and erosion. Be careful.

Be careful with this stuff.

It's a slippery slope.

I started off on one can a week. Didn't think anything of it.

One can became two, became three, became four....

Pretty soon every morning I was swigging a can on my way to work.

My boss didn't like it when I started drinking them in the office. After I followed through during a sales meeting after too many afternoon Monsters, I found myself out of a job.

Soon I was drinking two or three cans on my way to the job centre.

Before I knew it all my teeth had fallen out. Within weeks I had an inexplicable desire to buy a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and start wearing tracksuits all of the time. Not that I ever did any sports.

For those the don't know, the stylised letter M on the can which looks like 3 scratches with a claw is actually the Hebrew letter vav which means 6 numerically. So the can has 3 6s in Hebrew on it, along with phrases like 'unleash the beast'. Just for info.

Decent price

50p for one at home bargains.

also worth noting for people that prefer relentless, its 3 for a pound at home bargains, as spotted in another post, just thought I'd mention it being an energy deal thread

I have to steer clear of these now. When I realised just how much sugar was in them...I weigh 50-60 grams of porridge for my breakfast every morning, and these contain about the same weight in sugar..... I actually really like the taste of Monster/Relentless, always used to be my go to drink for a road trip when off to the football but like smoking cigarettes/weed, it's yet another formerly enjoyable vice that I can't do anymore...

​its the taurine that rots teeth

I like these drinks, but one wasn't enough a week and I was buying multipacks. I stopped after a few packs as I could see myself becoming reliant on them, I knew they wasn't healthy from start, like most soft drinks which I happen to not drink.



What is Taurine?

Taurine is a free form amino acid contained in foods and manufactured in the body from the amino acid cysteine. It was first discovered in the bile of bulls, and now produced synthetically by the truckload. Since taurine is created naturally in the human body, a good diet supplies all you need.

Because taurine is utilized by the body during exercise and in times of stress, it’s become a popular ingredient in energy drinks. Taurine shows an anxiolytic effect on the central nervous system, causing a possible reduction of anxiety symptoms associated with caffeine intake. While this may sound beneficial, perhaps its not the best thing to intake when seeking energy for your daily tasks.


Taurine: The Magic Bullet for Energy?

There’s no magic bullet for strength and endurance. Energy — true energy — comes from a healthy diet rich in raw foods. I would recommend that you avoid energy drinks altogether, mostly for their high caffeine and sugar content. Treat them like soft drinks, or even worse. The lofty claims on these drinks for instant vitality are simply outrageous. A good, varied diet of whole organic live foods gives you all the Taurine you need, without the highs and lows of energy drinks.

Natural Taurine is actually beneficial for the body and can be found in cows milk, meat, fish, and eggs, and for vegetarians it can be found seaweed. The daily allotment of Taurine should be no higher than 500mg; however, higher amounts from food have shown no toxic effects.

Make sure you exercise and get enough sleep, and remember, medicine and illness can zap your energy. Stay properly hydrated with lots of purified water, especially when you’re exercising hard or you’re stressed. It’s a good idea to drink lots of water regardless.

Take a pass on the “crash and burn” high from caffeine and sugar – and taurine. The ingredients of these drinks, both mysterious and some not too mysterious, are a recipe for disaster. They may “give you wings,” but you’ll soon come tumbling down – and in the long run, crash really hard.

They should only sell the small cans. Too much sugar in the big cans so we see why sales have reduced and it's now cheaper

Great price!

£3 in the edgware store

​Wrong. Taurine is a naturally occurring amino acid that we already have in our white blood cells, skeletal and heart muscles. It's the sugar and high acid levels that cause tooth decay. exactly the same as any other fizzy drink. Sugar is obvious but the acids are citric, carbonic (from the fizz part) and phosphoric.

I didn't know we had such a strong community of dentists on Hotukdeals.

Is this in all poundlands?