But it warns the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR): Energy Shots pose health risks. The BfR has met with different mixtures: Per Unit were contained in it from 50 to 200 mg of caffeine and between 200 and 1000 mg of taurine.

This Aufputschbomben are not safe to consume. For that reason alone would bear in contrast to the energy drinks an intake recommendation. It reads in the previously known energy shots consistently one serving per day. If one adheres to this recommendation, the BfR sees no health risk.

As the extent of possible health risks to be assessed, in part, on prior data are currently insufficient. That is, for example, in assessing the risk to consumers with certain medical conditions such as cardiovascular disease, epilepsy and diabetes may be the case.

The BfR recommendation of counsel, persons with hypertension and heart disease pending studies on the broadly non clarifying the consumption of energy drinks that have caffeine and also serves for Taurinzufuhren Energy Shots from stock.

Furthermore, BfR recommends the following precautions:

• For pregnant women, the recommendation is not more than 200 mg of caffeine per day is eat. Even products with 150 mg caffeine / serving yet provide a very high caffeine intake is advisable dar. BfR, the products labeled as unsuitable for pregnant women.
• Because of possible adverse effects of caffeine injections with infants through breast milk, BfR recommends that products labeled as inappropriate for nursing too.
• Mg in children (10 years, 30 kg; SCF, 1999) are already with portions of 150 injections of 5 mg / kg achieved. These were associated with the occurrence of over-reaching excitement, irritability, nervousness and anxiety in some children (SCF, 1999). The products should be labeled as inappropriate for children.
• BfR recommends those products pending clarifying studies as not suitable for people sensitive to caffeine identified. It indicates that patients with arrhythmias or mental illness, possibly including those with other heart diseases as cardiac arrhythmias, are among the group of people sensitive to caffeine and to get them as possible for energy drink effects are particularly sensitive risk groups into consideration.
• BfR recommends that the product labels to the increased caffeine content of products in form and expel the point of adequate caffeine per serving. Since the products u.U. be used in combination with conventional energy beverages, BfR recommends that, when the energy drink recommended stating that “in the use of such large amounts of beverages (ie, energy drinks and energy shots) are associated with extensive exercise or the consumption of alcoholic beverages adverse effects not excluded will be able to “take over.