How Energy Drinks Could Make Us Live Longer

If you could live forever, would you? overcome death? Well, putting that idea to rest right away, drinking energy drinks won't help you do that. They might yet take action in that area. These frequently derided beverages may not be entirely harmful to us, according to new research.

To be clear once more, the Monster Energy beverage you purchased at the gas station this morning is not a potent tonic drawn from the spring of youth. But it has a component that might be able to delay the health decline that generally comes with aging. In a recent study, scientists discovered that mice, worms, and monkeys fed huge doses of taurine, an acid added to many energy drinks, lived longer and had better health. Humans are naturally curious about what technology might accomplish for us at this point.

Because taurine has been associated with a healthy immune system, strong bones, and proper nervous system function, Nature notes that taurine was the study's main emphasis. Taurine is an ingredient in several well-known energy drink brands, including Celsius, Monster Energy, and Red Bull.

Age-related declines in taurine levels were observed in the blood of aged mice, worms, and monkeys, according to research that examined the substance's naturally occurring amounts in various organisms. Taurine was added to a solution that was fed to mice, and it appeared to extend male and female lifespans by 10% and about 12%, respectively. In addition, the mice gained other advantages like increased immunological function, improved physical strength and endurance, and a reduction in anxiety and depressive symptoms.

Following the taurine feeding, the worms and monkeys both showed improvements in their health. The monkeys had lower body weights, sturdier bones, and less indications of liver damage, whereas the worms lived longer and were generally in better health.

But if Red Bull were merely added to the daily diet of humans, they presumably wouldn't experience the same advantages. According to BBC Future, the amount of taurine given to the mice during the trial was 1,000mg per kilogram of body weight each day, which translates to around six grams of taurine for an adult human. One would need to consume six cans of Red Bull daily to start experiencing any potential benefits of taurine, which might be offset by, you know, consuming far more caffeine and sugar than any expert would recommend. Since each can of Red Bull contains about a gram of the ingredient, this means that one would need to consume six cans of Red Bull daily. And that's presuming that taurine's effects on the human body are even equivalent to those of the other test groups, which is also not yet confirmed.

The study's findings, despite these possible drawbacks, have the research team eager to learn what they might mean for humans in the future.

According to Nature, research co-author Vijay Yadav, a geneticist at Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, stated during a press conference that the team was "looking at a multicentric, multinational intervention trial in humans." To go on that voyage, we are really eager.

Red Bull may not truly grant you wings, but it may offer you a small lift to assist you continue moving forward in life. Just wait to start downing cases of energy drinks from Costco until more study has been done.