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Post by coachparker34 on May 6, 2007 20:38:48 GMT -6
I've had the opportunity to coach with and against Ed McCaffrey over the last 5 years or so and we have had discussions about Red Bull and other drinks like that. He used to drink them before games until the NFL made drinks with Taurine against the rules in the NFL. If they're illegal in the NFL, it's probably not a good idea. When you combine the football factors (heat, dehydration, etc.) with those drinks, bad things can happen. Seems a shame to risk it. Next time I speak with him, I'll ask but I expect he'll tell me that he doesn't let his kids drink those beverages.
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Post by coachd5085 on May 6, 2007 21:55:22 GMT -6
I was off topic in my last post. I was just stating why i use the product. But, there would be no problem with kids drinking the XS brand drink. I would disagree, and say there is a HUGE problem with kids drinking/eating ANYTHING for "energy" From the National Institute of Health Website: Too much vitamin B6 can result in nerve damage to the arms and legs. This neuropathy is usually related to high intake of vitamin B6 from supplements, [28] and is reversible when supplementation is stopped. According to the Institute of Medicine, "Several reports show sensory neuropathy at doses lower than 500 mg per day" [12]. As previously mentioned, the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine has established an upper tolerable intake level (UL) for vitamin B6 of 100 mg per day for all adults [12]. "As intake increases above the UL, the risk of adverse effects increases [12]." While the levels of B6 advertised in ONE serving of these drinks (is one bottle one serving???) would be considered safe for adults on its own, it is easy to see that one serving of one of these drinks is not all of the B6 a kid is going to injest. BOTTOM LINE...WATER..WATER ...WATER... If you start the kid's dependence on XS when they are 8-11...when they reach H.S. what will they look for to get an edge?
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Post by rjam on May 12, 2007 1:09:30 GMT -6
red bull is gross!
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Post by coachjim on May 15, 2007 7:34:35 GMT -6
Not to hijack my own post, which seems to be on fire right now, and not to talk baseball... (at least it's not soccer!) but I can't help to think of Barry Bonds at this point in the debate. He's getting close to Ruth's record and we all know how, now. Another extremely negative and relative consequence, and a huge one, on what can eventually happen. Anyone routing for him to break the record? Will anyone cheer, or does it totally bring a hundred years of stats, so important to baseball, to spit in the dirt? I think it's a rhetorical question and another big negative to enhancers, whether illegal or not.
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Post by coachpat88 on May 15, 2007 8:55:11 GMT -6
Every year I send out my pre season letter and I talk about the false sense of hydration that those energy drinks give you. I have gotton more compliments from parents over the years for talking about those things than I have for winning. Parents want thier boys to be safe and healthy... sometimes though the parents dont have enough information to educate
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Post by veerman on May 15, 2007 10:55:51 GMT -6
If Bonds breaks the record it won't bother me a bit. Who is to say that Ruth, Hank, and others did not do something that was illegal. Maybe not steroids, but performance enhancing drugs were around. Using illegal equipment was big back then also. I get sick and tired of people trying to play the inocent victim, when it has been going on since the beginning of the game, and will find a way to continue.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2007 17:40:24 GMT -6
Thanks for the info, coachd5085. I had no idea too much vit b could be a bad thing.
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Post by donaldduck on May 16, 2007 11:14:15 GMT -6
My 8 year old is ADHD. (I know some of you think it doesn't exist...neither did I until my boy!) My wife and I joke about giving him a Full Throttle, just to see what happens. Our theory is that he'll act like the squirrel on "Over The Hedge"
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