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[–] Sabin10 47 points 1 year ago (9 children)

To be fair, it's the same amount of sugar as most other sodas and had less caffeine than a typical coffee. The real issue is that a lot of their marketing targets a younger audience who probably shouldn't be drinking caffeinated drinks yet.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I say this as a long term caffeine for the rest of my life addict. Coffee + sugar is a wildly different effect than just coffee. I avoid sugar completely during my coffee hours.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi. What's the different effect? I've never considered that before.

[–] suspecm 4 points 1 year ago

Coffein simply blocks the receptors in your body that send the signals to your brain that you are tired, while sugar is essentially pure energy. I'm no expert on this subject, but afaik both coffein and sugar increases blood pressure, which is probably not an ideal thing.

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