Sep 24th 2008 9:45PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Cowboys, NFC East, NFL Media Watch, NFL Rumors
Terrell Owens is the proud new endorser of an energy drink. Woo. It’s called “Venom”, it is marketed “for delivering piercing energy that strikes back” and it’s made by Dr. Pepper and Snapple. So, clearly at first glance, it seems like a worthwhile product that pretty much everyone in America should be guzzling at every possible occasion.

Or perhaps not. It seems, as Darren Rovell notes, that the drink may have some health risks associated with it.
[…]a group of researchers at Johns Hopkins said that energy drinks should carry warning labels that site potential health risks.

The risks cited are what you might expect of any product that has an intense amount of caffeine, including rapid heart rate, anxiety and difficulty sleeping.

Venom seems to have the standard amount of caffeine as compared to other energy drinks. I say the word “seems” because the amount of caffeine is not listed on the bottle…
Now, in fairness, most energy drinks have health risks associated with them. After all, slugging caffeine all day works fantastically in the short run, but we don’t have a clue of what the long term effects could/will be. Especially when you factor in the common societal notion that tons of kids are drinking pounding energy drinks these days.Continue Reading