Energy Drink Persuasive Speech

Energy drink is a beverage that carry caffeine with the combination of taurine, guarana, B vitamins and others ingredients. It will give energy to its consumers and prevent dehydration especially for the athletes (Heneman & Zidenberg-Cher 2007). The market segmentation for this drink is mainly students, athletes and working profession who require extra energy kick to perform their duties. However, certain people think that energy drink is harmful because of the high amount of caffeine which may lead to addiction of caffeine. Energy drink also contain high amount of sugar which may cause obesity or serious sickness like diabetes so they think this drink should be banned. Although it may be true that energy drink can cause obesity, energy drink …show more content…
Energy drink can provide mineral which is needed for our cells to function properly (Why do we need minerals in our diet? 2014) and refresh human mind. It provides minerals and herbs as well as other natural substances that are quite beneficial to the human body (Daniel 2011). Our can get the nutrition such as minerals in energy drink, it can be easily find because our can buy it at any convenience store as compare with those pricy nutrition supplement. Not to mention, energy drink help to prevent dehydration. Dehydration happens when our body does not have enough water to carry out its normal functions (Diseases and conditions dehydration 2014), to prevent dehydration after vigorous exercise, all our need is just a can of energy drink as it contain taurine, an amino acid that can support brain development, maintains body’s minerals and water level (Sifferlin 2013). Additionally, energy drink can help to decrease fatigue. It stimulates our body and refresh our mind (Urbauer 2010). When our mind refreshed, our brain can function better and have better performance or more concentrate in our …show more content…
According to the research at the European Society of Cardiology Congress conducted by Dr. Matteo Cameli 2 years ago. The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of energy drink on heart, the blood pressure, heart rate, left and right ventricular of 35 male participants, age of 25 were measured using the speckle-tracking echocardiography before and after an hour consuming energy drink. The results showed that the left and right ventricle function better after consuming energy drink, Dr. Matteo Cameli suggested that energy drink is actually good for heart as it give positive effects on myocardial performance (Energy drinks improve heart function, study suggests 2012). Furthermore, taurine, an amino acid that found naturally in meat, fish and breast milk (Zeratsky 2012) can also find in energy drink which contains 1000mg of taurine per serving. Taurine can help to regulate water and mineral salt in blood, and recently the researchers found out that it can help the heart function better (Taurine energy drinks 2011). As shown in a recent study in the journal of biomedical science, 500mg of taurine was given 3 times a day to a patient who has left ventricle heart failure for 2 weeks. The results showed that their function mobility been improved and the researcher said that taurine can improved cardiovascular function and give positive effect on macro vascular system (Ten benefits of taurine