My kids like these energy drinks that are so popular nowadays—so it's useful to learn what is in Red Bull. It looks like I won't have to slap that can out of their hands next time I catch the whippersnappers drinking it (although I may have to give them a lecture about being thrifty—we fogies have to have something to complain about.)
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Hey, thanks PZ! :)
I had no idea there was taurine in Red Bull. So that's where the name comes from. I guess that's what happens when you're not into weird fashions ...
I noticed Abel Pharmboy's comment over there about how glucuronolactone can potentially interfere with oral contraceptives.
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