hey look how's it going you look like you've been working hard and could do with a boost free energy drink on us well that's very nice of you do happen to have this other energy drink I think it's by some YouTubers or something what is it called don't say its name why what's up it's the drink everyone's going nuts for Prime and it's safe to say it's been causing absolute Mayhem the fastest growing sports drink in history you see the faces of prime are these guys Logan Paul and KSI they're some of the world's most successful YouTubers and they've had quite the history to put it one way which means teens and other young fans of the pair are deeming prime a must-have and despite the crazy amount of people getting behind their new first quencher not everyone has boarded the hype train but what's the problem well it's because Prime hydration the sports drink version they've launched here in Australia isn't the only version they make this is Prime energy currently it can only be purchased in Australia through sites such as eBay and isn't available in stores and there's a pretty good reason caffeine sound familiar that's because it's the chemical found in coffee that gives people a hit of energy it stimulates the nerves and makes us feel more alert and it's a pretty common ingredient in energy drinks but like anything too much of it generally isn't a good thing first of all conveys our body temperatures and make you feel uncomfortably hot it can make you feel dizzy and give you headaches and nausea and it also sort of increases heart rate you can even get palpitations if you have too much let me put it this way canned soft drink can have up to 38 milligrams of caffeine while a can of energy drink this size can have up to 111 milligrams of caffeine but primer Energy's 355 milliliter can has 200 milligrams of caffeine 201 serve is a lot that's more than about three shots of espresso that level of caffeine in one serve is not safe for children now the government has some pretty strict rules on how much caffeine can actually be in one energy drink Australia and New Zealand's food standards Department says that energy drinks are only allowed to have 320 milligrams of caffeine per liter and if we run the numbers for a 355 milliliter can Prime energy contains almost double the legal limit and almost six times the amount that a soft drink has so you can see why this has some people worried especially because the hype surrounding it is so huge remember those legal limits I mentioned earlier yeah they only apply to items on store shelves and they can't stop people from buying energy drinks that exceed that limit online Prime says on their website that their energy drink is not recommended for those under 18.
throughout the day as we use energy our bodies produce a chemical called adenosine and that's a sleepy chemical but what caffeine does is it blocks that sleepy chemical now that's a real issue for children Because deep sleep is when the body repairs and when growth occurs but for the moment the demand for this one particular drink isn't going anywhere so I guess we'll just have to wait and see why chaos and singers [Music].
