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Arizona Low-Carb Diet Energy Drink
- Claims to be a "caffeinated 'herbal cocktail' [that] energizes and heals with its combination ginseng, milk thistle, taurine, and vitamins A, B and C."
- Taste - "Not fab, but not bad"
- Energy - "doesn't provide you the quick jolt you need to get through a long day." Rated a 3.
Lo-Carb Monster Energy Drink
- "energy blend that also includes glucose, caffeine, guarana and inositol" as well l-carnitine
- Taste - "very drinkable"
- Energy - "worked almost too well and she was unable to settle down or, later that night, sleep." Rated 2.5
Red Bull Sugar-Free
- Claims "high concentration of taurine and also contains glucuronoclatone (a naturally occurring carbohydrate) and caffeine."
- Taste - "resulted in instant nausea"
- Energy - "3 for it's initial boost and a 1 for the swift comedown."
Rock-Star Double-Strength Diet Energy Drink
- "a treasure trove of chemicals"
- Taste - "I was drinking: yellow Triaminic"
- Energy - "got a little stomach ache but I did feel quite a bit speedier." Rated 3.
Tab Energy
- "taurine is its main energizing component"
- Taste - "the one I'm most likely to drink again"
- Energy - "it gave me a huge boost." Rated a 4.
Monster, Red Bull, an Rock Star were also recently taste tested by the Mercury News.
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8-24-2006 @11:00PM Jeff said... Redline, by VPX i think is hands down the best energy drink on the market.
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8-24-2006 @11:11PM cybele said... You should also check out
http://energy-drink-ratings.blogspot.com/
Justin's only been around a few months, but he's got a huge list going already.
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8-25-2006 @8:48AM greg said... This is the second time I've seen a review on energy drinks here. Although I have tried most of the ones tested, again JOLT ULTRA was sadly overlooked here. It is to me the best tasting and by far the best value at 23.5 oz at about $2.50. Someone should give this stuff a try. www.joltcola.com is a cool website
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8-25-2006 @8:58AM brad said... I agree with Greg on this one! The JOLT ULTRA is awesome if you want to lose a few pounds... and still get a rush, but who needs to lose weight? You have to rate all the lemon-lime sodas out there now. Jolt has a SILVER and it's lemon-lime! and it rocks! It's like 7up but x that by like 188 mgs of caffeine!
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8-25-2006 @10:17AM Justin said... I agree with Jeff, Redline, by VPX gives you a huge burst of energy. Jeff if you like that one give Chaser 5-Hour Energy or Wired-X294 a shot. They both offer a ton of energy and Chaser is very similar to Redline. It is great to use for a workout as well.
Check out the reviews at http://energy-drink-ratings.blogspot.com
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8-25-2006 @4:11PM other_justin said... Yeah, these reviews are all over the place. My personal fav is http://www.2012delma.com/article.php?page_id=5, but http://www.bevnet.com/reviews/ is the end all be all of review sites
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8-25-2006 @5:59PM Adam Jordison said... The number one selling energy dring is Xs energy. 11 flavors 8 calories 0 sugar and 0 carbs.
check out Bevnet.com, they may not be up to date but for the people with access to Xs it is awesome.
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9-28-2006 @8:46PM Rick Rosenthal said... Hands down, no doubt about it, the absolute best tasting energy drink available is Xtazy. Has four awesome flavors including sugar free!!!
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