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For giving my son RedBull?

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PinkPatrick · 28/10/2009 13:37

My son has a competition coming up on Sunday. He needs to be super fit and rearing to go otherwise he's going to get beat up basically!!

He would normally be ok but he hasn't trained for over a month. He went to a pre-comp training session last night and was knackered after the warm up.

Is it really bad if, just this once I let him have a couple of cans of red bull before we go?

He's 11.

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Alwaysthesun24 · 26/06/2024 07:22

Jc2001 · 26/06/2024 07:06

Yeah, it's really not good for you.

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This post is from 2009.....someone managed to resurrect it (not me, though I commented too, not realising). 🫣

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SerendipitousHarlot · 28/10/2009 13:52

If you never feel any different, why do you drink it every day?

Yeah, it's really not good for you.

Alwaysthesun24 · 26/06/2024 05:34

Edit- just noticed this is a resurrected VERY old post.
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Red bull = peak...crash...burn.
To do well in most sports involves training, good nutrition, good sleep and a good mental attitude. Red Bull gives none of that.

JustJoinedRightNow · 26/06/2024 01:52

This poster is pretending they accidentally woke up old threads but this is a troll. Reported

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Blouson · 26/06/2024 00:07

Don't worry, he'll be at least 25 by now.

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ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 28/10/2009 14:25

Oh dear RB
sucked in again!!! Must be all the coffee I have drunk today...

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 28/10/2009 14:24

PinkPatrick
you are probably addicted to caffeine, which is why you don't feel the effects of redbull. If you didn't have it you would probably notice the lack.
Caffeine is an addictive substance. A can of redbull is like two or three espresso shots of coffee. One double espresso is enough for me to notice an effect - imagine what giving three times that much to your DS will do?
I used to work in a coffee shop and my tolerance was much higher than it is now but one day after 3 double shot coffees I had a very strange trippy experience. I still get a bit like that if I drink more than I should in a day and it stops me sleeping. I'm also really not overly sensitive to caffeine, far far less than an 11 year old boy.

RealityBites · 28/10/2009 14:21

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GetOrfMoiLand · 28/10/2009 14:21

I don't think this is real, but what the hell.

OP - you need to pull him out of the competition. By your own admission he has not trained and 'is going to get beaten up basically'. If you put him into this without being adequately prepared he is likely to have a horrible experience and may be put off the sport for good.

You owe it to him to withdraw him from this event.

Not going into the ins and outs of giving him Red Bul because that is a side issue imo.

LuluDanceOnMyGrave · 28/10/2009 14:21

Oh and FleeBee, me too - I thought I was dying, I could barely move I felt so ill!

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FleeBee · 28/10/2009 14:19

I had a funny experience (as in weird not ha-ha) with Red Bull on a night out where I was driving, not drinking. Think I had 2 cans and felt panicky, heart racing, clammy. Really freaked me out and haven't touched it since. I wouldn't give it to a child based on my experience, but then maybe that was just me.

It reminds of when I was waiting for my 20 week scan with DD1 and a heavily pregnant woman came into the waiting room, cracked open a can of RedBull supped it back, and started chatting on her mobile about how she was waiting for another effing growth scan.

SerendipitousHarlot · 28/10/2009 14:18

I don't think so hercules. I knew a couple a few years ago that used to give it to their 5 & 7 years old

hercules1 · 28/10/2009 14:16

I dont let my kids drink coke - ds is nearly 14. I wouldnt touch redbull personally. I cannot honestly believe anyone is seriously contemplating giving an 11 year old. SUrely this is a wind up.

Greensleeves · 28/10/2009 14:13

my children aren't allowed coke either

if you want to mess up your own system by drinking redbull, that's your prerogative as an adult

but you have no right to give it to a child fgs

give him a banana

claw3 · 28/10/2009 14:06

Anyhow YABU OP, drinking a couple of can of Red Bull, will not increase your ds's fitness levels.

claw3 · 28/10/2009 14:05

Redbull has about double the amount of caffeine, but thats not why it carries a warning, its the Taurine that causes the controversy

PartOfTheHumphreysGroup · 28/10/2009 14:01

I'm not sure how you think it would help anyway?!

and btw, lucozade has caffeine in it too

biggirlsdontcry · 28/10/2009 13:59

we don't let our dc's drink coke .

harleyd · 28/10/2009 13:58

redbull has seriously more caffeine than coke does

Goblinchild · 28/10/2009 13:56

A can of coke doesn't have a manufacturer's warning on it not to drink more than three tins a day as an adult. I think you'll find the percentages different.

claw3 · 28/10/2009 13:55

A can of coke has caffeine in it!

Goblinchild · 28/10/2009 13:55

'I drink a redbull equivilant every day and never feel any different tbh. '

But do you have the mass and brain development of an 11 year old boy?
Possibly yes to the latter if you still think it's a good idea. Why not ask his sensei for an opinion?

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