Travel Health & Environment Watch.
7/21/2008 If contradicting research has you wondering if coffee is healthy or harmful, the answer is simple: it depends. A recent study showed a benefit from drinking java on a population level. But it's difficult to make individual recommendations for safe coffee consumption, said Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy,...

Buzz off: there is such a thing as too much caffeine.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Last year, Samantha Erdal, 16, was on a merry-go-round. The Eden Prairie, Minn., teen downed a Red Bull energy drink each morning, then suffered a tired "crash" when the caffeine and sugar wore off, prompting her to reach for another energy drink or coffee. "Mornings...

Lethal Mix: It's A caffeine overdose.
Byline: Vandana Soni Bakshi The latest lure for cola addicts is the flavour of coffee despite widespread health concerns. Swami Ramdev's tirade against soft drinks has certainly not discouraged cola majors from innovating to greater popularity. So, fizz addicts watched with interest as...

Facts about coffee.
Coffee and health: Health benefits of coffee Coffee has been a medical whipping boy for so long that it may come as a surprise that recent research suggests that drinking moderate amounts of coffee (two to four cups per day) provides a wide range of health benefits....

Do kids crave caffeine? Let's ask them.
Over time, we seem to have acquired a greater need for round-the-clock energy, and children and adolescents feel this need, too. Caffeine, the most popular mood-altering substance in the world, fuels our desire for perpetual energy. What are the long-term effects of constant caffeine consumption on children?...

Tempting to a tea!
Byline: Anisha Sharma That's why a variety of flavoured tea has caught chai-lovers' fancy in Lucknow. The nation's favourite pastime just got hip - and happening.Well, actually it has been hip for a while in the metros but it just got smarter in our part...

Caffeine and health.
Drinking coffee, or taking in caffeine from tea or cola, or wherever, always seems to be popping up in the newspapers with one message or another, sometimes with conflicting results. So it is comforting that epidemiologists and others are beginning to pull together information so that we can make...

Brain buzz.
Caffeine may be the world's most frequently ingested drug--and also the most frustrating to researchers determined to link its use to health problems. A review of scientific literature conducted by Health Canada and published in 2003 as "Effects of Caffeine on Human Health" finds that caffeine "is not associated...

Tata Tea may expand search for health drinks.
Byline: Sutanuka Ghosal KOLKATA: Post stake-sale in Energy Brands, Tata Tea has two options to build volumes in the ultra-competitive US beverages market. The company either has to acquire sizeable space in the fast-growing energy drinks segment or in the speciality/herbal tea space which is gaining popularity...

Energy drink sales hit $3 billion--at what health cost? Millions of U.S. teens go for their buzz.
Energy drinks are all the rage, and the media--along with the millions of people who use the drinks--are buzzing. At the same time, there has been surprisingly little research into the potential health hazards of the caffeine- and sugar-laden drinks that have become a $3 billion-a-year industry....