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Can you start your morning without your Red Bull, Monster, Full Throttle, Rip It or countless other un named sugar and caffeine packed energy drink? Energy drinks make up a booming $3.4 billion-a-year industry that grew by 80 percent last year alone. But before you reach for that next energy drink, you might consider some facts about your favorite energy drink. Caffeine, the energy boosting ingredient in these drinks has been show to be a contributing factor of heart diease, bone loss, and elavated blood pressure. Studies also indicate that caffeine can be addictive with the primary side effet of addiction being fatigue, ironically the very symptom you are trying to eliminate. So think twice before you reach for that next energy drink.