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Print7 Healthcast: Shock Coffee
It's not always easy to get motivated in the morning, so many people turn to coffee for that extra pick me up. Now, there's a new kind of coffee that promises to keep you caffeinated like never before. 7Healthcast reporter Dr. Deanna Lites is here with more.
The makers of Shock Coffee say sleep is overrated, and if you drink their coffee you may not need much sleep.
Shock Coffee has so much caffeine in it, they say that it's hyper-caffeinated.
"You're going to jump. You're going to wake up. You're going to focus, you are going to be mentally clear," one Shock Coffee promoter said.
Each cup of Shock has 50 percent more caffeine than regular coffee.
"I think its good, it pretty much tastes like regular coffee, but it give you that second cup of coffee without having that second cup of coffee," one Shock drinker said.
You can get shock three ways: the hot coffee, the canned coffee beverages, and chocolate covered coffee beans for some added energy. Each bag of Shock-O-Lots has as much caffeine as two cups of regular coffee.
So how does the caffeine in shock compare to other drinks? A 10 ounce cup of Dunkin’ Donuts regular coffee has 105 milligrams of caffeine. 8 ounces of the energy drink Red Bull will give you 80 milligrams of caffeine. 8 ounces of regular Shock Coffee has a whopping 240 milligrams of caffeine in it. But is that too much?
"As you increase your amount of caffeine, there is restlessness, irritability, insomnia, increased heart rate, high blood pressure," holistic nutritionist Susan Huppe said. "I think we are a hyper- caffeinated society, and it's something to be concerned about."
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