Why adding a spoonful of sugar to water is 'better than energy drinks'

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The first time I went into print about energy drinks being no better than sugar in water, the wrath of the energy-drink ­manufacturers hit me like a tsunami. No amount of persuasion on their part, however, changed my view.

Since then, I’ve been horrified by the growth in popularity of energy drinks. I can’t understand it, other than thinking people believe the con. It infuriates me that manufacturers, backed by so little science, play on people’s insecurity.