Red Bull

I had a Red Bull today for the first time. I was talking about it with a guy I work with and he bought me one during a break this afternoon. It was pretty good. He mentioned that it contains something called Taurine, which gives it a certain boost. So I used the World Wide Web to look up Taurine.

Taurine, from taurus or ox, as it was discovered in ox bile.

Hmm. Ox bile. Bile as in a bitter, greenish-yellow fluid secreted by the liver. That kind of bile?

So let’s say for a second I am ok with bile. After all, I was born in May and my sign is a Taurus, so all is well. So I did a quick search to see if there is any controversy around it. My first hit was about a person in Ireland who died after drinking three cans of it after strenuous exercise. Or maybe it was before the exercise. Either way, I am fine with that risk. Personally, I drink water or Gatorade after running but to each his own.

Then I read about some stuff related to Red Bull marketing but got bored quickly.

Then I read about how bars in Canada can’t sell Red Bull because vodka and Red Bull can create a dangerously high level of dehydration. Whatever. Who cares.

Then I read about how some countries have banned it, while others consider it a medicine or something. Not sure. My attention span was pretty short when reading it so I kind of glanced over it. Something about risk and death and be careful if you are pregnant and don’t drink it if you are going to run up a mountain or something.

It’s no Krating Daeng, but I found my one 8 ounce drink enjoyable.

I did find out that an Austrian company owns Red Bull, which makes me very very suspicious.