

Like vanilla ice cream or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, there's a reason that AriZona's lemon tea is so overwhelmingly popular.

It won't give you wings, but some of us like our feet on the ground. The drink is mostly water, corn syrup, and green tea with a mix of fruit concentrates, vitamins, and energy drink staples like ginseng and guarana. You won't find an overload of added caffeine here, either. In contrast, AriZona's RX Energy is nothing of the sort. The tonic has a sweet herbal flavor that's medicinal in just the right way (that is, it tastes like it's working, which helps it work on a placebo level). Anyone who's had a Red Bull knows that almost indescribable and often unpleasant chemical taste. There's was even a dismissed lawsuit that alleged that Monster Energy contributed to a man's debilitating heart attack (via Food Dive).īeyond any health risks, which typically fall in the realm of overconsumption rather than regular use, energy drinks aren't exactly heralded for their flavor, either. Energy drink consumption is linked to erratic heart rate, spiked blood pressure, anxiety, irritability, sleep disturbances, abdominal spasms, and a whole bunch of other rough stuff. As you'd suspect from beverages that generally carry enough sugar and caffeine to keep a small army alert, they're not good for you, either.
