Comments on: Shark Energy Drink http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2006/02/shark-energy-drink/ Kicking ass in the name of science! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:08:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Brook http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2006/02/shark-energy-drink/#comment-31122 Brook Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:59:28 +0000 http://frankcswain.powweb.com/sciencepunk/?p=22#comment-31122 Shark is not a Red Bull clone. In fact Red Bull is the same product as Krating Daeng (Red Bull in Thai) modified with carbonated water. Krating Daeng is a knock off of Lipovitan which is "the original energy drink" manufactured by Osotspa. Osotspa has modified Lipovitan with carbonation to create Shark whick is why they can legitimately claim to be "the original energy drink" krating daeng (the real knock off) + Carbonated water=Red Bull Lipovitan (the original) + Carbonated water = Shark, the better tasting energy drink. To truly appreciate the difference between Shark and Red Bull, you should taste them side by side. You might have a change of heart. As for the claim to improve the quality of other carbs, who knows, I personally don't care but I must defend the knock off accusation. Source: www.osotspa.com http://www.kratingdaeng.info wikipedia Shark is not a Red Bull clone.

In fact Red Bull is the same product as Krating Daeng (Red Bull in Thai) modified with carbonated water.

Krating Daeng is a knock off of Lipovitan which is “the original energy drink” manufactured by Osotspa.

Osotspa has modified Lipovitan with carbonation to create Shark whick is why they can legitimately claim to be “the original energy drink”

krating daeng (the real knock off) + Carbonated water=Red Bull

Lipovitan (the original) + Carbonated water = Shark, the better tasting energy drink.

To truly appreciate the difference between Shark and Red Bull, you should taste them side by side. You might have a change of heart.

As for the claim to improve the quality of other carbs, who knows, I personally don’t care but I must defend the knock off accusation.

Source:
http://www.osotspa.com
http://www.kratingdaeng.info
wikipedia

]]> By: Joe Dirt http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2006/02/shark-energy-drink/#comment-20650 Joe Dirt Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:41:50 +0000 http://frankcswain.powweb.com/sciencepunk/?p=22#comment-20650 I think your all jackass! The Shark guy should learn more about the company he works for! Red Bull was founded in 1982 released in 84 by a ex Shark employee! Yes Shark was first poeple.. hate to tell you that.. Read sometime! Grape suger is still suger.. None of these things are good for you but who cares.. thats not why we all drink them now is it? If you like it drink it... if not.. dont its that simple.. and FYI do a 5 sec of research and you will find Alisha is an ex employee of Shark/ Fortuna... one and the same these days i hear. Ask her now what she thinks and you may get a much diffrent answer...LOL I think your all jackass! The Shark guy should learn more about the company he works for! Red Bull was founded in 1982 released in 84 by a ex Shark employee! Yes Shark was first poeple.. hate to tell you that.. Read sometime! Grape suger is still suger.. None of these things are good for you but who cares.. thats not why we all drink them now is it? If you like it drink it… if not.. dont its that simple.. and FYI do a 5 sec of research and you will find Alisha is an ex employee of Shark/ Fortuna… one and the same these days i hear. Ask her now what she thinks and you may get a much diffrent answer…LOL

]]> By: Santa http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2006/02/shark-energy-drink/#comment-10127 Santa Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:32:56 +0000 http://frankcswain.powweb.com/sciencepunk/?p=22#comment-10127 Red bull and shark are both just caffienated sugary goo. Caffiene is caffiene and sugar is sugar regardless of where it comes from. Both products will give you a rush and then make you feel like crap afterward. How much of a rush you get and how much you feel like crap afterward varies between individuals, but the fact is, either one can be called a knock-off of the other because they're both essentially the same product. They just taste a little diffferent. I'm willing to bet that 5-Hour Energy is actually a quality product compared to red bull and shark, but I've never tried it because I don't think any energy drink is worth $6 a can. Red bull and shark are both just caffienated sugary goo. Caffiene is caffiene and sugar is sugar regardless of where it comes from. Both products will give you a rush and then make you feel like crap afterward. How much of a rush you get and how much you feel like crap afterward varies between individuals, but the fact is, either one can be called a knock-off of the other because they’re both essentially the same product. They just taste a little diffferent. I’m willing to bet that 5-Hour Energy is actually a quality product compared to red bull and shark, but I’ve never tried it because I don’t think any energy drink is worth $6 a can.

]]> By: Dirty D http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2006/02/shark-energy-drink/#comment-9119 Dirty D Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:17:32 +0000 http://frankcswain.powweb.com/sciencepunk/?p=22#comment-9119 wow....ok shark isnt healthy, neither is red bull. shark give jus as much if not a lil more energy than a red bull, but doesnt last nearly as long, although the crash isnt as hard. i do believe shark is very addicting, taste bad, not as bad as red bull, but that lil wile with a huge SUGAR rush is pretty good. i prefer shark over red bull, and drinking a couple a day im probably gonna die at age of 30, but all well, ill die drinking a shark =Þ ill drink red bull, red bull taste bad but the rush last slightly longer, drink 2 and ill have a nice lil crash for the night. i cant find sharks anywhere any more, last 1 i saw was bout 3-4 months ago at a gas store. they were selling them 1/2 off cuz no1 liked the flavour, this is also a gas store that has no spot for red bull =P tons of Lost though. red bulls good, dont get me wrong, but i prefer shark. idk if its healthy or not, its a energy drink. if u drink alchoholic beverages then why do u care if your energy drink is healthy ffs. any1 seen a shark recently in ATX? these red bulls just taste to bad for the hard crash i get, better stinking to a monster. ya, i know ima get jumped for this 1, but i h8 monsters, no energy at all. i can chug 3-4 and barely get a rush. Lost is a pretty good energy drink tho, taste better than most, although still kinda weak, but its something ill drink over a monster. Although i kinda like monster java, gives less energy than a reg. monster but taste good. anyway, back to shark and red bull. they both an awsome energy drink the shark formula was created before red bull. red bull good if u was a long strong rush with hard crash shark good if u want a short stronger rush, but the crash isnt as hard. that may jus be me though, different ingredients affect ppl differently, and i jus get a harder crash from red bull. so maby its jus a factor of ingredients is why i like shark better. or maby i just do cuz i do. but if i had to rank the number 1 energy drink ill have to choose shark, red bull isnt jus my drink, but its still better than most. wow….ok shark isnt healthy, neither is red bull.
shark give jus as much if not a lil more energy than a red bull, but doesnt last nearly as long, although the crash isnt as hard.

i do believe shark is very addicting, taste bad, not as bad as red bull, but that lil wile with a huge SUGAR rush is pretty good.

i prefer shark over red bull, and drinking a couple a day im probably gonna die at age of 30, but all well, ill die drinking a shark =Þ

ill drink red bull, red bull taste bad but the rush last slightly longer, drink 2 and ill have a nice lil crash for the night.
i cant find sharks anywhere any more, last 1 i saw was bout 3-4 months ago at a gas store. they were selling them 1/2 off cuz no1 liked the flavour, this is also a gas store that has no spot for red bull =P tons of Lost though.

red bulls good, dont get me wrong, but i prefer shark. idk if its healthy or not, its a energy drink. if u drink alchoholic beverages then why do u care if your energy drink is healthy ffs.

any1 seen a shark recently in ATX? these red bulls just taste to bad for the hard crash i get, better stinking to a monster.

ya, i know ima get jumped for this 1, but i h8 monsters, no energy at all. i can chug 3-4 and barely get a rush. Lost is a pretty good energy drink tho, taste better than most, although still kinda weak, but its something ill drink over a monster.
Although i kinda like monster java, gives less energy than a reg. monster but taste good.

anyway, back to shark and red bull.

they both an awsome energy drink
the shark formula was created before red bull.
red bull good if u was a long strong rush with hard crash

shark good if u want a short stronger rush, but the crash isnt as hard. that may jus be me though, different ingredients affect ppl differently, and i jus get a harder crash from red bull.

so maby its jus a factor of ingredients is why i like shark better.
or maby i just do cuz i do.

but if i had to rank the number 1 energy drink
ill have to choose shark, red bull isnt jus my drink, but its still better than most.

]]> By: nina http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2006/02/shark-energy-drink/#comment-6484 nina Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:23:22 +0000 http://frankcswain.powweb.com/sciencepunk/?p=22#comment-6484 Jonny: grape sugar is the carbohydrate with the highest glycemic index. ... When the highest levels of grape glucose are introduced they assist carbohydrates and are burned faster and more efficiently. That’s why energy drinks are not meant to be consumed several times a day. I though foods with high glycemic indexes were bad..." Recent data suggest that a high intake of rapidly absorbed carbohydrates, which is characterized by a high glycemic load (a measure of carbohydrate quality and quantity), may increase the risk of coronary heart disease by aggravating glucose intolerance and dyslipidemia.” (Liu S, Manson JE. Dietary carbohydrates, physical inactivity, obesity, and the 'metabolic syndrome' as predictors of coronary heart disease. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2001 Aug;12(4):395-404.) i.e: bad for you. Also, you'd have to keep drinking these energy drinks because of the fast jolt of energy and the inevitable crash that comes with it a short while later. Something with a lower glycemic index will give you energy for a longer period of time. Where did these people study nutrition? Jonny: grape sugar is the carbohydrate with the highest glycemic index. … When the highest levels of grape glucose are introduced they assist carbohydrates and are burned faster and more efficiently. That’s why energy drinks are not meant to be consumed several times a day.
I though foods with high glycemic indexes were bad…” Recent data suggest that a high intake of rapidly absorbed carbohydrates, which is characterized by a high glycemic load (a measure of carbohydrate quality and quantity), may increase the risk of coronary heart disease by aggravating glucose intolerance and dyslipidemia.” (Liu S, Manson JE. Dietary carbohydrates, physical inactivity, obesity, and the ‘metabolic syndrome’ as predictors of coronary heart disease. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2001 Aug;12(4):395-404.) i.e: bad for you. Also, you’d have to keep drinking these energy drinks because of the fast jolt of energy and the inevitable crash that comes with it a short while later. Something with a lower glycemic index will give you energy for a longer period of time. Where did these people study nutrition?

]]> By: Frank the SciencePunk http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2006/02/shark-energy-drink/#comment-6370 Frank the SciencePunk Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:24:57 +0000 http://frankcswain.powweb.com/sciencepunk/?p=22#comment-6370 flattery will get you everywhere... I'm totally hankering for a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricin" rel="nofollow">castor nut</a> butter and poison ivy jelly sandwich now. flattery will get you everywhere…

I’m totally hankering for a castor nut butter and poison ivy jelly sandwich now.

]]> By: Will http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2006/02/shark-energy-drink/#comment-6326 Will Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:49:27 +0000 http://frankcswain.powweb.com/sciencepunk/?p=22#comment-6326 Bump--- Whoa!!! natural = Healthy??? Wowsers where is that cream of sumac soup or that Poison Ive jelly I need for my all natural wheat gluten free bread.. As to the natural caffeine... Coffee is natural.. so it is good right? mmmmm 100% arabica dark Sumatran... Oh this is going to taste so yummy, wait a moment let me ad some shark to the coffee and see if it makes the arabica turn into robusto. Thanks Frank I get a kick out of your site daily... Will Bump—

Whoa!!! natural = Healthy???
Wowsers where is that cream of sumac soup or that Poison Ive jelly I need for my all natural wheat gluten free bread..
As to the natural caffeine… Coffee is natural.. so it is good right?
mmmmm 100% arabica dark Sumatran… Oh this is going to taste so yummy, wait a moment let me ad some shark to the coffee and see if it makes the arabica turn into robusto.

Thanks Frank I get a kick out of your site daily…

Will

]]> By: Lisa http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2006/02/shark-energy-drink/#comment-4690 Lisa Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:52:44 +0000 http://frankcswain.powweb.com/sciencepunk/?p=22#comment-4690 'When the highest levels of grape glucose are introduced they assist carbohydrates and are burned faster and more efficiently' maybe it's my hangover, but can anyone tell me how glucose can assist carbohydrates? those words just don't make sense together. assist them to do what? ‘When the highest levels of grape glucose are introduced they assist carbohydrates and are burned faster and more efficiently’

maybe it’s my hangover, but can anyone tell me how glucose can assist carbohydrates? those words just don’t make sense together. assist them to do what?

]]> By: RobbieH http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2006/02/shark-energy-drink/#comment-4670 RobbieH Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:46:00 +0000 http://frankcswain.powweb.com/sciencepunk/?p=22#comment-4670 Woh there manigen, you're confusing synthetic iron (horrible stuff from rocks, rocks I tell you, you're body is not a rock) and natural iron (mmm lovely sweet blood). Alicia/Fred/Jonny you are a strange bunch/person. Woh there manigen, you’re confusing synthetic iron (horrible stuff from rocks, rocks I tell you, you’re body is not a rock) and natural iron (mmm lovely sweet blood).

Alicia/Fred/Jonny you are a strange bunch/person.

]]> By: manigen http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/2006/02/shark-energy-drink/#comment-4668 manigen Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:38:37 +0000 http://frankcswain.powweb.com/sciencepunk/?p=22#comment-4668 Of course they don't do irony. Iron is a nasty chemical that poisons your all-natural body. Of course they don’t do irony. Iron is a nasty chemical that poisons your all-natural body.

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