Monster Steroids suspicion?!
Monster Steroids suspicion?
Is there any possibility that Monster Energy Drinks sold in Texas can contain steroids or traces of steroids or any ingredient that may lead a drug test to say positive for steroids?
Answers:
Technically, energy drinks don't contain steroids. They do however, contain Taurine, a substance used in combination to create anabolic steroids for body building supplements.
well, like most energy drinks, Monster contains Taurine. Taurine is an organic acid that is a major constituent of bile, and can be found in lower amounts in the tissues of many animals including humans. (metazoa).[1][2] Taurine is also found in plants, fungi, and some bacterial species, but at lower levels. Taurine is a derivative of the sulfur-containing (sulfhydryl) amino acid, cysteine.
Taurine is often used in combination with bodybuilding supplements such as creatine and anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids are synthetic derivatives of the male hormone testosterone, which promote the growth of skeletal muscle and increase lean body mass.
Monster energy drinks contains 2000 mg of taurine, 1000 for each of the two servings.
No, if tested, you won't neccessarily test positive for steroids. I know from working at a casino where they do random drug tests that if you do have an energy drink before tested, it will show something. Kind of like if you eat a poppy seed muffin before you takea drug test and it shows you have opium in your system. If you have an energy drink before a drug test (unrecommended) let them know.
My advice? Lay off of the energy drinks. Seriously. I used to drink 2-3 SOBE Adrenaline Rushes a day. I started feeling crappy and couldn't figure out why at first. Then I thought that it could possible be the energy drinks. I stopped drinking them, and actually have not had one in over 2 weeks, and I feel so much better. I know other people who quit drinking them and felt better as well. Trust me. They're really not all that good for you.