Talk:Energy drink

Sports
The mention of energy drinks and sports sponsorship is great. I have seen imitations such as Arnold Palmer sponsored lemonade from Arizona. Not to be duplicated. These drinks are commonly referred to as ale. Though they taste great they are not similar in any respect other than taste. It should also be noted that these drinks are not as expensive as once thought. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:301:7751:2D0:35D2:2BC0:603F:1951 (talk) 01:22, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Energy drinks for deletion
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Health Effects of Theanine Disagree with Theanine Page
I'll look in to this some more later, but I just wanted to let someone know that this page claims there is evidence for the health benefits of theanine, while the Theanine page says there is not. 174.247.236.119 (talk) 14:39, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * There are no WP:MEDRS sources to support any health effect of theanine (see article revision history and talk page). I revised the article in this major edit to remove any suggestion of theanine effects, among other outdated, unsourced content. Zefr (talk) 15:30, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

History issues
I looked into usage of the term "energy drink" through Google search in newspapers from the 20th century. The earliest attested usage is from 1904 (see the article in OED) and referred to a kind of malt drink. Several other malt drinks are advertised as "energy drinks" in the 1920s and 1930s and the term is even used to describe cider in the 1940s. From the 1950s to 1990s, it was mostly used to describe fairly standard soft drinks. Not even Lucozade seems to actually have been advertised as an "energy drink" until the 1950s. From what I can tell, it wasn't until around 2000 (estimate, not exact date) that the term began to be used in its current meaning.

So I'm kinda questioning the relevance of a lot of info in the history section. We definitely need to separate the term "energy drink" from the concept "energy drink" as we think of it today. For example, calling the early form of Coca Cola an energy drink might not be accurate. At least, it doesn't at all fit how early 20th century ads used the term. Peter Isotalo 21:12, 27 September 2023 (UTC)