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The UK Kid Who Nearly Died From Prime
from Kevin Spacey's Soup & AI Saints | The Tim Dillon Show #393 · #393
2 min
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Tim reads the story of a UK father whose 8-year-old son allegedly nearly died from drinking Prime, describing the kid pulling at his face and gasping, and notes Prime has been banned in Australia.
- Tim says he's not a food scientist and doesn't know much about Prime, but notes people are claiming it has too much caffeine for children.
- Reading Prime's ingredient list: filtered water, coconut water, caffeine, electrolytes, potassium, B12, and magnesium.
- Prime Energy contains sucrose and artificial sweeteners linked in some studies to leaky gut damage.
- Each can of Prime Energy contains 200 milligrams of caffeine—roughly double the amount in a regular cup of coffee.
- Tim questions whether this is really such a big deal, given that lots of caffeinated beverages are already consumed by children.
- Tim concedes it's probably not great for kids to be hopped up on caffeine and notes it might dehydrate them.
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