Prunes' are soluble fiber that helps to normalize the blood sugar levels by slowing the rate at which food leaves the stomach and by delaying the absorption of glucose (the form in which sugar is transported in the blood) following a meal.
caffeine can result in restlessness nervousness insomnia and tremors high amounts can also trigger seizures and abnormal heart rhythm monster energy the drink blamed in a lawsuit for the death of a 14 year old girl and cited in five deaths reported to the fda has 92 milligrams of caffeine per 8 ounce serving
Red Bull is among the popular brands of high-caffeine energy drinks. Credit Emily Berl for The New York Times . Among the latest entrants in the energy industryâs caffeine race is a pocket-size squeeze bottle called Mio Energy. Each half-teaspoon serving of Mio, which is sold by Kraft Foods, releases 60 milligrams of caffeine in a beverage, the amount in a six-ounce cup of coffee, the company says. But one size of the bottle, which users can repeatedly squeeze, contains 18 servings, or 1,060 milligrams, of caffeine â more than enough, health specialists say, to sicken children and some adults, and even send some of them to the hospital.