Welcome to the cultural era of the energy drink! It seems that everyone from business men to high school students are jumping on the energy drink bandwagon. There are so many different energy drinks to choose from, available in just about a zillion different flavors and in every color of the rainbow - so how do you pick just one?

This is the dilemma that most people face when it comes to choosing an energy drink. And it doesn't help when there is so much controversy revolving around them. Critics have even gone as far as saying that energy drinks are nothing but snake oil: that their over-inflated marketing schemes outweigh the actual quality of the drink. Are energy drinks really so bad that opponents can go as far as accusing their manufacturers of fake advertising?

With all the buzz surrounding energy drinks it's hard to get through the high-pressure marketing to what's really inside that can or bottle. This can leave the average consumer a bit confused. But luckily there is a brand new online information guide to help you become a smart, energy drink shopper! Edrinks.net will help you find out exactly what's in that can you've been swilling, and provide you with an honest list of ingredients so that you can achieve a healthy buzz...without all the undesirable ingredients and side effects.

Amber Lynne, a budding nutritionist, yet a self-proclaimed caffeine addict, is a writer for edrinks.net and is dedicated to unlocking the mystery behind this new energy drink fad. Lynne says, "Edrinks.net provides straight-up, unbiased information on all of the top brands that this energy drink crazed culture has to offer. It gives the reader the honest truth, the good and the bad, to help you make an informed decision when it comes to choosing the right energy drink, including information on different brands of energy drinks, enhanced water, and sports drinks."

Edrinks.net gets to the core of the controversy, for example energy drinks - such as the well-known Redbull and Rockstar brands - promise to provide you with an incredible energy boost. However, whether or not they actually do this is up for debate among researchers. Nutritional experts have recently criticized energy drinks with providing little or no dietary benefit to the drinker, and many villainize the fact that they are nothing more than cans of caffeine and sugar. In addition, Edrinks.net reveals that many of the so-called "all natural" ingredients found in e-drinks - such taurine and ginseng - are still a mystery to many nutritionists as to their health uses and effectiveness.

This is a growing concern because energy drinks have become increasingly popular among teens. Some of the marketing schemes include telling students that the drinks will help them study, when in reality they may actually just make them sleepier. Most teens claim they don't even know why they drink them ? claiming that they taste nasty, don't seem to provide any noticeable surge in energy, and are costly on the wallet. However one's things for sure ? energy drinks look cool! But why have they become so popular? Is it because of eye-catching packaging and glitzy advertising?

Edrinks.net discusses how energy drink companies try to give their product a suggestive title and funky design in order to reach a certain target audience. For instance, RESQ is an energy drink targeted towards...you guessed it - ambulance drivers! Pink Diet is a low carbohydrate, low calorie, pink drink for yes, young women. And Pimp Juice is... well... you get the idea! So it seems like the name of the energy drink is actually what leads people towards purchasing a certain drink over another - instead of the actual ingredients within. Don't fall into this trap!

Lynne says, "At Edrinks.net, we feel that consumers have the right to know what's in that energy drink they drink every day." Remember that energy drinks can provide you with a healthy form of energy - as long as you do your research. That's where Edrinks.net comes in!