Monster Low Carb is an energy drink that is loaded with taurine and some surprising ingredients to boost your energy.   Surprising if you are a diabetic to say the least.  I have tried a few different Monster drinks over the past several weeks, they are very tasty, however within minutes I began to feel ill.  Didn’t like the feeling at all.

I happen to be a type 2 diabetic and thought maybe I was being affected by the sugar and carbs (although that has never happened to be before when drinking energy drinks or any other over indulgence of carbs & sugars).  So my brother-in-picked up the low carb monster drink for me.  I drank about half a can and the same thing happened to me.  I poured the other half down the sink.  My brother-in-law thought maybe I was having a bad reaction to the Taurine.  We decided to check the ingredients to see how much Taurine was actually in one of these drinks.

We got our answer and one big surprise.  The usual list of "facts" is there…

Lo-Carb Monster Supplement Facts (serving size - 8 fl. oz.)

Calories: 10
Total Carb: 3 g (3 g from sugar) - 1%
Riboflavin: 1.7 mg - 100%
Niacin: 20 mg - 100%
Vitamin B6: 2 mg - 100%
Vitamin B12: 6 mcg - 100%
Sodium: 180 mg - 8%
Taurine: 1000 mg
Panax Ginseng: 200 mg
Percent daily values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet - Servings per container: 2

But what we also discovered is that where they list the ingredients they have something called the "energy blend" and the 2nd item is GLUCOSE!  If we calculated this all correctly, there is over 2000mg of glucose in each can!  Now if you know anything about diabetes, the last thing a diabetic needs to be drinking is glucose!  Why is there no warning for this?  How could a beverage loaded with glucose be considered low carb and low calorie?  Not a doctor and not a scientist, but this seems just stupid to me!

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