Young video game addicts targeted with caffeine-heavy pills and powders that help them play non-stop
- Vdeo game addicts targeted with caffeine-heavy pills to help them play non-stop
- Supplement companies ‘Sneak’ or ‘GG’ advertise with popular ‘Insta-gamers’
- Popular ‘Insta-gamers’ will then promote the contents to their young followers
- Doctors have slammed the supplements which will have long-term affects
Young video game addicts are being targeted with caffeine-heavy pills and powders that help them play non-stop.
Supplement companies like ‘Sneak’ and ‘GG’ are promoting products that promise to help gamers improve their concentration, reflexes and ability to play for extended periods, even all through the night.
The development comes as professional video game athletes who are being drug-tested for banned substances such as Adderall and amphetamines, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Supplement companies like ‘Sneak’ or ‘GG’ have one objective and that is to fuel all gamers with content that won’t drag the players down (pictured Sneak promotion)
The companies are selling their supplements to ‘Insta-gamers’ who will promote the product to their young followers
The companies are selling the supplements to popular ‘Insta-gamers’ who will promote the product to their young followers.
‘We won’t settle for fuelling out game with sugar-filled canned energy drinks that pump us up then drag us down,’ the Sneak website reads.
One cup of the Sneak company’s product contains 150mg of caffeine.
‘GG can last between 5-6 hours! The best part is… unlike sugar-loaded canned energy drinks, there’s NO CRASH,’ the GG website reads.
Despite there being no sugar and no calories in GG, a cup of the contents contains 100mg of caffeine, which is what you would find in a cup of coffee.
Despite there being no sugar and no calories in GG, a cup of the contents contains 100mg of caffeine, which is what you would find in a cup of coffee
AMA President Dr Tony Bartone slammed the companies for promoting unhealthy behaviours and putting children’s lives at risk with long-term effects of ‘dehydrations, dizziness, heart palpitations and anxiety,’ he told Daily Telegraph.
He thinks the marketing would put children’s lives at risk and cause them to overuse the substance.
Dr Bartone also said there is ‘no reason for children and teenagers to take supplements which keep them up playing games and for ridiculous numbers of hours’.
AMA President Dr Tony Bartone said the marketing would put children’s lives at risk and cause them to overuse the substance
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