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ABSTRACT
According to the Sanitary Surveillance Agency of the Ministry of Health, energy drinks are identified as
liquid compounds ready for consumption, being made of carbohydrates, taurine, caffeine, glucoronolactone,
inositol, and B-complex vitamins. Given the small number of studies on the use of taurine in energy drinks
related to improved performance, this paper aimed to analyze the metabolic and haemodynamic responses
resulted from the administration of the association of taurine and caffeine during an ergospyrometric test
in physically active subjects. Therefore, twenty male individuals, 26 ±4.32 years and body mass 23.79 ±2.95,
frequent practitioners of aerobic activities, were submitted to two test sessions in cycle ergometer hooked
to a gas metabolic analyzer. The sessions schedule was double-blind, and 60 minutes before them the indi-
viduals were offered experimental drinks or placebo drinks. During the tests, the subjects were evaluated on
the following variables: heart rate (HR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), blood
lactate (Lac), subjective perceived exertion by Borg scale (SPE), maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max), oxygen
uptake at the compensation respiratory point (CRP), exercise time (ET) and work load (WL). A paired t test
was carried out for data analysis, where (p≤0.05). On the work load, the results indicated an increase of 10
watts with the administration of the experimental drink, with no statistical significance, though. (ED: 342
±40.60; P: 332.50±56.83). The main results of this study point out that taurine administration contained in
the energy drink did not influence in the levels of the investigated variables. Thus, we can conclude that the
2g dose used did not improve performance.
Keywords: performance, supplementation, ergogenic.
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