
Energy Drinks
Nerd of Mouth
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Coca Cola Is Not a Medical Product
Coca Cola is the proto energy drink, but the technically first energy drinks were as follows. This goes back to 1927 when glucose aid was invented by a chemist named William Owen in an attempt to find an energy source for cold and flu patients again,. It was renamed Lucosade in 1929. And it's slogan changed in 1983 from Lucosade AIDS recovery to Lucosade replaces lost energy. Next you've got that next you have Dr. Enough, which was developed in 1949 by a Chicago businessman. The ad copy said the answer to a housewife’s prayer, the bosom companion of a tired farmer businessman and a shift into high gear for young Johnny or Mary.
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