These days, energy drinks claim to do just about everything other than actually give you energy. Whether it is weight loss or better mental activity, there never seems to be a shortage of new products available in stores.

But, now, a certain health or energy drink called Boost Plus gave one man an uncontrollable erection, ending up with him being hospitalized. HA. That really must be an inconvenience at work to have a huge boner.

I know I may sound insensitive, but come on, it’s a little bit funny…right? Anyways, this was not merely an annoyance for this poor man, but resulted in having surgery to calm down his over-excited self.

Yahoo News reports that he went to bed after drinking Boost Plus and woke up “with an erection that would not subside.” He then sought treatment that day for the condition, called severe priapism.Because his situation was so bad, surgery was needed in order to implant a Winter shunt, which moves blood from one area to another.

Man, talk about negative side effects. I wonder what it would do to a girl?

When I heard that Coca-Cola was riding the green tea wave and coming out with Enviga, a drink which claims to burn calories, I was ready to hop on board.

I mean, I’ve always been a fan of zero calorie anything. But negative calories? Bring it on. Enviga is a sparkling green tea drink that’s supposed to increase calorie burning through those snazzy green tea extracts I’ve heard so much about in Shape, the lovely caffeine of my late night red-bulls, and other naturally active plant micronutrients.

I was ready to stock up on Enviga and finally order a pair of skin-tight Cheap Monday jeans straight from those slender Swedes. I mean, Cheap Monday jeans, are only $65 dollars. Plus, each can of Enviga is only about $1.50. What a deal. According to the lab coats over at Coca Cola, it takes 3 cans of the stuff to burn 100 calories. Read More »