Its the processed Sugars that are the culprit, doesn’t matter what they are in. Energy Drinks, Soda, Sports Drinks, Candy etc makes no difference.
Those ‘energy drinks’ have weird ingredients in addition to sugar......
For instance Monster:
The ingredients include carbonated water, sucrose, glucose, citric acid, natural flavors, taurine, sodium citrate, color added, panax ginseng root extract, L-carnitine, L-tartarate, caffeine, sorbic acid, benzoic acid, niacinamide, sodium chloride, Glycine max glucuronolactone, inositol, guarana seed extract, pyridoxine hydrochloride, sucralose, riboflavin, maltodextrin, and cyanocobalamin.