Rajon loves red bull

[colincb]

http://theblowtorch.blogspot.com/2009/09/rajon-rondo-loves-redbull.html

[RAcker]

This is borderline Delonte funny.  He likes to "brood" on his steps?

[perks-a-beast]

I don't see how Rondo can drink Red Bull all day every day. One night i drank about 6 and nearly ended up in the hospital.

[ChampKind]

I don't see how Rondo can drink Red Bull all day every day. One night i drank about 6 and nearly ended up in the hospital.

This is borderline Delonte funny.  He likes to "brood" on his steps?

This is satire isn't it?

[RAcker]

I don't see how Rondo can drink Red Bull all day every day. One night i drank about 6 and nearly ended up in the hospital.

This is borderline Delonte funny.  He likes to "brood" on his steps?

This is satire isn't it?

It's dripping with satire.  I don't know who authored this, but it's funny to think this is how Rajon is in real life to kind of give him that cartoonish persona.

[GroverTheClover]

I don't see how Rondo can drink Red Bull all day every day. One night i drank about 6 and nearly ended up in the hospital.

6 Red Bull is the equivalent of 6 coffees. Not anything special unless you consumed them in one sitting.

[4THQTR]

I don't see how Rondo can drink Red Bull all day every day. One night i drank about 6 and nearly ended up in the hospital.

6 Red Bull is the equivalent of 6 coffees. Not anything special unless you consumed them in one sitting.

As far as caffeine goes, yes.
However red bull has all kinds of other crap in it, so you really shouldn't drink it at all...
It's as much of a sports drinks as coke is the dentist's first choice...

[Edgar]

stick to my coffe

from UCLA paper.

Blood Brain Barrier
Taurine is abundantly found in the brain and is known to exert neuroprotective
effects against excitotoxic agents and oxidative stress, such as those released during an
ischemic episode (3). An in vivo analysis indicated that during ischemia, a 17-fold
increase in taurine levels can be observed within the brain (3). There are two sources of
taurine in the brain: direct synthesis from neurons and transport across the Blood-Brain
Barrier.
The Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) is a membranous barrier surrounding blood
vessels that lead to the brain and regulates the exchange of molecules between the blood
and the brain (12). The BBB is highly permeable to non-polar compounds and less
permeable to polar compounds. Such closely monitored regulation prevents harmful
substances from entering the brain and only permits the passage of substances necessary
for the brain. Studies with rat brain indicate that sodium and chloride dependent taurine
transporters exist in the BBB (12). The activity of these transporters is tightly regulated
by transcription of the genes encoding them. This transcription seems to be dependent on
the degree of cell damage, osmolality and taurine in the brain, suggesting that active
expression of this gene is an acute response to neuronal crisis (3).
4 Nutrition Bytes Vol. 9 [2003], No. 1, Article 6
http://repositories.cdlib.org/uclabiolchem/nutritionbytes/vol9/iss1/art6
It can be deduced that under normal non-ischemic conditions, taurine levels
within the brain are maintained at a stable level. Therefore, an increase in the taurine
plasma level resulting from dietary supplementation is unlikely to cause a sudden influx
of taurine into the brain. Furthermore, considering the substantial amount of indigenous
taurine already present in the brain, it is questionable whether any entry would make a
significant difference to the total concentration. While caffeine can readily diffuse across
the BBB, the entry of taurine seems to be regulated with more stringent control.
Conclusion
The Red Bull Company claims that drinking Red Bull improves one’s cognitive
capabilities and muscular performance (1). The company attributes these enhancements
to the unique combination of the ingredients including key components such as caffeine,
taurine and glucuronolactone. However, it seems more plausible that most of the effects
observed when drinking Red Bull come principally from caffeine. Red bull contains
about the same amount of caffeine (80 mg) as a cup of coffee. However, because coffee
takes time to cool, it is ingested over a longer period of time than it takes to consume Red
Bull. Drinking Red Bull brings into the body a large dose of caffeine in a short amount
of time, resulting in a sharp rise of plasma caffeine concentration. In addition, a
psychosomatic placebo effect of having consumed an “energy drink” may compound the
chemical’s actual effects. Thus it seems that drinking a cold cup of coffee may induce
the same “energizing and refreshing” effects of drinking Red Bull – and best of all, at
one-third the cost.

[blueygreen]

I don't see how Rondo can drink Red Bull all day every day. One night i drank about 6 and nearly ended up in the hospital.

Practice makes perfect

[greg683x]

it tastes great when mixed with Vodka!

[greg683x]

those pictures in the link from the OP are from a video that Rondo has on his facebook page.

If you become a fan of Rondo on facebook you get notified everytime he adds pictures or videos to his page, like just he other day he posted pictures of him playing golf with John Calipari.  Anyway, you guys should check out the video for this, it's like a Rajon Rondo episode of cribs.  He has a pretty nice place.