After downing an energy drink, what happens in the body is kind of scary [View all]
There’s been a lot of controversy about caffeine-spiked energy drinks in recent years after a spate of deaths and overdoses related to the beverages. In one of the most heartbreaking cases, 14-year-old Anais Fournier of Maryland died after consuming two 24-ounce cans of an energy drink. The Food and Drug Administration has been studying such cases to determine if there’s a causal link and, if so, what to do about it....
Systolic blood pressure (the top number): 6.2 percent increase.
• Diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number): 6.8 percent increase.
• Average blood pressure: 6.4 percent increase.
Writing in JAMA, the researchers said these changes may predispose those who drink a single drink to increased cardiovascular risk.
This may explain why a number of those who died after consuming energy drinks appeared to have had heart attacks.
http://www.adn.com/article/20151112/after-downing-energy-drink-what-happens-body-kind-scary
Anyone else notice how many young people are dying of 'natural' causes these days with no real explanation?
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