The Negative Effects Of Energy Drinks On The Cardiovascular System

In the past few years, according to Diana Koelliker from Telluride Medical , a number of energy drinks have entered the market to provide all of us with a quick boost of energy, easily. These drinks usually contain high levels of caffeine and other additives that act as stimulants. Sometimes we need the extra pick me up to get us through the rest of the day or to help us stay awake while studying for an exam. So, what better way to do that then to grab a Red Bull or a Monster? Well studies have shown that energy drinks just may not be our best option.

Once you consume an energy drink your whole body is affected including you brain, your bloodstream, your heart, and your skin. Energy drinks are really bad for you if you drink it a lot; they say it could affect how you work out because energy drinks lead to sugar crashes. You don’t want to work out and in the middle of your work out, you get tired all of the sudden, if you drink one after you work out you would just get tired and you will start to crash. My opinion you should not drink energy drinks at all while working out. The things they put in it, it’s just not worth drinking it during your work out

(Graham, 1998) This shows the importance of caffeine in endurance sports such as cycling, running, and soccer which require a great deal of physical stamina in order to compete successfully. Studies also show that caffeine has very little affect on athletes requiring quick burst of energy such as sprinters and swimmers. Also caffeine has been known to decrease fatigue in athletes, which plays a physical as well as psychological role in the performance of an athlete.

Introduction: Energy drinks are a common beverage amongst teenagers and young adults. About 30-50%of teenagers and young adults consume energy drinks (1). Common ingredients of energy drinks include caffeine, taurine, sugar, all of which have an adverse effect on the cardiovascular response (1). Over dosing on energy drinks or inappropriate use, such as mixing it with alcohol, can lead serious consequences such a as insomnia, tachycardia and in rare occasions death (2). Thus, it is necessary to investigate these effects and prevent young individuals develop cardiovascular problems, or other diseases like diabetes and anxiety.

This study targets the physical effect of caffeinated energy drinks on athletes, in both genders, in team sports, primarily the capacity of the participants to perform repeated sprints during a simulated match.

Cardiovascular effect: Studies shown an increase in heart rate and arterial blood pressure after energy drink consumption.

Attention Getter Energy drinks that we all consume and has slowly become a part of our life can have severe side effects. According to Lydia Zuraw from the food safety news in her article “Energy drinks increasingly causing health problems”, “In the US 80% of adults consume caffeine every day and an on average one intakes 200mg of caffeine everyday”. Talking about myself I have tried almost all energy drinks and I recently quit when the last time I was really tired but needed some work done I got two red bulls, they got me doing my work really fast but after an hour I was so tired that I could feel my heart racing like it would give up any time, when I reached home I fell asleep for more than 15 hours. That’s not only my story even my cousin was admitted to a hospital for days because his heart rate was more than average due to over

7. The relation between palpitations and energy drinks could not be proven. ECGs were not able to prove QT prolongation and only a few subjects demonstrated ventricular abnormalities.

High blood pressure, insomnia, anxiety, and increased heart rate. These are related to one thing. One of the most dangerous beverages on the planet, yet it’s so wildly popular and, one of the most deadly. Energy Drinks are one of the most popular beverages that we consume on a daily basis. What is an energy drink? By definition, an energy drink is; a type of beverage containing stimulant drugs such as caffeine, which is marketed as providing mental and physical stimulation.

Energy drinks should not be drank throughout the day because they cause an increase in dehydration by the amount of electrolytes that are found in these drinks. Imbalance in the amount of electrolytes in the body can lead to the need to use the bathroom, dehydration someone more than they were in the first place. They can also increase the stress an anxiety that someone is feeling because of the caffeine found in them and that caffeine can also lead to insomnia. Although energy drinks have been advertised to be good for drinking during exercise, they are one of the worst things to consume because they cause dehydration, especially because the caffeine in them causes the kidneys to produce more urine and lost more fluid. Also, these drinks are

Of these eleven listed energy drinks and energy shots, four provide the actual caffeine content on the nutrition label of the can (Red Bull, No Fear, Rip-It, and SK Energy), but many provide the consumer with the broad term energy blend, which gives the consumer little to no useful information except for a broad amount of the combined ingredients within that energy blend. Table 2 (below) provides a detailed overview of the ingredient make up. There are many brands of energy drinks available in the world today that hold a vast array of caffeine within. These energy drinks come in a variety of many sizes as well. Energy drinks are hypothesized to hold a higher content of caffeine than any other caffeinated drink tested and will be the unhealthiest option for an energy source. The results of the experiment will be ranked in order based on the caffeine content for each drink. Through this experiment, the outcomes of consuming energy drinks such as their health effects and risks associated with consumption will be evaluated. The worst type of energy drink in the world is predicted to be the more recent energy shot. Energy shots are believed to hold more health effects and risks because it is such a small dosage that is being consumed in such a short time frame. Energy shots are also believed to hold a much higher caffeine level than any other caffeinated drink. A 2-ounce energy shot can easily exceed the FDA approved level of caffeine intake per day and can also hold up to the same amount of caffeine as a 16-ounce energy drink if not

The reason the author wrote this article was to inform people about the potential dangers of energy drinks. They wanted to prove that these drinks are bad for your heart by using evidence from a lab. One thing that I learned from this article was that energy drinks increased the use of norepinephrine. “The biggest difference was in blood levels of norepinephrine, the hormone that can lead to the so-called fight-or-flight response. Norepinephrine narrows blood vessels and increases blood pressure and blood sugar levels.” After testing the impact of the drink, “the average amount of norepinephrine rose 74 percent in the blood.” Another thing that I learned from this article is that Rockstar energy drinks have loads of caffeine. “One drink contains

Sylvia Nena (2011) also stated that “Manufactures of these products claim to increase energy, endurance, burn fat and improve athletic performance. According to experts, many of them state that it is untrue that energy drink helps to increase energy. This is due to drugs that can be found in the drinks such as caffeine. Caffeine with high levels of consuming can cause some problems to the human body like palpitations, hypertension, vomiting, convulsions and even worst heart failure which can lead to death. Roland Griffiths (2012) a caffeine specialist said that high caffeine in use by young people can cause a cycle of rushes and crashes that can add “a degree of variance to their moods and psychological well-being that they don’t really need. Joao Breda(2014) from WHO’s Europe wrote that caffeine has a proven negative effect on

As well, sport drinks have the ability to provide a subject with an increased amount of endurance for their exercise. One reason why sport drinks have this capability is due to the carbohydrates found in the beverages. These carbohydrates exist as either of two sugars, sucrose and glucose-fructose, which provide the energy for the body that makes sport drinks better to use during exercise than water (Tsintzas 155). Carbohydrate consumption allows athletes to work harder for longer periods of time and to feel better while doing the exercises. A recent study determined that runners who had only water to drink lost speed during the race compared to those who had sport drinks. Also, performance time was faster in runners who consumed the sport drinks as opposed to water. It was only during the final 17.2 kilometres of the race that the performance times began to differ and the runners who drank the sport drinks ran faster (Tsintzas 156). Furthermore, the exercise intensity was higher towards the end of the race from those runners who had the sport drinks. As with most performance enhancing implements, sport drinks have potential drawbacks.

People are always wanting to increase their energy level. The main focus with energy drinks are the ingredients caffeine and taurine. Those two combined give the sense of enhancement of concentration and endurance. There is an internal problem that includes the hemodynamic parameters. This involves the decrease of blood pressure and the increase of cardiac contractility with taurine (Steinke et al., 2009) This is why we will be examining the hemodynamics and ECG effects in enters drinks among young adults. Researchers had 15 volunteers (ages 18-40) who had to refrain from caffeine for a 48-hour period before the study began. Their blood pressure, heart rate, and ECG were taken (Steinke et al., 2009). Over a 30-minute