Sunday, December 21, 2014

Energy Drinks and Your Body

How much would you pay for a drink that promises to revitalize your mind and body, elevate your energy or give you the focus you need to cross every item off your to-do list? Catching a third wind is priceless, which is why energy-drink sales are in the billions each year. But there may be a hidden cost.

Are Energy Drinks Bad for you? The Health Side Effects of Energy Drinks




As sales skyrocket, so do energy-drink-related emergency room visits: between 2007 and 2011, they doubled from about 10,000 to nearly 21,000 visits. In a recent USC study—which randomly SAMPLED emergency room patients—a third of patients who reported downing energy drinks had adverse reactions ranging from heart palpitations to chest pain to seizures. And, even more frightening, the Food and Drug Administration has received reports of at least 15 deaths related to energy drinks. Although there’s no proof linking these negative reactions to drinking an energy drink, “no one really knows how dangerous [energy drinks] are,” says Michael Jacobson, Ph.D., executive director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “They certainly raise a caution flag about drinking too much [caffeine] too quickly.” In fact, the FDA recently launched an investigation into the safety 

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