Energy drinks: what is their danger to the body?

Energy drinks have long become popular among students during the preparation for the exam session, as well as managers who sometimes do not have time to cope with all their work in the office. Do not hesitate sometimes to drink an invigorating tonic and athletes, tired drivers, regulars of nightclubs.

What do power producers say about their products

Manufacturers of power engineers, of course, do not tire of praising their offspring, continuing its release in all new and new variants. The composition of energy drinks in large doses includes caffeine and taurine, as well as biologically active supplements of natural origin from medicinal plants (ginseng, schisandra, etc.) and a mass of vitamins (vitamins B, PP, C).

Producers promise that if you will use their products, then cheer yourself up, get rid of fatigue, and increase the activity of your mental activity. And all these actions, which have energy drinks on the body, will last twice as long as after drinking a regular cup of coffee.

The reverse side of the power stations

Learn about what the real impact of energy drinks on the body, allow the following facts.

Energy is officially banned for free sale in Norway, Denmark and France, where they were recognized as medicines. New victims of an "invigorating drink" appear with frightening regularity all over the world. So, some just have a heart that does not stand up during classes in the gym.

But even in the absence of physical activity, those consuming energy drinks are experiencing an increase in heart rate and an increase in blood pressure. Therefore, if you are naturally hypertensive or have problems with the cardiovascular system, then the use of these drinks can be ruinous for you.

Invigorating cocktails in huge doses contain taurine and glucuronolactone. And the amount of taurine in one bank exceeds the permissible level several times, and glucuronolactone is 250 times greater than that required by its person per day. In particular, therefore, in the above-mentioned countries, the "inspiring" drink "Red Bull" was banned, which physicians began to refer to as the "cocktail of death".

By the way, who does not know, glucuronolactone is a very dangerous chemical, developed by the US Department of Defense and used in the 60's. To raise the morale of the American army, which fought in Vietnam. Even then, the soldiers who received him felt on their skin all the negative consequences in the form of progressive cirrhosis of the liver, the development of a brain tumor.

Unfortunately, young people, including schoolchildren, are the most unprotected from the consequences of using energy specialists. And it is on them that the producers of cocktails make their cruel stakes. A bright, beautiful jar with an inexpensive price tag just can not help attracting the attention of teenagers. After that, the guys begin to switch to energy drinks with alcohol content, which is a real time bomb, which leads to death. Drinking caffeine alternately with alcohol, a young man at first seems to be sobering, but after a short time, caffeine begins to dramatically increase the effect of ethanol on the brain. Caffeine and alcohol affect the heart in completely different ways. The first excites his activity, and the second - oppresses. As a result, the heart literally has to be torn in half, which makes it very quickly wear out.

And if everything is more or less transparent with alcohol (that is, we all know that it can easily provoke alcohol dependence with all the consequences, especially in a young organism), then caffeine, being a powerful stimulant, greatly depletes the nervous system and also causes dependence. And exceeding the permissible dose of this substance leads to the appearance of such side effects as psychomotor agitation, tachycardia, nervousness, depressive states.