Energy drinks have long been popular among students during preparation for the examination session, as well as managers who sometimes do not have time to cope with all their work in the office. Sometimes athletes, tired drivers, regulars of night clubs do not disdain to drink an invigorating tonic.
What energy producers say about their products
Manufacturers of power engineers, of course, do not get tired of praising their brainchild, continuing its release in ever newer versions. The composition of energy drinks in large doses includes caffeine and taurine, as well as biologically active additives of natural origin from medicinal plants (ginseng, lemongrass, etc.) and a lot of vitamins (vitamins of group B, PP, C).
Manufacturers promise that if you use their products, then raise your spirits, get rid of fatigue, and increase the activity of your mental activity. And all these actions that energy drinks have on the body will last twice as long as after using a regular cup of coffee.
Reverse side of energy tonics
The following facts allow you to learn about the real effect of energy drinks on the body.
Energy is officially banned for free sale in Norway, Denmark and France, where they are recognized as drugs. New victims of the “invigorating drink” appear with awesome regularity throughout the world. So, for some, just the heart does not stand up during classes in the gym.
But even in the absence of physical activity, those who consume energy drinks have an increased 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 also be detrimental to you.
Enormous doses of invigorating cocktails contain taurine and glucuronolactone. Moreover, the amount of taurine in one bank exceeds the permissible level several times, and glucuronolactone is 250 times more than what a person needs per day. In particular, therefore, in the aforementioned countries the "inspiring" drink "Red Bull" was forbidden, which doctors began to call only 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 60s. to boost the morale of the American army that fought in Vietnam. Even then, the soldiers taking it felt on their own skin all the negative consequences in the form of progressive cirrhosis of the liver, the development of a brain tumor.
Unfortunately, the most vulnerable part of society from the consequences of using energy is youth, including schoolchildren. And it is on them that cocktail manufacturers make their cruel bet. A bright, beautiful jar with an inexpensive price tag simply cannot but attract the attention of adolescents. After that, the guys are already starting to switch to energy drinks with alcohol content, which are a real time bomb, which leads to death. Drinking caffeine interspersed with alcohol, the young man seems to be sober at first, but after a little 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, as a result of which it wears out very quickly.
And if alcohol is more or less transparent (that is, we all know that it can easily provoke, especially in a young body, alcohol dependence with all the consequences), 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, and depressive states.