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Health Energy drinks with alcohol damage the heart
Especially among teenagers, energy drinks are extremely popular. The sweet, caffeinated trend drinks should bring power and are often consumed mixed with alcohol. Experts have warned about the health risks for years - especially for the heart.
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No matter if "Red Bull", "Monster" or "Booster": Energy drinks are trendy. The caffeinated drinks should keep awake and just deliver "energy". However, the drinks are hazardous to health. A high consumption can lead among other things to tachycardia and hypertension. In addition, every sip of sugary drinks harms the teeth. Health experts therefore always advise caution with energy drinks.
Energy drinks are especially popular with young people. The sweet, caffeinated drinks can harm your health. Especially if they are consumed in combination with alcohol. (Image: spql / fotolia.com) Energy drinks increase the adrenaline level
In an interview with the dpa news agency, Dr. Heribert Brück, specialist in internal medicine and cardiology, which risks are concealed for consumers in the beverages. The spokesman of the Federal Association of Established Cardiologists (BNK) confirms that energy drinks can increase the level of adrenaline and thus cause tachycardia and cardiac arrhythmia.
This is especially unfavorable in activities that increase the heart rate anyway, such as sports or dancing. In addition, there is also an increase in blood pressure and internal anxiety.
Not suitable for children
According to the cardiologist, children are particularly sensitive to caffeine. They are usually unaccustomed to it, so that their reactions are particularly pronounced.
According to experts, energy drinks for children should be taboo.
Dangerous combination with alcohol
"As adrenaline raises blood pressure and gives the heart a whip, so to speak," according to Brück, the drinks are not recommended for patients with hypertension and certain heart defects such as a heart valve or heart failure, he explains in the dpa interview.
The expert also talks about the dangerous combination of alcohol and energy drinks. According to the physician, the alcohol effect of the energy drinks may be temporarily obscured, resulting in more alcohol being supplied than is tolerated. In addition, alcohol itself can lead to cardiac arrhythmia.
Last but not least, this combination can be addictive. For example, US scientists recently reported in the journal "PLOS ONE," about their study, which shows that caffeinated mixed drinks with alcohol can affect the brain like cocaine - especially in adolescents. (Ad)