Those who like to exercise or want to increase stamina quickly often choosing energy drinks. However, you should avoid these drinks to children because of the effect can be fatal.
A recent study showed that thousands of children face serious health threats and potentially death from consuming energy drinks.
More than 5,000 cases of people falling ill due to energy drinks that have been reported in the United States between 2010 and 2013, and nearly half of these cases were children. Thus the results of the study were presented at the American Heart Association meeting on Monday (17.11.14).
Serious side effects of this beverage, among others, seizures, irregular heart rhythm, and blood pressure is very high. Side effects that usually found in children younger than 6 years who consumed the drink without realizing it.
"They do not go to the store and buy it. They found it in the refrigerator, or abandoned by their parents at the table," said study co-author Dr. Steven Lipshultz, Chief of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Michigan.
Drinks dangerous?
Energy drinks usually contain high levels of sugar and caffeine at least equal to that found in a cup of coffee.
However, the effect of the rapid increase in energy from these drinks comes from a mixture of other materials, ranging from taurine and L-carnitine, an amino acid, to ginseng.
Nevertheless, the study revealed that "special ingredient" that increases the concentration of no better than a cup of coffee. In fact, energy drinks can have bad side effects.
In 2007, Lipshultz began to realize that children and adults who consume energy drinks go to the emergency room due to illness. He began to wonder if the problem is going to be a new trend. He and his team began to track data from Poison Control Center worldwide.
In 2011, he reported that the cases of illness associated with consumption of energy drinks soared with side effects such as heart problems, liver damage, seizures, and even death. In a separate study, the US government found that emergency room visits associated with energy drink consumption grew rapidly between 2005 and 2011. So says Lipshultz.
Energy drinks that contain additional substances, such as amino acids and plant extracts, tend to cause more severe problems than drink powder form which is the main content of caffeine.
The extract may contain additional caffeine do not count on the label the drink. "In addition, the extract may contain compounds that have not been well studied and may lead to additional effects of the unknown, especially when consumed in combination with other additives and caffeine," said Lipshultz.
labeling
Many people do not realize the potential for serious side effects of energy drinks. As a result, parents and siblings put drinks with easy access so do not realize that they leave the risk to children.
Therefore, he suggested that this drink has a special label as listed in the packaging of cigarettes and alcohol.
In addition, children and adults with risk factors, such as seizure disorders, arrhythmias, or a tendency toward high blood pressure, it is advisable not to consume energy drinks. So says Lipshultz.
A recent study showed that thousands of children face serious health threats and potentially death from consuming energy drinks.
More than 5,000 cases of people falling ill due to energy drinks that have been reported in the United States between 2010 and 2013, and nearly half of these cases were children. Thus the results of the study were presented at the American Heart Association meeting on Monday (17.11.14).
Serious side effects of this beverage, among others, seizures, irregular heart rhythm, and blood pressure is very high. Side effects that usually found in children younger than 6 years who consumed the drink without realizing it.
"They do not go to the store and buy it. They found it in the refrigerator, or abandoned by their parents at the table," said study co-author Dr. Steven Lipshultz, Chief of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Michigan.
Drinks dangerous?
Energy drinks usually contain high levels of sugar and caffeine at least equal to that found in a cup of coffee.
However, the effect of the rapid increase in energy from these drinks comes from a mixture of other materials, ranging from taurine and L-carnitine, an amino acid, to ginseng.
Nevertheless, the study revealed that "special ingredient" that increases the concentration of no better than a cup of coffee. In fact, energy drinks can have bad side effects.
In 2007, Lipshultz began to realize that children and adults who consume energy drinks go to the emergency room due to illness. He began to wonder if the problem is going to be a new trend. He and his team began to track data from Poison Control Center worldwide.
In 2011, he reported that the cases of illness associated with consumption of energy drinks soared with side effects such as heart problems, liver damage, seizures, and even death. In a separate study, the US government found that emergency room visits associated with energy drink consumption grew rapidly between 2005 and 2011. So says Lipshultz.
Energy drinks that contain additional substances, such as amino acids and plant extracts, tend to cause more severe problems than drink powder form which is the main content of caffeine.
The extract may contain additional caffeine do not count on the label the drink. "In addition, the extract may contain compounds that have not been well studied and may lead to additional effects of the unknown, especially when consumed in combination with other additives and caffeine," said Lipshultz.
labeling
Many people do not realize the potential for serious side effects of energy drinks. As a result, parents and siblings put drinks with easy access so do not realize that they leave the risk to children.
Therefore, he suggested that this drink has a special label as listed in the packaging of cigarettes and alcohol.
In addition, children and adults with risk factors, such as seizure disorders, arrhythmias, or a tendency toward high blood pressure, it is advisable not to consume energy drinks. So says Lipshultz.
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