COMMENTS

  1. Energy Drink Consumption: Beneficial and Adverse Health Effects

    Gastrointestinal and metabolic effects. Energy drinks usually contain large amounts of sugar ranging from 21 g to 34 g per oz. The sugar content is mainly in the form of sucrose, glucose or high fructose corn syrup. Therefore, high energy drink intake may increase the risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes. (14) In addition, the high sugar content ...

  2. Energy Drinks and Their Adverse Health Effects: A Systematic Review and

    Energy Drinks and Their Adverse Health Effects

  3. The Dark Side of Energy Drinks: A Comprehensive Review of Their Impact

    The Dark Side of Energy Drinks: A Comprehensive Review ...

  4. Consumption of energy drinks by children and young people: a systematic

    Introduction. Energy drinks (EDs) are non-alcoholic beverages containing high amounts of caffeine (≥150 mg/l) and sugar in addition to other stimulants such as taurine, ginseng and guarana. 1, 2 The caffeine content of EDs varies between 50 mg and 505 mg per serving compared to 90 mg in 250 ml coffee, 50 mg in 250 ml tea and 34 mg in 500 ml of cola. 13, 14 Excessive intake of caffeine can ...

  5. Energy Drinks and Their Adverse Health Effects: A Systematic Review and

    The authors recommend that individuals avoid frequent energy drink consumption (5-7 energy drinks/week) and avoid co-consumption with alcohol; increased regulatory standards should be placed in the sale of energy drinks, particularly with regard to the pediatric population.

  6. Energy Drinks: A Contemporary Issues Paper

    Energy Drinks: A Contemporary Issues Paper Curr Sports Med Rep. 2018 Feb;17(2):65-72. doi: 10.1249/JSR ... traditional beverages (e.g., coffee, tea, soft drinks/sodas, juices, or flavored water), and sports drinks. The research about energy drinks safety and efficacy is often contradictory, given the disparate protocols and types of products ...

  7. Is the consumption of energy drink beneficial or detrimental to health

    Energy drink has been around since 1950, and it is marketed as energy booster and comes in different types, energy shots, fruit-based, non-fruit-based (regular), sugar-free, and plant-based. ... Another research examined how caffeinated energy drinks affected acceleration tolerance and strength when subjected to a "G" load.

  8. Energy drinks and population health: consumption pattern and adverse

    Caffeine containing energy drinks (EDs) are heavily consumed, particularly among young adults. The number of reports of caffeine intoxication from caffeinated EDs and problems related to caffeine dependence and withdrawal is increasing. The objective was to assess the knowledge and perceived beneficial effects of EDs consumers, to assess consumption patterns and determine the adverse effects ...

  9. Consumption patterns of energy drinks in university students: A

    Introduction. Currently, the use of energy drinks (EDs) is promoted to increase energy, concentration, athletic performance, and metabolism and stimulate mental activity and alertness through a combination of sugar, caffeine, amino acids (e.g., taurine), and herbal supplements (e.g., ginseng) [1].Caffeine (1,3,7-trimethylxanthine) is the main ingredient of EDs, with a range of 50 to 550 mg per ...

  10. Energy drink consumption: a rising public health issue

    Abstract. Energy drink (ED) consumption has become a growing public health issue over the past few decades. Despite claims of being safe and beneficial, EDs have been linked to particularly fatal outcomes associated with the cardiovascular system which include atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, myocardial infarctions, cardiomyopathies, and ...

  11. Impact of High Volume Energy Drink Consumption on Electrocardiographic

    Energy drinks are a growing industry with a market value predicted to reach $61 billion by 2021. 1 It is estimated that about 30% of teenagers between the ages of 12 through 17 years in the United States consume energy drinks on a regular basis. 2 A study of military personnel found that nearly 45% of deployed service members consumed at least 1 energy drink per day with 14% drinking ≥3 ...

  12. Energy Drinks and Sports Performance, Cardiovascular Risk, and Genetic

    A potential positive correlation between genetics and the moderate consumption of energy drinks and athletic performance has recently been reported; notwithstanding, a better understanding of the genetic variants involved in metabolism is a key area for future research to optimize the dose of energy drink consumed and obtain the maximal ...

  13. Energy Drinks: A Contemporary Issues Paper

    s. Both health care providers and consumers must recognize the difference between energy drinks, traditional beverages (e.g., coffee, tea, soft drinks/sodas, juices, or flavored water), and sports drinks. The research about energy drinks safety and efficacy is often contradictory, given the disparate protocols and types of products consumed: this makes it difficult to draw firm conclusions ...

  14. PDF Open access Original research Consumption and effects of caffeinated

    consumed energy drinks in the past year. Only two of the 74 studies in the reviews were UK-based. For the dataset analysis, we identified and included five UK cross-sectional datasets, and found that 3% to 32% of children, across UK countries, consumed energy drinks weekly, with no difference by ethnicity. Frequent drinking (5 or more days

  15. A survey of energy drink consumption patterns among college students

    A survey of energy drink consumption patterns among college ...

  16. Health Effects and Public Health Concerns of Energy Drink Consumption

    Energy drinks' consumption is also associated with other commonly reported health problems such as sleep dissatisfaction, tiredness/fatigue, late bedtime, headaches, and stomachaches and irritation (35, 56-59). It is likely that many of these general health complaints are attributable to caffeine or sugar content, but additional research ...

  17. Health effects of energy drinks, facts and myths

    1. Introduction. Energy drinks are carbonated or non-carbonated beverages that contain stimulants designed to. improve energy and concentration. The main ingredients that energy drinks contain are ...

  18. Consumption of energy drinks by children and young people: a rapid

    Consumption of energy drinks by children and young people

  19. Energy drinks: health effects and consumer safety

    Abstract. Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to explore the health effects and safety aspects regarding the. consumption of energy drink (ED). Design/methodology/approach -A wide variety of ...

  20. Energy- Drinks: Composition and Health Benefits

    energy drinks have stimulating properties that can boost heart beat rate and blood pressure, dehydrate the body, aggravate the effects of other stimulants, and prevent sl eep m ay help as a ...

  21. Effects of energy drinks on the cardiovascular system

    Effects of energy drinks on the cardiovascular system - PMC

  22. (PDF) Energy drinks: what's the evidence?

    Energy drinks (EDs) are beverages that are devoid of alcohol and contain high amounts of caffeine, sugar [1], taurine, some vitamins such as B vitamins, and herbal extracts [2]. As their name ...

  23. Impact of energy drink versus coffee consumption on periodic

    The consumption of energy drinks resulted in an increase in PRD levels (3.64 vs. 5.85 deg 2; p < 0.001). In ... (DFG, German Research Foundation)—413635475—and the Munich Clinician Scientist Program (MCSP) of the LMU Munich. Funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the ...