Contents:
- Medical Video: Energy Drinks and Your Heart
- Caffeine content in energy drinks
- Negative impact of alcoholic beverages
- The danger of mixing alcoholic beverages and caffeine
Medical Video: Energy Drinks and Your Heart
Alcohol and caffeine are two types of stimulant substances or drugs that are most often consumed freely by the public. Alcohol can be found in beer, whiskey, vodka, and other liquor. While caffeine is found in many energy drinks or coffee.
Generally energy drinks that contain caffeine are consumed without anything mixed. However, sometimes these drinks can be mixed and drunk with alcoholic beverages. For example if you are hang out at the bar, not infrequently found in bars of various kinds of drinks. For example, Jagerbomb, which is a mixture of Jagermeister brand liquor and one of the famous energy drink brands, namely Redbull.
But not much is known by the public about the adverse effects of a mixture of alcoholic beverages and caffeine drinks. Many cases of alcohol poisoning and other accidents occur in adolescents and adults after drinking alcohol and caffeine at the same time. Therefore, mixing these two drinks is not currently recommended.
Caffeine content in energy drinks
Various types of energy drinks have different compositions. However, most energy drinks contain high levels of caffeine and may have added several substances such as taurine, ginseng, and vitamin B to add stimulant or energy effects to people who drink it. Although there are many additives, most of the energy produced is from caffeine.
Caffeine alone when consumed without alcohol is one of the substances that is often used and is relatively safe. Consumption of caffeine itself is often associated with an increase in memory and activity of the human body, as well as increased memory.
However, consuming excessive amounts of caffeine can have negative effects on the body such as anxiety, panic attacks, increased blood pressure, increased stomach acid, and insomnia. Especially if you do have health problems such as ulcers or hypertension.
Negative impact of alcoholic beverages
There are many negative effects of alcoholic beverages that can occur. One of the short-term effects is driving disorders, violence, dangerous sexual behavior, and alcohol poisoning. Alcohol poisoning is dangerous because it can show symptoms such as decreased consciousness, nausea and vomiting, and respiratory problems.
While the long-term effects of alcoholic beverages are addiction, cancer, to liver disease. In women who are pregnant, drinking alcohol will cause abnormalities in the fetus.
The danger of mixing alcoholic beverages and caffeine
One of the most dangerous things about the effects of mixing alcohol and caffeine is that users will ignore the effects of alcohol poisoning. Caffeine is a substance that can stimulate various body reactions, so people who consume it do not feel the negative effects of alcohol such as motion sickness, dizziness, vomiting, weakness, and shortness of breath.
Caffeine alone cannot cope with or treat the negative effects of alcohol. Both of the above cause people who consume alcohol and caffeine will tend to drink more alcohol without realizing what the effects have been on the body. This can further increase the negative risk of alcohol consumption such as alcohol poisoning, aggressive and risky behavior, and driving disorders.
