Recent years have seen an alarming trend of young people being hospitalized for heart attacks. The question arises: is this related to the consumption of energy drinks, and what is the danger they pose to the body? The portal Pravda.Ru turned to the opinion of narcologist Yakov Marshak to understand this problem.
The Ministry of Health is raising the alarm: strokes and heart attacks are increasingly affecting the younger generation, and every day teenagers are ending up in hospitals with heart attacks. One hypothesis to explain this negative trend is the widespread consumption of energy drinks.
But what are energy drinks and why might they pose a health risk? Narcologist Yakov Marshak warns against their short-lived effect and potential dangers.
Energy drinks came onto the market during the popularity of rave discos, where young people danced all night, drank alcohol and needed to stay awake. To achieve this, drinks containing a combination of caffeine and taurine were created.
Taurine, despite popular belief, is not a stimulant. This is an amino acid that, on the contrary, has a calming effect on the brain. Its role is to control the centers of anxiety and aggression in the temporal cortex of the brain. It is also involved in mitigating hangover symptoms by helping the brain manage the effects of alcohol.
Caffeine, in turn, gave energy and vigor, allowing you to dance for a long time and enjoy the night. However, energy drinks contain large doses of sugar and are carbonated. This helps lift your mood, as soda helps substances penetrate the blood-brain barrier faster, and sugar gives you a feeling of pleasantness. However, over time, drinking energy drinks can lead to insulin resistance, which can lead to serious problems such as metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.
Is there a withdrawal syndrome when quitting energy drinks? And can they be consumed together with alcohol? Professor Marshak explains that the human brain becomes dependent on caffeine, and when withdrawing from it, withdrawal symptoms such as headaches and fatigue occur.
Source: Rosbalt
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