Energy drinks ^ risk of TBI

[TheDallasDon]

I drink so much Coffee, Yerba Mate, Green Tea and Earl Grey that I get caffeine headaches.......need to slow down my intake

 

[Kevinicus]

I don't get this. alcoholic drinks come in ever damn flavor you can possibly think of. Many where you can't even taste the alcohol.


Starbucks sucks, but they do sell a coffee bean called Cafe Verona in grocery stores (in the shops too). It's good. If I drink coffee from a Starbucks shop, I need cream and sugar to cover the nasty Pike Place Roast flavor. Cafe Verona, I don't need either. It's just good with a smooth mild flavor. It's what I buy and make at home.


I have the same issue with some orange juice, but they make a low acid orange juice which is great.


So you're the fool drinking all the Kool-Aid.

No such thing as not tasting the alcohol IMO. I have heard that many times about drinks and the taste is ALWAYS just as strong as any other. I am with Biggems on this. It's nasty and the sole reason I have zero interest in alcoholic beverages.

 

[Biggems]

No such thing as not tasting the alcohol IMO. I have heard that many times about drinks and the taste is ALWAYS just as strong as any other. I am with Biggems on this. It's nasty and the sole reason I have zero interest in alcoholic beverages.

plus he missed the 2nd part of my reasoning......the whole alcoholism thing. I don't need to or want to drink, and my wife and daughter are absolutely ok with that. Their opinions are the only ones that actually matter to me, besides mine of course.

 

[Biggems]

I don't get this. alcoholic drinks come in ever damn flavor you can possibly think of. Many where you can't even taste the alcohol.


Starbucks sucks, but they do sell a coffee bean called Cafe Verona in grocery stores (in the shops too). It's good. If I drink coffee from a Starbucks shop, I need cream and sugar to cover the nasty Pike Place Roast flavor. Cafe Verona, I don't need either. It's just good with a smooth mild flavor. It's what I buy and make at home.


I have the same issue with some orange juice, but they make a low acid orange juice which is great.


So you're the fool drinking all the Kool-Aid.

You are incorrect. My pallet is very sensitive. I can taste the alcohol everytime, even in food made with alcohol. It tastes bitter and sour to me.

 

[Doc50]

Useless study based on a questionaire... Tracing the brain injury to red bull is just speculation. For all we know, the brain injury could have been caused by alcohol. The fact that those that used more Red Bull could be indicative of a highly irresponsible lifestyle, such as partying all night and needing to wake themselves up to keep going.

That being said, it's easy to understand the risks of energy drinks via actual studies. People can suffer heart palpitations drinking them in high doses and so on.

Well, it was an anonymous questionnaire, which did separate other conflicting agents and lifestyle, such as drugs, alcohol, and sleep deprivation.

While cause and effect is always extremely difficult to prove, these findings should at least raise questions of responsibility regarding marketing to non-adults. I would guess that it's the mindset and resultant behavior of the individuals that may lead to the TBI's rather than changes in the mind's physiology secondary to stimulant drinks, but one must consider some possibly related factors:

a) Intense activity stimulates the adrenergic system, which causes increased heart rate and vasoconstriction. In healthy individuals, this does not pose a risk. However, we certainly see cardiac arrhythmias, strokes, and heart attacks in unhealthy patients under the same conditions.

b) Stimulant drinks also cause increased heart rate and vasoconstriction, which compound the changes noted above. It's conceivable that the vasoconstriction and/or cardiac irritability could result in decreased blood flow to vulnerable tissues, creating more likelihood of injury.

Certainly, the knowledge of this physiology and the potential negative interaction of such stimulants should encourage athletes and weekend hacks to avoid this combination. The study sheds a bit more light on the hypothesis, and begs further studies on tissue ischemia. Moreover, parents should have even greater caution regarding the use of such substances by their children.