What Are the Dangers of Energy Drinks?
Energy drinks are a hot trend among the younger set who use these caffeine laden, carbonated beverages to stay alert while studying and to give them extra focus and energy when they’ve stayed up all night. Despite the fact these drinks can temporarily increase energy levels thanks to the high caffeine content, the dangers of energy drinks should be concerning to both parents and the medical community. Only recently it was reported that a college student dropped dead on a nightclub dance floor after chugging down four cans of the popular energy drink Red Bull. Although this teen was on a prescription medication for epilepsy, no other drugs were found in her system. It was later discovered that this victim had a rare heart condition that the caffeine in the energy drinks may have aggravated. This isn’t the only death related to the use of energy drinks. In 2001, another eighteen year old student died of suddenly while at a basketball match in England after sharing three cans of Red Bull
