It may only take one energy drink to harm your blood vessels

Experts worry that energy drinks may impair health, particularly cardiovascular function. They warn that even one energy drink may harm the blood vessels.

Researchers explore popular food trends in nutritional review

What’s the bottom line on the potential heart health benefits of popular health foods? Researchers discuss nutritional ”hypes” and controversies around dairy products, added sugar, legumes, coffee and tea, alcohol, energy drinks, mushrooms, fermented foods, Omega-3s and vitamin B12.

Caution: Energy drinks put individuals with genetic heart condition at risk

Caffeinated energy drinks can trigger serious cardiac events including cardiac arrest in individuals not known to have a specific heart disease of genetic origin.

Cardiac complications from energy drinks? Case report adds new evidence

The high levels of caffeine in energy drinks may lead to cardiac complications, suggests a case report in the July/August Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society…

Energy drinks: adverse heart reactions linked to more than two per day

A new study highlights the dangers of consuming more than two energy drinks per day, with patients presenting to the hospital with palpitations and chest pain.

Study finds association between energy drinks and traumatic brain injury in teens

Teens who reported a traumatic brain injury in the past year were seven times more likely to have consumed at least five energy drinks in the past week than those without a history of TBI…

Dangers of adolescent energy drink consumption for the heart

Cardiologists urge physicians, parents, educators to monitor adolescents’ energy drink consumption more closelyThe rapid rise in popularity of energy drinks (EDs), particularly among adolescents…

Many children and adolescents get too much caffeine from energy drinks

When children aged 10-14 consume energy drinks, one in five consumes too much caffeine.

Children’s national physician looks at effects of energy drinks and caffeine consumption on sleep, mood, and performance in children

Pediatrician and sleep medicine specialist at Children’s National Health System, Judith Owens, MD, says despite increased consumption of energy drinks, there remain knowledge gaps on the health…

Sports drinks and energy drinks linked to unhealthy behaviors in adolescents

Adolescents who drink sports or energy drinks spend more time playing video games and watching TV than other teenagers, a new study suggests.

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