Fitness/Diet » Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Ogiejoe(m) .:. Wed, 18 Jun, 2014 - 06:44:27:am GMT
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Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Kenny11973(m) .:. Thu, 06 Nov, 2014 - 10:27:12:am GMT
"Energy drinks have a lot of stimulants in them like ginseng and taurine, while alcohol is a depressant so by mixing the two you're sending mixed messages to your nervous system which can cause cardiac related problems,"
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Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: MusaSamuel(m) .:. Thu, 21 Jun, 2018 - 03:36:25:pm GMT
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Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Azure(m) .:. Thu, 09 Jul, 2020 - 01:48:43:pm GMT
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- When alcohol is mixed with caffeine, the caffeine can mask the depressant effects of alcohol, making drinkers feel more alert than they would otherwise. As a result, they may drink more alcohol and become more impaired than they realize, increasing the risk of alcohol-attributable harms.
- Caffeine has no effect on the metabolism of alcohol by the liver and thus does not reduce breath or blood alcohol concentrations (it does not “sober you up”) or reduce impairment due to alcohol consumption.1
Dangers of Mixing Alcohol and Energy Drinks
https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/images/fact-sheets/warning_sign.gif" class="img-fluid" alt="Warning: Consuming energy drinks that contain or are mixed with alcohol may mask the signs of impairment and increase your risk of injury" title="warning_sign" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; height: auto;" />- Energy drinks typically contain caffeine, plant-based stimulants, simple sugars, and other additives.
- Mixing alcohol with energy drinks is a popular practice, especially among young people in the United States. In 2017, 10.6% of students in grades 8, 10, and 12 and 31.8% of young adults aged 19 to 28 reported consuming alcohol mixed with energy drinks at least once in the past year.
- In a study among Michigan high school students, those who binge drank were more than twice as likely to mix alcohol with energy drinks as non-binge drinkers (49.0% vs. 18.2%). Liquor was the usual type of alcohol consumed by students who reported mixing alcohol and energy drinks (52.7%).
- Drinkers aged 15 to 23 who mix alcohol with energy drinks are 4 times more likely to binge drink at high intensity (i.e., consume 6 or more drinks per binge episode) than drinkers who do not mix alcohol with energy drinks.
- Drinkers who mix alcohol with energy drinks are more likely than drinkers who do not mix alcohol with energy drinks to report unwanted or unprotected sex, driving drunk or riding with a driver who was intoxicated, or sustaining alcohol-related injuries.
Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages
- Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages (CABs) were premixed beverages popular in the 2000s that combined alcohol, caffeine, and other stimulants. They were malt or distilled spirits-based beverages and they usually had a higher alcohol content than beer (e.g., 12% alcohol by volume compared to 4% to 5% for beer).
- CABs were heavily marketed in youth-friendly media (e.g., social media) and with youth-oriented graphics and messaging that connected the consumption of these beverages with extreme sports or their risk-taking behaviors.
- In November 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told the manufacturers of seven CABs that their drinks could no longer stay on the market in their current form, stating that “FDA does not find support for the claim that the addition of caffeine to these alcoholic beverages is ‘generally recognized as safe,’ which is the legal standard.”Producers of CABs responded by removing caffeine and other stimulants from their products.
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Public Health Impact of Excessive Alcohol Use
- Excessive alcohol use is responsible for about 88,000 deaths in the United States each year and $249 billion in economic costs in 2010.
- Binge drinking (consuming 4 or more drinks per occasion for women or 5 or more drinks per occasion for men) is responsible for more than half of these deaths and three quarters of economic costs.
- Binge drinking is also associated with many health and social problems, including alcohol-impaired driving, interpersonal violence, risky sexual activity, and unintended pregnancy.
- Most people younger than age 21 who drink report binge drinking, usually on multiple occasions. So the next time you're at a bar and the bartender tries to mix your alcohol with an energy drink, tell him or her you'll take a rain check.
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Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Abbey(m) .:. Fri, 31 Jul, 2020 - 05:27:29:pm GMT
Energy and alcohol drinking is a dangerous combo yes accepted.
**Abiodun**
Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Abbey(m) .:. Wed, 30 Sep, 2020 - 05:34:57:pm GMT
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Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Obajichi(f) .:. Fri, 04 Dec, 2020 - 10:32:51:am GMT
I recently got to find out how true this research is when a person close to me bought an energy drink & brought it home.
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Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: GbenijieOdion(m) .:. Wed, 24 Mar, 2021 - 07:40:00:am GMT
Yes this is a fact people seldom take with levity. Taking cold soda drinks, energy drinks, processed sugar and alcohols automatically kills ones system and makes ones body a breeding ground for cancerous cells to mutate and spring up. Just that if I state it here might spoil market for them.
It is safe to keep off all this intake.
**AGHINI-YAROSULILLAH**
Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Wonders(f) .:. Sun, 28 Mar, 2021 - 10:03:53:pm GMT
Wao! After reading you guys post the first thing I uttered what "Thank You lord for making me to be in this forum" Do you know I had no ideal about this before. I don't even know people do mix energy drinks with alcoholic drinks together and I have only been seeing different different energy drinks these days, if not now that am reading you guys comments I wouldn't really know the full effect and can you believe I went to buy something in a store today so the man saw the particular drink and requested for it when they gave it to him and he saw that it is an energy drink, he rejected it immediately I didn't take it to heart but seeing this comments I now understand why he had rejected it.
I can remember one day I was travelling to Keffi in Nasarawa state I was so famished that immediately I spotted a man selling drinks, I requested for a coke but unfortunately it was a particular energy drink he had, I would have bought the drink but the price was too much for me so I choose to stay hungry and tired. Now am so glad I didn't buy it. How will I have been feeling that day if after a long journey, I couldn't sleep. Wao! God really saved my ass that day.
Thanks for the post guys. Thanks for the information and warning.
**Wonders**
Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Lilcent(m) .:. Tue, 03 Aug, 2021 - 11:26:32:pm GMT
Alcohol and energy drink, what a deadly combination.
I don't see why one would like to take such combination of drink in a body he or she is supposed to maintain to a healthy state.
Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Ojc(E)(m) .:. Tue, 28 Sep, 2021 - 01:23:36:am GMT
We need to be very careful with the kind of mixtures that we consume.
Some mixtures are very dangerous to our health.
Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Iyanu(f) .:. Sun, 21 Nov, 2021 - 03:50:42:pm GMT
Most people get their life into danger , looking at alcohol and energy drink is very dangerous to our health status .
If you are the type that consumed too musc alcohol i advise you to reduce it now because it can affect you later when you are getting older.
Energy drink is mental fo those whoes body systems are not strong but weak you that you are fit and nothing happen to you taking alcohol drink is at risk .
All these things have bad side effects to human body youth of today consume a lot of alcohol and energy drinks , dont joke with your health there is no extra life be worn.
**Oladipupo **
Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Lilcent(m) .:. Mon, 29 Nov, 2021 - 03:54:04:am GMT
We live in a generation where the youths love to explore.
Most youths go as far as taking series of combination all in the name of getting high.
Not knowing the adverse effect it has on their body system.
Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Lilcent(m) .:. Mon, 29 Nov, 2021 - 03:57:24:am GMT
Health is wealth. There's nothing wrong in consuming alcohol moderately.
But going as far as doing series of mixtures is not advisable in any way.
Re: Alcohol and Energy Drinks A Dangerous Combo by: Obajichi(f) .:. Tue, 29 Nov, 2022 - 09:46:42:am GMT
The strange thing I noticed about energy drinks is that whenever I take them ,I simply can't sleep at all.
I keep awake and feel restless all through the night.
Energy drinks don't go down well with my body system.
Many people have not realized that they react to energy drinks not only alcoholic drinks.
**I love being me.**