Energy drinks are a relatively recent invention of mankind. Although their components have been used as invigorating ever since centuries remained before the invention of aluminum cans. It seems that the invention of energy tonics is a panacea for students during the session, workers on deadline days, going to the record of fitness practitioners, tired drivers and visitors to night clubs and everyone who is very tired, but must continue to be in a cheerful state of mind and body. I drank a jar - and you no longer bite your nose, but you can continue again and again ...

Manufacturers claim that their drinks are only beneficial and produce more and more new varieties. If everything is so rosy, why did the legislators try to pass a law restricting the spread of the miracle drink? Let's figure it out.

Caffeine.   It contains all, without exception, "energy". Acts as a stimulant: 100 mg of caffeine stimulate mental activity, 238 mg increase cardiovascular endurance. To get this effect, you need to drink at least three cans, but manufacturers of "power engineers" recommend consuming no more than 1-2 cans per day.

Taurine.   One can contains on average 400 to 1000 mg of taurine. It is an amino acid that builds up in muscle tissue. It is believed that it improves the functioning of the heart muscle. Recently, however, among doctors there have been opinions that taurine does not have any effect on the human body.

Carnitine.   This is a component of human cells that promotes the rapid oxidation of fatty acids. Carnitine enhances metabolism and reduces muscle fatigue.

Guarana and Ginseng.   Medicinal plants with tonic properties. Guarana leaves are used in medicine: they remove lactic acid from muscle tissue, reducing pain during physical exertion, prevent the occurrence of atherosclerosis and cleanse the liver. Doctors, however, believe that the arousing properties attributed to guarana and ginseng are not confirmed by research.

Vitamins of group B.   Necessary for the normal functioning of the nervous system and the brain in particular. The body can feel their lack, but increasing the dose will not improve your productivity, mental abilities, or anything else, as energy drink manufacturers are trying to convince.

Melatonin It is contained in the body and is responsible for the human circadian rhythm.

Matein.   A substance in the composition of South American Mate Green Tea. Ilex Paraguarensis Evergreen Tree Extract helps to cope with hunger and contributes to weight loss.

Energy drinks: harm or benefit?

Facts For

If you just need to cheer up or energize the brain, energies are great for these purposes.

You can find a drink according to your needs. Energotonics are divided into groups for people with different needs: some have more caffeine, others have vitamins and carbohydrates. "Coffee" drinks are suitable for avid workaholics and students who work or study at night, and "vitamin-carbohydrate" drinks are suitable for active people who prefer to spend free time in the gym.

In the energy sector there is a complex of vitamins and glucose. There is no need to talk about the benefits of vitamins. Glucose is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream, incorporated into oxidative processes, and delivers energy to the muscles, brain, and other vital organs.

The effect of taking coffee lasts 1-2 hours, from power engineers - 3-4. In addition, almost all energy drinks are carbonated, which accelerates their impact - this is the third difference from coffee.

Packaging allows you to use energy in any situation (dance floor, car), which is not always possible with the same coffee or tea.

Facts Against:

Drinks can be taken strictly dosed. Maximum - 2 cans per day.   As a result of drinking the excess food, a significant increase in blood pressure or blood sugar is possible.

In France, Denmark and Norway, until 2009, "energy" were banned from sale in food stores, they could only be bought in pharmacies, as they were considered a medicine.

People with pressure or heart problems should avoid these drinks.

The opinion that the tonic saturates with energy is absolutely wrong. The contents of the can, like a key, opens the door to the internal reserves of the body. In other words - the jar does not give energy, it sucks it out of you. A man uses his own resources, or, more simply, takes them on loan.   Debt, of course, has to be repaid sooner or later, paying off with fatigue, insomnia, irritability and depression.

Caffeine contained in tonics, like any stimulant, depletes the nervous system. The effect of it lasts on average from three to five hours - after which the body needs a break. In addition, caffeine is addictive. However, it is worth noting that the EU authorized body for food safety conducted studies based on which it was concluded that the risk of consuming non-alcoholic tonic drinks does not exceed the risk of drinking coffee - again, only if you do not exceed the recommended dosage.

An energetic, like a drink containing sugar and caffeine, is not safe for a young body.

Many energy drinks contain large amounts of vitamin B, which can cause heart palpitations and trembling hands and feet.

Fitness lovers should remember that caffeine is a good diuretic. This means that you can’t drink the drink after training, during which we lose water.

In case of an overdose, side effects are possible: tachycardia, psychomotor agitation, nervousness, depression.

Tonics contain taurine and glucuronolactone. In February 2009, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a statement on these ingredients as non-alcoholic tonic energy drinks. It turned out that in the quantities in which they are contained in energy drinks, taurine and glucuronolactone are safe for human health. However, these additives also have their contraindications: in particular, the age of 18 years, long-term use in diabetics (exacerbation of the disease is possible).

As you can see, there are more “against” arguments than “for” arguments. And yet, it is quite possible that a moment may come in your life (we hope, one-time), when you feel the need to drink a jar of energy. In this case, read the rules for the use of tonics that help not to harm your beloved body.

Caffeine is removed from the blood after 3-5 hours, and even then half. Therefore, you cannot mix tonics and other caffeinated drinks (coffee, tea) during this time - you can greatly exceed the permissible dose.

Many drinks are very high in calories.   If you use energy at the gym, drink it only before your workout. If your plans include only restoring strength, and you are not going to lose weight, you can use such tonics both before and after classes.

Do not mix tonics with alcohol (as often done, for example, by visitors to nightclubs). Caffeine increases pressure, and in combination with alcohol, its effect is greatly enhanced. As a result, a person can easily experience a hypertensive crisis.

Specialists in the field of health and medicine argue that tonics are no more than fortified coffee substitutes, only more dangerous to health. And the fruit juices and glucose contained in many products can elevate our spirit to the same heights. So it is up to you to decide whether to use tonics or not. But now we have a reason without remorse to drink a cup of coffee with your favorite chocolate bar (instead of tonic)!

Tatyana POLYAK

If you believe the advertising, then from the "power engineers" (also called energy drinks) the only benefit is a high content of vitamins, an increase in working capacity, and activation of the nervous system, in addition, such drinks help to stay awake for a long time, which means not to fall asleep at the most inopportune moment.

In fact, not everything is so rosy, showing dubious advantages, advertisers usually do not talk about the “flip side of the coin”, namely, about the risks and unpleasant consequences associated with the use of energy drinks. Let's start by determining what the power engineer actually is.

Energy drink  - This is a drink that contains carbonic acid in large quantities, due to which it becomes highly carbonated, which means it is absorbed faster by the body and the expected invigorating effect also quickly occurs. The definition itself already implies that anyone who wants to lose weight cannot lean on these products.

What does the composition of these drinks mean?

The composition of energy drinks

If the energy drink is low alcohol, then it contains ethyl alcohol. Such drinks include Ten Strike, Red Devil, Revo, Jaguar and others.

Today, there are also many non-alcoholic power engineers, such as “Red Bull”, “Burn”, “Dynamite”, “XXL”, “Ozone”, “Adrenaline Rush”, “Bullit”, “Shark”, “B-52” and many others.

The energy value of these drinks can vary from 40 to 100 kcal per 100 ml, that is, the drinks have a fairly high carbohydrate content.

Also, these drinks contain many vitamins, mainly vitamin C, as well as B vitamins: B2, B3, B5, B8, B9. Some of the drinks are enriched with extracts of raspberry leaf or ginseng root, etc.

Tonic substances in energy drinks are usually represented by caffeine, sometimes instead of it, extracts of mate, guarana or tea, which also contain caffeine, are included in the energy drinks. Guarana extract gives the drink a specific aroma. Caffeine in substitute extracts may have another name, thein, matein. Other stimulants, such as theophylline or theobromine, which are cocoa alkaloids and caffeine homologues, can be added to the energy industry. Recently, taurine has been added to the energy sector.

Due to the fact that one can of energy drinks can contain almost a full daily dose of vitamins, doctors do not recommend drinking more than one can a day.

Energy drinks contain caffeine from 240 to 360 mg per liter, which significantly exceeds the recommended dose of 150 mg per day.

The effect of energy drinks on the body

Effects

Advertising says that by activating the body’s internal reserves, energy drinks  significantly increase efficiency. And in fact this is so, only that what happens next to the body, advertisers are silent. For example, glucose carbohydrate, very quickly absorbed into the bloodstream, enters into oxidation processes, so it delivers energy directly to the brain, muscles and other important organs. Thus, the scheme of action of power engineers is simple - they try to take as much energy as possible from the body in a short period of time, which will inevitably lead not only to a disruption in the metabolic process, but also to depletion of the nervous system.

It is just such a negative effect of power engineers that they are not recommended for drivers and all those who work with mechanisms and machines. A person who has taken a large dose of caffeine ceases to adequately assess his strength, and his reaction slows noticeably.

But even worse, if the energy drink is alcoholic, since such a combination can be just deadly.

Low alcohol energy drinks

The combination of energy and alcohol causes great harm to the human body. In fairness, it is worth noting that the Americans are already banning the sale of caffeinated alcoholic energy drinks in their states. This is due to the fact that energy drinks have a stimulating effect on the body, and alcohol at the same time - depressing. This combination harms not only the human body, but also the ongoing mental processes. And this means that energy masks the influence of alcohol, which loosens control not only over the amount of alcohol consumed, but also about their own actions. In large quantities, alcohol causes natural fatigue, but this feeling is successfully interrupted by the stimulating effect of the energetic. Thus, a person “deceives” his body, giving him a feeling of artificial vivacity.

The research results were unequivocal: with the simultaneous use of alcohol and caffeine, there was a threat not only to health, but also to human life. In addition, caffeine does not allow a person to accurately determine the degree of intoxication, which provokes the occurrence of unmotivated aggression and inappropriate behavior, as well as alcohol intoxication (poisoning).

Negative effect on the body

Doctors are sounding the alarm! Energetics can cause malfunctions of the cardiovascular system, insomnia, increased fatigue, rapid depletion of the body's defenses, can reduce potency. A systematic use of these drinks leads to addiction.

Statistics even knows the deaths of an overdose of an energy drink.

Contraindications

Energetics are strictly contraindicated in case of hypertension, arterial hypertension, diseases of the cardiovascular system, glaucoma, as well as sleep disorders and hypersensitivity to caffeine. Energy drinks are also contraindicated in children, women, both pregnant and lactating.

Many countries have introduced not only a ban on the sale, but also on the production of energy tonics.

What justifies the use of energy drinks?

Of course, situations in life happen different and if a person, on the verge of exhaustion of physical forces, takes a power engineer in order to achieve a one-time effect, then this technique can be justified.

However, it is important to remember that when abusing energy drinks, we endanger both the central nervous system and the whole organism.

Protect yourself and your children from rash acts, because it is youth today who is at risk, putting themselves in mortal danger.

  Energetics Carbonated drinks containing substances that stimulate the nervous, cardiovascular and endocrine systems of the human body, creating the effect of a surge of strength and vitality.

1. Energetics (stimulants)
2. Isotonics (sports catalysts)

Power engineers are produced by a large number of companies, but they differ only in labels, the composition by and large in them is almost identical:

• Caffeine
• Taurine
• Ginseng
• Schisandra
• Guarana
• Vitamins B2, B5, B6, B12, C, PP
• Melatonin
• Matein

What is Isotonic

Isotonics are available on the market in two forms - in liquid and in powders. And the formulas of their composition are very different from each other. Most often in isotonic drinks (they are also called iso-osmotic) the following components are found:

• Sugar
• Mineral salts
• Acid regulator
• Vitamins C, E, B1
• Maltodextrin
• Beta carotene
• Flavoring additives
• Food coloring

  Isotonics Drinks or dry mixes, which contain components that intensively fill up the deficiency of fluids, minerals, salts and vitamins during exercise, using a special formula similar to human blood plasma.

Harm

The effect of energy on the body

Many people believe that by using an energy drink, they replenish the energy resources of their body. This is actually not the case. An energetic only stimulates the nervous, cardiovascular and endocrine systems. As a result, the human body experiencing stress begins to work with increased load, throwing a large dose of adrenaline into the bloodstream causing the effect of euphoria or hyperactivity. In this state, the wear resistance of the body decreases, and the resource of internal organs is significantly reduced.

With the constant use of energy drinks, a person depletes his internal reserves of the body and depresses the nervous system, which can lead to:

• Breakdown
• Insomnia
• Irritability
• Depression
• Lethal

The composition of energy drinks

Many power engineers, which contain a large amount of vitamin B in their composition, cause heart palpitations and tremors in the limbs.

The contained dose of caffeine in energy drinks can be very harmful to your health. After consuming one can, the energy caffeine is eliminated from the body within 3-5 hours, after which the body needs rest. If at this moment you drink coffee, tea or drink another jar of energy, then the daily allowable dose of caffeine will be exceeded several times, and this can lead to an increase or decrease in pressure, tachycardia.

The amount of taurine, which is part of energy drinks, exceeds the daily norm by hundreds of times. In case of an overdose, it can cause:

• Stomach ache
• Peptic ulcer
• Gastritis
• Arrhythmia
• Heart failure

For this reason, in a number of countries the sale of power engineers is prohibited.

Some energy drinks contain glucuronolactone, “veiled” as part of different spellings. This drug was developed by the US Department of Defense. He was tested on American soldiers during the Vietnam War. The main purpose of the drug was to raise the morale of soldiers. As a result of the test, it turned out that glucuronolactone simply destroys the human body, causing brain tumors and progressive liver cirrhosis. As a result, this drug was banned as a dangerous chemical.

Caffeine is addictive. Therefore, lovers of "recharging" after some time begin to increase the number of cans of energy drinks consumed per day, and some switch to alcohol-containing energy.

Caffeine in combination with alcohol inflicts a severe blow to the heart. The fact is that these two substances have a multidirectional effect. Alcohol has a depressing effect, and caffeine tonic, as a result, the heart cannot adapt and begins to work in the wrong rhythm.

Caffeine, which is part of the energy industry, has a strong diuretic effect. Usually, after drinking an energy drink, people don’t drink water, since the energy drink is used not only to restore strength, but also to quench thirst. In fact, the result is the opposite. The body is dehydrated.

D-ribose carbohydrate, necessary for the synthesis of ATP, can lead to overexcitation and muscle pain.

Artificially synthesized vitamins D6, B12, C can cause gastrointestinal upset, and vitamin C also causes allergies.

Ginseng can lead to overexcitation and high blood pressure.

Due to the large amount of sugar and acids contained in energy drinks, their use upsets the acid-base balance in the mouth, and also destroys tooth enamel.

Harm Isotonics

Isotonics do not harm the body, with the exception of the individual intolerance of certain components in the composition.

Benefit

The benefits of energy drinks

Energy drinks stimulate the central nervous system, cardiovascular system and endocrine, causing a surge of strength, a sense of vigor, lack of fatigue, and improve mental processes.

Glucose, a number of vitamins and plant components that make up energy drinks, accelerates the oxidation process in the body, which gives muscles and internal organs extra strength.

After consuming an energy drink, the tonic effect lasts twice as long as from a cup of coffee, and the sensation of a surge of strength is felt almost immediately after taking an energy drink thanks to gases.

The power engineer can be used wherever convenient due to its compact and convenient packaging.

The benefits of isotonics

Isotonics quickly make up for fluid loss in the body during heavy physical exertion.

The use of isotonic supplies the body with a complex of carbohydrates, replenishes glycogen reserves during exercise, and vitamin B1 is involved in the metabolism that occurs in the body and in the process of carbohydrate absorption.

Isotonics also contribute to the compensation of calcium and magnesium, lost during active sweating, and necessary for the normal functioning of the muscles. That is, isotonic helps muscles replenish vital minerals, helping to increase endurance, improving strength, preventing cramps and speeding up the recovery process after training.

Protective vitamins C, E and beta-carotene, which are part of the isotonics, limit the production of free radicals during sports activities.

Drinking Energy Drinks

When consuming energy drinks, do not mix them with alcohol. This will cause a sharp jump in pressure and can lead to a hypertensive crisis.

Do not allow children under 12 years of age to use energy and try to protect adolescents under the age of 18 from them. Energy drinks harm a growing and developing body.

Do not drink energy drinks after sports training. This leads to dehydration, an increase in blood pressure.

It is better to refrain from the use of energy in the heat. At high temperatures, the autonomic and cardiovascular system already works at full capacity, trying to balance the temperature of the body, and the energy drink, accelerating the processes in the body, warms it even more. In addition, most often energy is sold cold, which worsens the situation even more, as the body begins to experience stress from a temperature drop. All these factors can cause vegetative crises with hypertonic or hypotonic deviations.

Do not consume more than two cans of energy per day and do this no more than twice a week.

After drinking an energy drink, do not drink drinks containing caffeine (coffee, tea, etc.) for 5-6 hours, so as not to become a victim of an overdose.

After consuming an energy drink, be sure to rest your body.

It is strictly forbidden to consume energy drinks: the elderly, pregnant or lactating women, people suffering from glaucoma, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and increased irritability. People suffering from sleep disorders, nervous disorders and with individual intolerance to caffeine.

If you are actively involved in sports or experiencing heavy physical exertion, you can use Isotonics. They contribute to the rapid recovery of the body and have virtually no contraindications.

Energy is stylish, cool, fun! This is how advertisers lure more and more people, and especially teenagers, to buy a jar of a completely expensive energy drink. Now you can see a lot of people with a jar of cold Burn, Red Bull, Non Stopa  and other less popular, but cheaper, affordable drinks. Young people drink energy everywhere - at parties, clubs, after school, university, and some manage to use energy in front of the gym. Why are they dangerous? What components are included in their composition? Why does a person become dependent on energy?

The advent of energy drinks

It is known that people from ancient times used various natural stimulants that helped them recharge and work well:

• In China, Southeast Asia, they drank strong tea.
• In the Middle East, coffee was brewed.
• Stake nuts were used in Africa.
• In Mongolia, the Far East, Siberia, ginseng, Chinese magnolia vine are still popular.
• In Asia, they were fond of ephedra, which was a more powerful stimulant.
• In South America, they used a coca plant (now they make it a well-known and dangerous drug - cocaine).

In the twentieth century, the first began to appear on the market. Interestingly, the idea came to the head of an Austrian businessman after a trip to Asia. The first to release the well-known Red Bull, in translation it means "inspiring." This drink quickly found its fans, and became no less popular than Coca-Cola, Pepsi. Manufacturers of these famous drinks began to release their energy Adrenaline Rush and Burn.

Today, there are a lot of different opinions, studies on the use of energy drinks. Some are sure that this is ordinary carbonated water, which can not do harm. And others argue that the bank contains a “drug” that leads to extreme addiction.

How affordable are power engineers today?

After many deaths in some countries of Europe - in Norway, Denmark and France, an energy drink is banned for sale, it is sold only in a pharmacy. But in Russia, it is allowed to sell the power engineer, in the composition of which one or two tonic substances.

Some manufacturers have already filed a complaint with the court. For example, an Irish athlete died while playing basketball, because he drank 3 cans of energy. In Sweden, three people died in a disco because energy drinks with alcohol interfered.

Composition of power engineers

The composition of the drinks contains a large amount of glucose, sucrose. Additionally, various psychostimulants are added to the energy sector.

Caffeine

One of the well-known psychostimulants, which is found not only in strong tea, but also in cola nuts. With the help of caffeine, tiredness, drowsiness, and the pulse begin to accelerate. It is easier for a person to withstand mental and physical stress.

Please note that caffeine has a temporary effect, and when it leaves the body, there is even more fatigue. If instead of resting, you still drink black tea and coffee, the permissible dose of caffeine will be exceeded, because it slowly leaves the body.

What causes an overdose of caffeine?  A person becomes irritable, nervous, insomnia worries him, his heart rate is disturbed. If it does not stop in time, severe abdominal pain, cramps, injuring muscles and destroying the central nervous system may appear. Everything ends with death.

What is the lethal dose of caffeine?  For each person their own, it all depends on body weight. In general, this is 10 or 15 grams of caffeine - 100 cups of coffee.

Theobromine and Taurine

In energy, these substances are necessarily added. Theobromine is a less powerful stimulant; it is contained in chocolate. But taurine stimulates the nervous system, takes part in metabolic processes. It is worth noting that taurine is a derivative of cysteine \u200b\u200b(an essential amino acid), which has an antioxidant effect and is itself synthesized in the body.

Glucuronolactone and L-Carnitine

These substances are part of food. If a person fully eats, he receives them fully. But in energy drinks, the dose of these substances is increased. So far, scientists are only studying how these components act in large quantities on the human body.

Vitamins B and D-Ribose

These substances are necessary for every person, they are not dangerous and do not have energy properties.

Guarana and Ginseng

These components relate to natural stimulants. In a small amount, substances are even useful. But in case of exceeding the dosage, an anxious feeling appears, sudden jumps in blood pressure.

Different manufacturers add substances in a certain proportion. In addition, some are fond of dyes, preservatives, acidity regulators, stabilizers. If you use a decoction of guarana root, you will not harm the body, as after using a can of energy.

An overview of famous energy drinks

• Red bull — first known power engineer. Its action is similar to a cup of strong black sweet coffee.
• Burn    Compared with Red Bull, it has a greater amount of caffeine, guarana, theobromine.
• Adrenaline rush   contains a small amount of caffeine. Its stimulating effect is explained by the natural component - ginseng and an increased dose of taurine, ribose.

To summarize! Energy does not benefit our body. They contain all the same components as in coffee, cocoa, tea, but at the same time different dyes and harmful substances are added. Drinks can be easily replaced with tincture of eleutherococcus, ginseng - these funds will further strengthen the immune system. You must understand that the miracles that promises advertising, in fact, no. On the contrary, the power engineer squeezes all the forces of the body. When the action of the drink ends, the body requires new stimulation. Thus, addiction develops. Do not spoil your health, find more effective and useful ways to increase energy!

Energy drinks around the world are very popular among adolescents and youth. On sale there are all kinds of drinks with different names and manufacturers. They are sold everywhere: in small pavilions and in huge supermarkets, discotheques and gyms, they are inexpensive and affordable for many citizens, even children.

Energy drinks attract customers with their colorful aluminum cans. As well as intrusive advertising, which guarantees a person who uses energy every day, career success and great achievements in sports, pleasure, “inspiration”, heroic strength and performance.

You can frolic all night at the disco, and if you suddenly get tired or want to sleep, you can just eat another jar, and the dream will be taken off by hand, and there will be no trace of fatigue. And many believe that energy use is fashionable and cool, and they cannot live a day without them.

Energy drinks. Structure.

Energy drinks or energy drinks are carbonated non-alcoholic or low-alcohol drinks that tone and stimulate the nervous system, which are easily absorbed by our body, add energy to us, invigorate, help fight drowsiness and fatigue, increase mood, mental and physical performance.

What kind of miraculous substances are contained in energy drinks?

The main component of energy drinks is caffeine. Caffeine is a stimulant found in coffee, in tea. It has an exciting effect on the nervous system, increases working capacity and endurance, relieves fatigue, quickly restores muscle tone and fills the body with energy, improves mood, creates a feeling of surge of energy, invigorates.

In some types of drinks, vegetable stimulants containing caffeine are added - extracts of ginseng, guarana, as well as teobramin - a substance contained in cocoa and taurine along with caffeine, which also increase energy.

Energy drinks contain carbohydrates - glucose and sucrose. Glucose is rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and also fills all organs with energy. Vitamins of groups B and C, as well as all kinds of chemical additives - flavors, preservatives, flavor and acidity enhancers, dyes, food additives and other chemicals.

In order for the drink to become carbonated, carbon dioxide is added to it.

Energy drinks. Harm

It would seem that everyone is a good energetic, acts quickly and the effect lasts 3-4 hours, and is convenient to use, opened a jar and filled with energy.

Then why in some countries, such as France, Norway and Denmark, the sale of energy drinks is prohibited in stores, and you can buy them only in pharmacies. In Australia, in New Zealand there is also a ban on the sale and production of energy. And in America, energy with caffeine and alcohol is banned. In Bulgaria, persons under the age of 18 are prohibited from selling drinks.

In Russia, a bill was submitted to the State Duma on the removal of energy drinks from sale in educational, sports, medical institutions, as well as on the prohibition of selling to minors.

In what quantities can energy drinks be consumed, and what harm can they do to human health?

In order to feel alert and healthy, energy drinks can be consumed at certain times when prolonged exercise affects the body, during exams, but in limited quantities, not more than one jar per day, and in no case should they interfere with alcohol and do not use with other products containing caffeine.

Who is contraindicated in energy drinks?

As it turned out, people suffering from diseases of the cardiovascular system, hypertension, diseases of the pancreas and stomach, as well as those who have glaucoma are contraindicated to drink energy drinks.

It is also not recommended for children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women. Drinking energy is also contraindicated for older people and those who suffer from insomnia, as well as drivers and people who work with complex mechanisms.

If you use large amounts of energy drinks, then they will undoubtedly bring great harm to health. Energetics do not fill our body with energy, but only drain the reserves of reserve energy from our organs.
A supersaturation with caffeine depletes nerve cells, causes insomnia, a feeling of tiredness, irritability accumulates in a person and depression occurs.

Taurine, which is part of the drinks, increases the load on the heart, increases blood pressure and heart rate, which contributes to the development of tachycardia, arrhythmia.

A huge amount of energy in combination with alcohol can cause a heart attack, dramatically increase blood pressure and cause a stroke. The consequences of the use of such a "explosive mixture" can be the most deplorable - even fatal.

Energy drinks also increase the production of gastric juice and acidity, which in turn leads to gastritis and gastric ulcer.

Glucose and sucrose contribute to weight gain and even blood sugar.

And another fact that speaks of the dangers of power engineers - during the military operations in Vietnam, American soldiers used to boost morale and increase endurance, they used energy drinks containing a substance - glucuronolone, later it turned out that most of those who fought these drinks contributed to the onset of cirrhosis of the liver and brain tumor.

And energy drinks are addictive. And just one jar is not enough to cheer up and when the stimulating effect of the drink ends, the body requires a new dose, and then again and again without energy there is no working capacity, there is no energy and mood at all, and there is some weakness in the body, and for some reason my hands are shaking.

After all, in order to “sausage” all night in nightclubs and discotheques, young people fill themselves with an incredible amount of energy drinks.

And increasingly, young people die from heart attacks or as a result of hemorrhages in internal organs caused by an overdose of energy drinks.

So is it worth it to risk your health and life, only in order to increase your mood, endurance and performance and drive yourself into dependence on energy drinks.

After all, you can cheer up and feel happy and cheerful with other means that are safer. You can trite drink tea or coffee with chocolate or dates, or eat a banana. Well, absolutely, in extreme cases, you can open one colorful jar and drink an energetic drink.