Youngsters who mix alcohol with energy drinks risk heart palpitations and disturbed sleep, researchers warn.
A
study found that the highly-caffeinated drinks used by millions to make
them extra-alert on a night out raised the odds of a range of health
problems.
Revellers who
used energy drinks as a mixer were six times as likely to suffer heart
palpitations as those who drank their alcohol straight or with a normal
soft drink.
They also had four times the odds of
sleep difficulties and were more prone to tremors, irritability and
so-called jolt and crash episodes – sudden, short-lived bursts of energy
followed by exhaustion.
The symptoms are similar to those produced by caffeine, one of the chief ingredients of energy drinks such as Red Bull.
Subjects in the study were also
surveyed about their physical and mental health and how often they took
risks or lost control by, for example, drunk driving or getting into
fights.
The results
revealed that energy drinks may cancel out some of alcohol's sedating
effects, leaving drinkers more awake and less likely to suffer signs of
tipsiness such as slurred speech or clumsiness.
But this alertness came at a cost.
Researcher
Amy Peacock said: 'They also had a greater chance of experiencing
several side-effects linked to over-stimulation, including heart
palpitations, increased speech speed, sleeping difficulties, agitation
and tremors, jolt and crash episodes, irritability and tension.'
Some
researchers have said that energy drinks' masking of drunkenness could
badly impair judgement, leading people to do things they might not do
otherwise - such as drinking and driving or getting into fights.
This study found the opposite to be true, with energy drink fans being less likely to take a range of risks.
But
the researchers, who report their findings in the journal Alcoholism:
Clinical & Experimental Research (MUST CREDIT), said the topic needs
to be studied more deeply and said that energy drink lovers shouldn't
assume that being extra alert somehow protects them from danger.
Previous
research has linked energy drinks with heart problems, with just one
can raising blood pressure and making blood more 'sticky'- and so
potentially raising the odds of heart attacks and strokes.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article
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