Yeah! Just for a brief jolt of energy, you may actually be risking damaging your heart, according to a study that was recently done which doesnt’ sound like it was a very comprehensive one, but it still leads me to believe there is some sort of concern that should be heeded when it comes to drinking these energy drinks. I myself have experienced rapid heartbeat as well as numbing pains in my head that felt like they were directly in my brain that caused concern for me, and yet I thought they were relatively safe, so I would still drink them once in a while.
Red Bull is a serious energy drink that contains a lot of caffeine, but also contains taurine and other energy boosters. It has a metallic taste to it, and many are devoted drinkers because it does indeed produce a fast energy burst, however that energy burst, to me, is fairly short lived and inevitably ends with a letdown that leaves you even more tired than you were before.
Some people for that reason actually drink more than one a day, and that may be extremely damaging if just one showed changes in the cirulatory system of test subjects that were congruent with changes in the blood flow and cardio performance that are similar to older patients.
What they specifically found was that after subjects drank just one Red Bull energy drink, their blood became as they termed it “sticky”, which means it is easier for artery and vein clogging since the blood cannot move as easily through the organs, the veins, and the smaller pathways that blood takes to course through the body and nourish organs and the heart. Since it causes the blood to be more sticky, who knows, it could even cause an elevated risk of stroke since stroke risk factors are often close to heart damage risk factors.
The makers of Red Bull of course, emphatically deny that their beverage is harmful to the heart, but I wouldn’t expect anything different since this product has been a cash cow ever since it came on the scene only a few short years ago.
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