Is Red Bull Dangerous
Posted: October 20th, 2011 | Author: Dr. Bill Stillwell | No Comments »I was talking to a couple of college students yesterday, which
is always an eye opening experience. I was with someone who
has two kids in college, which means he’s still working, and has
reason to be concerned.
He’s concerned because these two kids mentioned that their
favorite drink was Red Bull and vodka. They tossed this off very
casually, the way that college students always do. When we got
to the car he was agitated, and the first thing he said was, "I’ll
bet both of my kids do this." Then he dialed up the oldest and
asked. Sure enough, the kid admitted doing it. Ten minutes later,
the other admitted doing it, too.
I tried to tell him this was no crazier than what we used to do back
in the late sixties and early seventies, but he wasn’t hearing any of
that,and the more I thought about it, I knew that answer was too easy.
I’ve never been much of a drinker, but have always been tolerant
of those who are, unless they let it get out of hand. College students,
as I recall from experience, don’t have much of a handle on restraint.
Coupled with hooch, they have even less. Adding in an energy drink,
high in stimulants, adds fuel to the fire.
Red Bull, just one of the energy drinks, but probably number one in sales,
has 80 mg of caffeine per can. Many of these kids toss back several cans
of these cocktails, picking their own poison. Vodka and rum seem to be
the most popular, with some kids calling the rum version Captain Kickass,
as a parody of the Captain Morgan rum brand.
Last week, the National Institutes of Health issued a warning on mixing
alcohol and energy drinks. They issued the warning, because college
age kids are starting to show up in emergency rooms, with heart palpitations
and heart rhythm problems, caused by combining booze and energy drinks.
The appeal here is that the cocktail appears to promise what we used to
call the "long buzz." This would appear to let them "party on" all night,
and not cause a massive hangover.
Well, you may feel like you can party all night long, but the reality is,
your hangover is going to be bad. For one thing, alcohol dehydrates you,
and two, the caffeine from the energy drink is a diuretic, which also causes
you to shed water. You’ll most likely end up with your brain playing
Metallica, on very high volume, and your body feeling like it was run
over by a bus.
One energy drink won’t hurt you, but please don’t mix it with alcohol.
And don’t drink them on a regular basis. Make sure you’re also getting
plenty of water.
Remember the old rule, "Too much of anything is not a good thing."
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