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Offline franksolich

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primitives discuss energy drinks
« on: January 17, 2013, 01:07:16 PM »
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11426704

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xchrom (86,572 posts)    Wed Jan 16, 2013, 07:16 AM

er visits tied to energy drinks double since 2007

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ENERGY_DRINKS_EMERGENCY_ROOMS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-01-16-06-45-06
 
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A new government survey suggests the number of people seeking emergency treatment after consuming energy drinks has doubled nationwide during the past four years, the same period in which the supercharged drink industry has surged in popularity in convenience stores, bars and on college campuses.
 
From 2007 to 2011, the government estimates the number of emergency room visits involving the neon-labeled beverages shot up from about 10,000 to more than 20,000. Most of those cases involved teens or young adults, according to a survey of the nation's hospitals released late last week by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
 
The report doesn't specify which symptoms brought people to the emergency room but calls energy drink consumption a "rising public health problem" that can cause insomnia, nervousness, headache, fast heartbeat and seizures that are severe enough to require emergency care.
 
Several emergency physicians said they had seen a clear uptick in the number of patients suffering from irregular heartbeats, anxiety and heart attacks who said they had recently downed an energy drink.

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Sherman A1 (10,304 posts)    Wed Jan 16, 2013, 08:25 AM

1. Interesting

Thanks for posting, I am going to pass this on to a few folks that just love their Red Bull....

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Lex (31,804 posts)    Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:52 AM

2. They definitely give me headaches.

I stopped drinking them due to that. Instead of giving me "energy" they just make me anxious/nervous.
 
I'll just stick to my regular cup of coffee in the morning. I tolerate it much better.

<<at $3.59 a can, won't touch the stuff, never has touched the stuff.

A fifty-cent cup of coffee is just as good.
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Re: primitives discuss energy drinks
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2013, 04:02:41 PM »
Even better - ORGANIC energy drinks!
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Re: primitives discuss energy drinks
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2013, 04:12:09 PM »
xchrom gets his protein right from the source.

I know. I know.  :hammer:
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Re: primitives discuss energy drinks
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2013, 04:17:13 PM »
What would those indolent shits do with energy drinks anyway, except possibly use them to hold up through marathon WoW sessions?
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Re: primitives discuss energy drinks
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2013, 04:26:40 PM »
Just the smell of RedBullâ„¢ makes me nauseous. Sickly sweet smelling stuff.

They'd probably be better off sticking to meth. Likely it's not as bad for you.

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Re: primitives discuss energy drinks
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2013, 04:40:27 PM »
I'm not surprised.  Some of the parents on my son's baseball team give them to their kids to drink before they go play ball...11 and 12 year olds! 

The only thing I do that even comes close is let my son have a Mt Dew if he has a 9:00am game!
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