Are energy drinks linked to heart attack risk? This is what latest research says
research has indicated increasing incidents of sudden ‘heart attacks’ among those who consume these drinks. This has once again raised questions related to food labeling. This has also caught the notice of the Indian food regulators who had earlier asked companies to desist from labeling drinks as ‘energy drinks’ after it found large-scale irregularities in the ingredients used to manufacture these energy drinks. This has been reported by the New York Post.
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What are the issues?
Want a Loan? Get cash against your Mutual Funds in 4 hoursThese drinks which claim to provide instant energy, do their job but this comes at a steep cost to human health. It is known to erode the teeth of the consumers apart from increasing the risk of various mental health issues such as Attention Deficit Disorder, depression, and anxiety and encouraging suicidal thoughts in children.
High quantity of sugar
These drinks which often contain high amounts of sugar are also linked to a troublesome issue of increased heart attacks. The drinks include ingredients such as taurine and guarana can disrupt cardiovascular functions increasing the risk of arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat which is a cause of heart attacks.
Sudden heart attacks
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic conducted a study on 144 survivors who had sudden heart attacks and found that
