Can You Die From Energy Drinks ?

Question

I am 16 and i drink 1 red bull a day since about december is that bad ? i play lacrosse and run/workout everday too so should i stop and in the summers i can drink to 2-3 a day

Answer 1

red bull does not work!!!

Answer 2

idk if it can kill you but i no they're bad for you.

Answer 3

you don't need energy drinks, you have your youth strength and energy...i can tell you this, whats too much isn't good, one energy drink a day isn't bad but if you take too much of the stuff i guess you'll get hyperactive...coffee has the same effects like energy drinks.

Answer 4

As you might have seen on some monster energy questions i answered, any energy drink is horrible for you. If you want some energy drinks,head on over to your local vitamin store and they most likely have some good little HEALTHY energy drinks...

Answer 5

no they wont kill you but you shouldent drink one everyday

Answer 6

Dont drink more than one a day, they are pretty bad for you. I would suggest drinking vitamin water.

Answer 7

Well energy drinks are not designed for kids. However, you are at the age where it is questionable.

Most of the time as long as you get enough sleep, water and nutrition coffee and energy drinks won't be needed. None of the energy drink companies, even the healthy ones, recommend using more than 2 a day. I will only use one in the morning if I have had less than 6 hours of sleep. I will also take one before a workout. In both instances though I still drink 2 glasses of water too.

For you I would recommend first make sure you are getting enough sleep. There simply is no replacement for it at all. Then make sure to drink enough water. We need 1 ounce for every 2 pounds of body weight and 8 ounce for every 20 minutes of exercise. Proper hydration will increase your energy and motabolism by 3%. Also make sure you get enough nutrition. The RDA/RDI was set up by the government as the minimum amounts needed to prevent some nutritional deficency diseases only. For optimal health we need more of each type and some that are not even listed. Proper nutrition will also incrase energy and motabolism.

Now if you still need energy drinks just make sure to take in enough water as caffeine dehydrates. This is especially important when taking it before exercise. Since water runs through your system quicker than caffeine, especialy when you sweat from exercise it leaves behind the caffeine to dehydrate.  I would also take a healthy energy drink like XS Energy, Tab, 5 hour energy, or Stacker's 6 hour power. I would avoid red puke if I could.

Even on the days where you are doing alot try to limit your energy drink intake to just 2.

Answer 8

What are the possible effects on health from the amount of caffeine in these drinks?

The caffeine level in most of these drinks is only equivalent to that in coffee, because many typical consumers are young--and quite high levels of consumption are common--there is at least the potential for health risks associated with energy drinks.

Many parents would not allow their young children to drink coffee or strong tea--because they know that these drinks contain caffeine-the same may not apply to energy drinks. For example, an Australian survey found that 27% of boys aged 8-12 had consumed high-caffeine energy drinks in the two-week period prior to the survey.

This may be at least partly because the quantity of caffeine isn't always stated on the label of energy drinks, and many people aren't aware of how much caffeine constitutes 'high-caffeine' anyway. Parents, guardians and other people in positions of responsibility (e.g. sports coaches) should be aware that young children could have disturbed sleeping patterns, suffer bed-wetting and show symptoms of anxiety from ingesting the caffeine in just one can of energy drink. It is clear that pre teens should not consume high caffeine drinks and it is highly desirable to discourage their use by people in their early teens.

Some people are especially sensitive to caffeine, showing symptoms of caffeine sensitivity (tremors, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal upsets) following consumption of relatively small doses of caffeine. Those who suffer these adverse reactions to caffeine-containing drinks such as coffee should not consume energy drinks. People with heart disease should avoid

large intakes of caffeine. The sudden 'jolt' to metabolism caused by caffeine (which is a stimulant) can be enough to trigger a heart attack in people with pre-existing heart conditions. Pregnant women are also well advised to avoid high-caffeine beverages. During the first trimester (three months) of pregnancy, consuming as little as 100 mg of caffeine per day was associated with an increased risk of spontaneous abortion in studies conducted in Sweden.

Finally, these drinks are sometimes consumed in conjunction with alcoholic beverages. Even on their own, high-caffeine drinks will cause 'diuresis' (increased urine production). The combined effect of alcohol and caffeine will be to dehydrate people to an even greater extent than occurs with either caffeine or alcohol alone.

4. Do these drinks really provide a 'boost' to physical and/or cognitive performance?

There is no doubt that caffeine is an effective 'ergogenic aid' (enhances physical performance) and an aid to cognitive performance as it stimulates cardiac output and the central nervous system. Due to this, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned its use above a certain level (as detected in the athlete's urine).

But as with so many substances, if a little is good, more is NOT better. In the Australian survey, some teenagers were reported to be consuming up to five cans of energy drink (up to ~400 mg of caffeine, depending on the brand) before sporting events. This is more than is needed to safely gain a boost to performance and carries with it a risk of increased blood pressure, anxiety, shaking, elevated heart rate and increased urine production (increasing the risk of dehydration).

[For more on the safe and effective use of caffeine to improve athletic performance, see the Appendix to this question].

Answer 9

Theoretically you could kill yourself eating or drinking too much of anything !

Answer 10

i dont know.....................