Red Bull Causes Stroke.. September 5, 2008
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The heavily marketed energy drinks are all similar. Monster, Full Throttle and various other brands may have similar effects. In addition, I have had a few patients develop irregular heart rates after drinking energy drinks. Both went to the ER for atrial fibrillation and they were instructed to stop drinking the energy drinks. They had no further episodes of the irregular heart rate…. (Warning Labels on Red Bull?)
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By Rob Taylor
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Just one can of the popular stimulant energy drink Red Bull can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, even in young people, Australian medical researchers said on Friday.
The caffeine-loaded beverage, popular with university students and adrenaline sport fans to give them “wings”, caused the blood to become sticky, a pre-cursor to cardiovascular problems such as stroke.
“One hour after they drank Red Bull, (their blood systems) were no longer normal. They were abnormal like we would expect in a patient with cardiovascular disease,” Scott Willoughby, lead researcher from the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, told the Australian newspaper.
Red Bull Australia spokeswoman Linda Rychter said the report would be assessed by the company’s head office in Austria.
“The study does not show effects which would go beyond that of drinking a cup of coffee. Therefore, the reported results were to be expected and lie within the normal physiological range,” Rychter told Reuters.
Willoughby and his team tested the cardiovascular systems of 30 young adults one hour before and one hour after consuming one 250ml can of sugar-free Red Bull..….read rest of story..
Thanks for posting this. My husband is in the Army and does Physical Training every morning 5 times a week. He drinks this NOW. He was drinking Full Throttle before PT but one morning he completely passed out. He was brought to the ER. Now he thinks Red Bull is better (safer) so he drinks it instead. My husband has high blood pressure by heredity. I am SCARED.
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I agree that these drinks are dangerous and the fact is that many people I know drink several a day. I live in an active town and have several friends that are mountaineers and rock climbers. They drink these instead of eating to maintain stamina and low weight. I think it is like playing with fire and am sending them this information.
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