The Risks And Effects Of Mixing Alcohol And Energy Drinks

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The Risks And Effects Of Mixing Alcohol And
Energy Drinks
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• Energy drinks are very popular amongst the
  general population, especially amongst teenagers.
  With the rise in the trend of consumption of such
  energy drinks which
• are high in caffeine, there has also been a
  significant rise in the trend of mixing
• such energy drinks with alcohol to make
  alcoholic beverages.
• Alcohol mixed along with energy drinks helps
  mask the taste of the alcohol as
• well as give the person drinking the opportunity
  to stand on their feet longer
• than one could by directly consuming such
  alcohol. Energy drinks make for
• great substitutes for dilution of alcohol.
  However, they are not good for the
• body and can seriously affect ones health and
  in rare cases, even cause
• death.
• What are energy drinks?

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• Energy drinks are beverages which are high in
  their caffeine content. They also have other
  ingredients such as vitamin B, sugar, guarana,
  and taurine. Energy drinks are often advertised
  to be safe for consumption and give the drinker a
  boost in his or
• her mental or/and physical stimulation.
• Energy drinks are said to contain 40 to 240
  grams of caffeine in them. Although energy drinks
  are known to provide for physical as well as
  mental stimulation,
• their consumption can also cause anxiety,
  irregular heartbeat, increased blood pressure,
  and thickening of the blood.
• Since energy drinks themselves can affect the
  body so severely, it shall come
• as no surprise that mixing such energy drinks
  with alcohol can also have consequences dire to
  the health of the person who is consuming such a
• mixture. Thus, the article further explains the
  effects and risk factors of mixing
• alcohol with energy drinks.

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Effects Of Mixing Alcohol And Energy Drinks

• Even though a popular trend, mixing alcohol with
  energy drinks is not an ideal concoction for your
  drinking days. The ill effects of energy drinks
  themselves are serious enough. However, such a
  mixture of alcohol with energy drinks is a toxic
  concoction.
• The effects of mixing alcohol with energy drinks
  are-
• Being wide awake drunk Mixing the drinks creates
  two kinds of stimulations,
• one where the alcohol makes the brain fuzzy and
  sleepy, and the second
• where the caffeine makes the brain active, this
  results in a person being wide
• awake drunk and also at risk of consuming more
  alcohol than they should.
• Alcohol poisoning Mixing alcohol with energy
  drinks can also cause alcohol poisoning and would
  require a trip to the ER for pumping of the
  stomach.

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• Alcohol overdose One may even end up overdosing
  on alcohol if they do not have a check on the
  amount of alcohol (mixed or not) they consume.
  This could be fatal if immediate attention is not
  given.
• Risky behaviour Being wide awake drunk also
  encourages risky behaviour
• such as doing things that could put your life in
  danger and things you would not
• normally do.
• Caffeine overdose Caffeine overdose can
  seriously affect a person and can
• give them problems such as Sleep Disorders,
  mental disorders, etc.

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Risks Of Alcoholic Energy Drinks

• Drinking alcohol as a social predicament is
  something everyone has heard of once in a while.
  However, there are a few risk factors attached to
  it that can encourage risky behaviours that could
  place your life in jeopardy. The Risk factors of
  alcoholic
• energy drinks that encourage people to take up
  drinking are-
• Peer pressure
• Sense of belonging
• Binge drinking
• Low self-esteem/ self-worth
• High-stress levels
• Problem of teenage drinking
• The common age group that is affected due to
  such mixing of alcohol and
• energy drinks are teenagers and young adults.
  The effects of alcohol on
• teenagers and young adults are very dangerous
  and can seriously harm their
• health.

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• It has been studied that when such mixing of
  alcohol and energy drinks occurs, it creates the
  same kind of stimulation that cocaine would
  create. Those consuming such a mixture are
  putting not only themselves but also people
  around them at
• risk as it increases the possibility of such
  behaviour that could be life-threatening.
• As mentioned above, such a mixture can create a
  stimulation similar to the one caused by cocaine.
  This affects the brain and hampers with a
  persons
• thinking, which may even continue into their
  adult lives. The person may not
• even be able to feel good in circumstances which
  are joyous as the brain could become numb to any
  kind of emotion.

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• Conclusion
• Everything Health is a motto that every person
  should live by. Social drinking is
• a norm accepted worldwide as well as a norm that
  does not affect a persons
• health seriously, as the body is healthy enough
  to recover from at least one night
• of abuse. However, constantly subjecting
  yourself to such a habit could seriously affect
  your health and your relationships with your
  loved ones as well.
• Therefore, take immense care in matters such as
  these.
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