Effects of Energy Drinks with Alcohol Consumption

Abstract

Especially among students in recent years, energy drinks with alcohol consumption has become popular and is known to the acquisition of risky behavior. According to researches; of consuming energy drinks with alcohol, compared to only consume alcohol, it reveals that they use two times more alcohol. Serious injury, sexual assault, drunk driving car, more deaths are related to alcohol consumption. When consumed with alcohol and energy drinks, there has been a dramatic increase in these adverse events. Energy drink consumption among 18-24 year olds, the results of a survey conducted on 697 students, when students mix energy drinks with alcohol; sexual abuse, physical damage, reveals that they experience negative effects, such as the need for additional medical treatment. Students often; To hide the taste of alcohol and drunkenness to get more alcohol to feel the next day, to remain under the influence of alcohol and other reasons stated that they mix alcohol with energy drinks. Energy drinks and alcohol consumption, although increasing with each passing day, there are no controlled studies on the subject. However, energy drinks and alcohol with consumption of alcohol on the central nervous system, there are many popular publications for that reduce the depressant effects. It is reported energy drinks might reduce the intensity of the depressant effects of alcohol, and this effect is attributed to energy drinks with alcohol antagonist relationship. However, little scientific data on the subject, and some do not support this view. Therefore, caution should go and should raise awareness on the topic in the community.

Keywords

• Alcohol Consumption,Energy Drinks,Health

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