Caffeine poisoning

Energy drinks are beverages that contain some form of vitamins and other chemicals which boosts your energy for very short span but can be dangerous due to the ingredients from which they are made of in comparison of those typical drinks that we all take. These energy drinks have lots of sugar and caffeine. The real problem is that Ingredients (I can say that Caffeine is the main active ingredient) in energy drinks used in these energy drinks can affect your heartbeat and blood pressure and this can lead to death.

Caffeine poisoning is not uncommon in the U.S. A study in the journal Pediatrics showed that anywhere from 30 percent to 50 percent of young adults and teens drink energy drinks. Nearly half of the 5448 reported caffeine overdoses in 2007 were in people younger than 19. Also TODAY reported that cases of caffeine poisoning have increased over the last few years, from 1,128 in 2005 to 13,114 in 2009.

This is because of the plenty of caffeine in energy drink. It is true that energy drinks have excessive amount of caffeine than soft drink , coffee or tea. For example, Two Monster energy drinks has about the same amount of caffeine as that found in 14 cans of Coca Cola and this is almost five times the recommended caffeine limit per day suggested by the Academy of Pediatrics.