Energy Drinks: Health Risks and Toxicity
The new millennium has ushered in a wave of synthetic, caffeinated high-energy drinks targeted at the youth market. Over the past 10 years, the consumption of caffeinated beverages intended to “energise” has increased significantly.
A paper recently published in the Medial Journal of Australia describes the epidemiology and toxicity of caffeinated energy drink exposures in Australia.
Findings have shown that Energy drinks comprise 20% of the total convenience store beverage market, with “Red Bull” and “V” accounting for over 97% of sales in this multimillion-dollar industry.
Increasingly, toxicity from caffeine overdose is being reported to hospitals and poisons centres.
Attached below is the study in full.
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