One Can of Red Bull May Increase Risk of Heart Damage

Times Online ^ | 8/15/08 | Times Online

[cowtowney]

Red Bull may claim to “give you wings” but drinking too much of the popular energy drink may also lead to heart damage, a study suggests.

A study of 30 university students aged between 20 and 24 years old found that drinking just one 250ml sugar-free can of the caffeinated energy drink increased the “stickiness” of the blood and raised the risk of blood clots forming.

Using tests to measure blood pressure and the state of blood vessels around the body, the Australian researchers said that after drinking one can participants had shown a cardiovascular profile similar to that of someone with heart disease.

Red Bull today emphatically denied that the drink, which is distributed to 143 countries worldwide, was dangerous. In a statement, it said that Red Bull had been proved safe by “numerous scientific studies”, and that it had never been banned from anywhere it had been introduced.

Scott Willoughby, of the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Adelaide University, said that he was alarmed at the results, and suggested that older adults who already have symptoms of heart disease should refrain from drinking too much of the energy drink.

[beezdotcom]

Use the pee test. If your pee is dark, you're dehydrated. So drink more liquids. Try to maintain pee that is almost clear with an amber tint.

A bit of a generalization, but mostly right.

[cowtowney]

“It sounds as if you might have had both stories open at the same time, at two different sources and then copied the title from one source, and the content, source and link from another source.”

Correct. I made a mistake. Enough already