The Death Of A Drink Energy Drinks Stop Or You ll Be Next

â€Å"The beginning of this year I lost my big brother he was 19 years old, he drank one monster and passed out at the park, they rushed him to the hospital and he died there on Jan17, 2015. If you drink energy drinks stop or you ll be next† (Savannah swift on December 23, 2015), â€Å"I use to drink this poison along with my friend before going to gym to keep up with routine...then my friend got sick. He was rushed to the E.R, two hours later he died of liver failure. I still suffer from palpitations and anxiety disorders† (isaac 555 on January 7, 2016), â€Å"I drank one Monster and two hours later I was being put into an ambulance after I started convulsing in a grocery store. Thank god I wasn t behind the wheel with my children. Two months later my†¦show more content†¦Thats 40% of our population putting themselves and indirectly others at unnecessary risk. A total ban of these disgusting drinks can help free up our health care systems so we can use our re sources to treat those who actually need it. Next, most of the ingredients found in energy drinks are not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Energy drink companies can also class there products as liquid dietary supplement and forgo mentioning many of the ingredients that have to be stated on ordinary beverage labels. The ones that are mentioned, however, many have nasty side effects. Too much caffeine can cause vomiting and abdominal pain, hallucinations, stroke, paralysis, altered consciousness, seizures ect. Many energy drink manufacturers also don t include the high caffeine content in an ingredient called guarana in their overall caffeine percentage. Other harmful substances included in the drinks are ginseng; which can cause low blood pressure, edema, palpitations, headache, insomnia, fever, appetite suppression, and miscarriage, ginkgo biloba which can be toxic when mixed with other substances and vitamin B8 which causes depression, hair loss, insomnia, panic attacks, bipolar disorder, mental illnesses and diarrhea. Considering the large amounts of side effects it can be concluded that mixed together these ingredients would form a cocktail of