Short-term benefits of energy drink can be outweighed by serious health risks which include risk-seeking behavior, mental health problems, increased blood pressure, obesity and kidney damage. The health risks suggests they are harmful to health and should be limited through more stringent regulation by restricting their sales to children and adolescents.
Most energy drinks consist of similar ingredients-water, sugar, caffeine, certain vitamins, minerals and non-nutritive stimulants such as guarana, taurine and ginseng. Some can contain up to 100 mg caffeine per fluid ounce, eight times more than a regular coffee at 12 mg. A moderate daily caffeine intake of up to 400 mg is recommended for adults, but little research exists on tolerable levels for adolescents and children. Energy drinks are often marketed as a healthy beverage that people can adopt to improve their energy, stamina, athletic performance and concentration, but researchers discovered that they have health consequences.
The health risks associated with energy drinks are mostly attributed to their high sugar and caffeine levels. They range from risk-seeking behavior, such as substance misuse and aggression, mental health problems in the form of anxiety and stress, to increased blood pressure, obesity, kidney damage, fatigue, stomachaches and irritation.
Mixing energy drinks with alcohol leads to consumption of more alcohol than drinking alcohol alone, leading to dehydration and alcohol poisoning.
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