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| There are many side effects associate with a high dose of caffeine intake such as rapid heart rate, palpitations and hypertension |
These energy drinks like redbull contain caffeine that keeps us alive even we are lacking of enough sleep.
Coffee is good for our health, some others claim that.
But too much might be dangerous to our health especially the way how our heart should do its work - it pumps out blood to the system.
Taurine and Caffeine
High dose of intake of taurine and caffeine might be dangerous to the heart especially to those who consume it with heart problem that might lead to potential death due to irregular heart rhythm.This finding can be proven by the the study conducted at University of Bonn in Germany composing of 18 healthy adults having an average age of 27.5 years.
They found out that after an hour of drinking energy drink which contain 32mg per 100ml of caffeine and 400mg per 100ml of taurine, the left ventricle of the heart, one the four chambers of it that pumps out oxygenated blood throughout the rest of the body, had been contracting so harder as compare to their MRI results at the start of the study.
However, the researchers admitted that there was no definite study on the effect of such changes in the heart rhythm but they suggested that those who are suffering from heart rhythm problems, and even children should avoid drinking energy booster drink due to the fact that in change in in heart contractility might trigger cardiac arrhythmia which is very fatal.
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