A Single Energy Drink Increases Risk of Heart Attack and Death, Study Confirms
The researchers looked at 44 students attending the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Every participant was in their 20’s, and they were all classified as “healthy non-smokers.”
To begin, they tested the function of endothelium, the layer of cells that lines the surface of blood vessels.
Dysfunction of this layer lining blood vessels has been shown to indicate arteries that aren’t able to properly dilate, and therefore heart attack.
The endothelial function of participants was tested, and then each of them proceeded to drink a 24 ounce (very large) energy drink, before receiving another test of the bodily process an hour and a half later.
Within just 90 minutes, the internal diameter of those blood vessels had on average been decreased by almost half. This protective cellular lining of blood vessels was made thinner, almost immediately.
These are specific, well tested and solid findings, truly what science is supposed to be: the scientific method, just straight evidence.
The test can be replicated by any person capable of performing these tests that evaluate endothelial function.
The researchers looked at 44 students attending the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Every participant was in their 20’s, and they were all classified as “healthy non-smokers.”
To begin, they tested the function of endothelium, the layer of cells that lines the surface of blood vessels.
Dysfunction of this layer lining blood vessels has been shown to indicate arteries that aren’t able to properly dilate, and therefore heart attack.
The endothelial function of participants was tested, and then each of them proceeded to drink a 24 ounce (very large) energy drink, before receiving another test of the bodily process an hour and a half later.
Within just 90 minutes, the internal diameter of those blood vessels had on average been decreased by almost half. This protective cellular lining of blood vessels was made thinner, almost immediately.
These are specific, well tested and solid findings, truly what science is supposed to be: the scientific method, just straight evidence.
The test can be replicated by any person capable of performing these tests that evaluate endothelial function.
