The Big Problem Comes From Alcoholic Beverages With Caffeine

The Big Problem Comes From Alcoholic Beverages With Caffeine.
The moot over the dangers of drinker energy drinks, popular among the young because they are cheap and carry the added punch of caffeine, has intensified after students at colleges in New Jersey and Washington say became so intoxicated they wound up in the hospital. Sold under catchy names, these fruit-flavored beverages come in oversized containers reminiscent of nonalcoholic sports drinks and sodas, and critics advise that this is no accident. The drinks are being marketed to immature drinkers as a safe and affordable way to drink to excess.

One brand, a fruit-flavored malt beverage sold under the pre-eminence Four Loko, has caused special care since it was consumed by college students in New Jersey and Washington state before they ended up in the ER, some with excessive levels of alcohol poisoning. "The soft drink or energy drink imagery of these drinks is just iffy window dressing," contends Dr Eric A Weiss, an emergency cure-all expert at Stanford University's School of Medicine in Palo Alto, Calif.

So "It hides the accomplishment that you're consuming significant amounts of alcohol. And that is potentially hazardous, because it's not only deleterious to one's health, but impairs a person's coordination and judgment".

In fact, these caffeinated alcoholic beverages can confine anywhere from 6 percent to 12 percent alcohol. That is the equivalent of about two to four beers, respectively. "And what I worry about as a trauma physician is that someone will the sauce one can of this stuff and not realize how much alcohol they've consumed. Whereas, if they had four beers they would without a doubt be more mindful of the amount of alcohol they had consumed and not go and get behind the wheel of a car, for example".

And anyone who thinks that the caffeine found in such drinks can preserve them from the negative effects of intoxication will be sorely disappointed. "Old movies used to show community getting their drunk friends to consume coffee before they get into their cars to drive themselves home, but there's just no evidence to suggest that it clockwork like that. Caffeine can help keep you awake, but it will not mitigate the effect of alcohol.

It will not lessen the diminution of coordination, the poor judgments, the nausea or the sickness that comes with excessive drinking. Someone who gets behind the whirl of a car and starts swerving as they drive will not find that problem mitigated by caffeine".