According to the latest study by researchers at the University of Michigan, "teens who regularly consume energy drinks are twice as likely to also consume alcohol and drugs," the researchers say. The study has been published in the Journal of Addictive Medicine .
The study evaluated the consumption of energy drinks among almost 22,000 high school students in the United States through a survey and found that approximately one third of adolescents between 13 and 18 years old consumed these types of drinks daily. In addition, in this trend, the intake of energy drinks was associated with an increase in the consumption of other substances such as tobacco, alcohol, cannabis or amphetamines, although it could not be proven whether it is the drugs that lead to the consumption of beverages. energetic or the other way around. A cause and effect between increased consumption of energy drinks and that of narcotic substances could not be demonstrated .
The study raises the question of whether energy drinks are suitable for adolescents, since caffeine or any other stimulant substance should not have a place in the diet of both children and adolescents, since there is evidence that consuming large amounts of caffeine on a regular diet can cause irritability, nervousness, anxiety or insomnia.
