Unleashing The Beast!

2008-10-20T11:33:00.001-07:00

Today in the modern world, children will also consume energy drinks. Maybe it's because of the taste? The cool design? Or just advertisments on television. Whatever it is it has led to concern a lot of other people out there who really wonder what "do" energy drinks do to us and our bodies. Paying close attention to our body responses are very important.

What are Energy Drinks?

Energy drinks are specifically made to re-energize the physical performance of athletes. Like Red Bull, Monster, Rockstar, Nos, and Venom these contain large amounts of the stimulants guarana, B-Vitamins, and ginseng. Energy drinks contain about 80 mg of caffine which means it is bad for your health to have that much caffine consumed. It can cause death or even stimulate your sleep cyle and cause you to have no rest at all. It can also upset your stomach, raise your blood pressure, and urination.

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How is The Brian affected?

Energy Drinks is also known as Brian Booster study shows that graduate students rated higher on tests for mood and mental sharpness if they drank Red Bull an hour before being tested. Another study show that drivers given Red Bull reacted faster and did less lane drifting an hour after drinking Red Bull. But the Down side of Energy drinks is that it contains many different kinds of Ingredients such as Glucuronolactone which cause several brain tumour death. You also run the risk of side effects such as anxiety, irritability, sleeplessness, headaches, and gastrointestinal problems. When the caffeine from energy drinks reaches your brain, it stimulates the increased production and action of neurotransmitters, especially like these: Dopamine, Adrenaline, Nor-Adrenaline, Serotonin. As these neurotransmitters cause specific brain nerve cells to "fire" more, your body responds by becoming more alert, awake, alive, focused, and pleasurable. And that is the main reason we love to drink these "brain boosters." When these nerve cells begin to fire too much, it leaves them stressed and exhausted, which gives us that tense and irritable feeling. When the caffeine wears off, these neurotransmitters are then burned out. The nerve cells that were giving us extra energy now fire less, which leaves us tired and irritated. These energy drinks also effects our conciousness because it makes us more alert and by that means we are always on the edge making us work harder. Our body responds to these neurotransmitting stimulants and acts as a way we want them to be. The more these nerve cells fire at each other the harder our bodies work. And the more our bodies work the more we are aware of our surroundings.

My Work Ciatations:

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