The doctor warned about the danger of mixing energy drinks with alcohol

Energy drinks, which contain a lot of caffeine, cause a surge of vivacity in a person, but then exhaustion sets in. Alexander Umnov, a lecturer at the Department of Surgery at the Medical Faculty of the State University of Education, announced this on Tuesday, April 15.

The doctor talked about the harm of stimulants. According to the expert, the constant use of energy drinks leads to damage to the nervous system. The patient becomes irritable, his normal biorhythm is disrupted, which leads to drowsiness and insomnia. Seizures are also possible, he added.

"Energy drinks' sugars provoke an increase in blood glucose levels and pressure spikes. Also, the constant drinking of energy drinks leads to water-electrolyte disorders and impaired diuresis. Against the background of taking energy drinks, there is a high risk of ulcers and gastritis, as well as gastrointestinal motility disorders," Umnov said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

He stressed that the combination of energy drinks with alcohol is the most dangerous — such mixtures can lead to a hypertensive crisis.

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On April 14, internist and immunologist Irina Yartseva told RT that if children play computer games for a long time, especially at night, then in order to feel more or less cheerful in this lifestyle, children can start looking for energy, and this negatively affects the heart and can additionally overload the nervous system..

In turn, Pavel Krupnik, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, proposed selling energy drinks separately from other soft drinks in order to emphasize their potential health risks. 360.ru .

Earlier, in February, Rashid Songurov, a cardiologist and functional diagnostics doctor at the European Medical Center (EMC), said that excessive consumption of sugary drinks annually causes more than 1.1 million cases of cardiovascular diseases worldwide.

According to him, one glass of grape or apple juice can contain up to half the daily norm of sugar. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that sugar intake should not exceed 10% of total calories per day, or even better— no more than 5% (approximately 25 grams or six teaspoons). However, even one sweet drink can quickly exceed this limit, especially if a person additionally consumes fruits, desserts and other foods with a high sugar content.