What Energy Drinks Do to the Body

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I have a short story about caffeine. I am a tank soldier and last year was on an exercise with my crew, and we were tasked to scout out an area for 2 days. Well it ended up being 4 days with no brake. Since we were alone and did not get a replacement for our posts, we had a problem. I solved my problem by overdosing on 200 mg caffeine pills. In 3 days I took like 12 and drank 6-8 energy drinks, I can't remember. I didn't even realized that 3 days have passed. But on the last day I forgot to take more pills, so I just shut off once we stood still for longer than 5 minutes. 8 hours later I woke up at my gunner station, my commander let me sleep since I have given him more time to sleep the past days by taking his watch duty. Yeah, I am never going to take caffeine pills again that was an unhealthy experience

Absolutely loved this. I clicked hoping you’d bash energy drinks (kinda what I felt I needed to hear) but by providing a in depth explanation of the far reaching effects of energy drinks; I felt more convicted to stop. I have been drinking energy drinks since high school and found myself just drinking them instead of any other beverage. I really appreciate this video and the care in your explanation.

As someone who is obsessed with Celcius energy, (mommy of 4 ) .. I always thought downing one would get me going all day , it did for a while, but lately I've noticed the lack of energy but fast heartrate still , thank you for explaining what Im doing to my body.

My body is now more caffeine than body

As a regular long-distance driver, I used to take lots of energy drinks while driving. It wasn't long before I started noticing the negative effects such as lack of sleep at night, increased fatigued, feeling sleepy during the day because of the body's need for an energy drink shot, and twitching of body parts. Long story short, I went commando on energy drinks, and now I'm free from their dependency.

I had a co worker once who was asked by his doctor how much alcohol he drank. He didn't drink alcohol, so the doctor asked about how much energy drinks he had a day. Which was apparently a lot more than should have been... because his liver enzymes were through the roof. So ever since then I've viewed them as a semi necessary evil in my own life, and try to make sure I'm not having anywhere near that much.

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This was incredibly informative and professionally done! During my hardest partying days I would drink multiple Redbull vodkas. Several times the next day I would get random white spots in my vision. I also had nights where I did Monster & vodka. I mixed all types of energy drinks and yet NONE of them gave me white spots the next day regardless of the type/amount of liquor and energy drinks consumed… I have no idea what that means, but I don’t touch Redbull anymore. Fun fact: They’re not an energy drink company, they’re actually a marketing company and outsource all drink production. Fun fact x2: Sober over two years yet I still drink energy drinks (never had coffee in my life) as my vice. Time to ween off.

As a very active person and a gym rat, this video was so informative. Funny enough, I decided to quit energy drinks two weeks ago and found out that I feel calmer, my sleep cycle got so much better. Love this channel so much. How about a video on popular pre-workouts and their effects on the body and why we get that tingling sensation from beta-alanine. Thanks for this video.

Alright, that's it. My mind's made up. I'm quitting energy drinks and switching back to cocaine 👃

I am glad you didn't demonize energy drinks, for some people like me they're a life saver. I have severe ADHD and I am unable to use either the stimulant or non stimulant drug options due to side effects. One energy drink over the course of 4 hours (yes I can seriously sip it that long) keeps me in check. All of my doctors are completely A-OK with it as long as I'm not chugging them one after another.

I go to the gym 4 times a week and my diet isn’t the absolute greatest but not super bad. Not junk food every single day. Haven’t touched an energy drink such as red bull or monster for a good 3-4 year. I just don’t like them. This is super informative and reliable. Might treat myself to an energy drink when I next hit the gym in a few days.

As a medic on a 24hr shift with 4 monsters, I approve this message 😂

Imagine tolerating 30 energy drinks a day. One of my coworkers used to have a problem. I’m extremely proud of him for being able to quit after being addicted for 20 years.

Absolutely brilliant video, no fear mongering or exaggerated opinions like most videos have, a very realistic view, i only drink energy drinks approximately 3 times a week either when im hungover and have stuff to do or when i get bad sleep and have to study like a maniac

You are the first person on the internet to actually care about what they’re talking about, someone who cares about how the audience may feel about the video perhaps too, you take dosage into account amongst other things, while others just want to scare people and say never drink it and stuff like that without taking things into consideration.

Great piece, as always. I've learned more from you guys than any A&P class I've ever taken.

Thanks for this. I used to be an assistant GM at a Domino’s and the amount of horror stories I heard about people who slammed 3+ energy drinks a day and ended up with serious health complications. Domino’s employees are notorious for the copious amounts of caffeine we’d use to help us get through long days (sometimes 12+ hour shifts)

This video deserves much more than a like. Thanks for the life saving information.