Many people really enjoy drinking energy drinks. However, there have been many reports of people dying from drinking too many of these energy drinks, with people also finding disturbing things in their cans. It seems like more harm than good is coming from these drinks.
There was an incident in Maryland where a teen girl died of ‘caffeine toxicity’ due to drinking two Monster Energy drinks. She was with friends when she drank the two energy drinks, going into cardiac arrest the next day due to caffeine toxicity. Doctors reported that she had consumed as much caffeine as you’d find in 14 Coke cans (www.today.com).
In another case, a customer showed on social media that she found a rat in her Alani Nu Energy drink. However, many people think this video is fake, and no one has been able to verify the authenticity of this video. Nevertheless, it is still a scary thing to think that when you’re opening your drink, you could find a rat. Or even the idea that the factories that these drinks are being made in have rats living in them, meaning that not only could you find a rat in your drink, but there could be rat feces and germs dissolved in your drinks. (www.timesnownews.com)
Panera also recently released a new drink called Charged Lemonade, which resulted in the death of a 21-year-old lady. This incident caused the parents to file a lawsuit against Panera. She suffered cardiac arrest while at a restaurant and was transported to the hospital where she then suffered another round of cardiac arrest and sadly passed away. While Panera claims that their new lemonade contains the same amount of caffeine as their Dark Roast, they failed to specify the size of their coffee, which does not help in the specific amount of caffeine content of this lemonade. Additionally, the employees make their lemonade in-house, which can lead to the caffeine content being inconsistent.
Overall, energy drinks are not helping the community in any way. While they might be tasty drinks to some, they can also be nasty and deadly. Doctors have reported that the number of cases due to caffeine toxicity has skyrocketed since 2008. The extensive advertising of energy drinks has had a big impact on the amount of people who have been affected by caffeine toxicity. Knowing how much caffeine you put into your body is very important and can help keep you out of danger with your sweet drinks.
