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Mixing Energy Drinks With Alcohol in Vogue Among Italian University Students
September 25, 2007 at 8:49 PM
Alcohol & Drug Abuse News
Energy drinks have become more and more popular in recent years. Of particular concern is the increasing, and potentially dangerous, use of energy drinks and alcohol.
New findings indicate that this practice is significant among university students in Italy. Energy drinks – known for their stimulant effects on the central nervous system – have become more and more popular among young people in recent years. Of particular concern is the growing, and potentially dangerous, use of energy drinks in conjunction with alcohol. New research indicates that this practice exists to an alarming degree among some university students in Italy.
Results are published in the October issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. “The main components of energy drinks are caffeine, taurine, carbohydrates, glucuronolactone, inositol, niacin, pantenol, and beta complex vitamins,” said Gioacchino Calapai, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Messina, Italy. “In 2006, an Italian magazine noted that more and more young people in Italy were consuming energy drinks, and asked me to comment on its combined use with alcohol, which prompted our research.” Calapai is also the corresponding author for the study.
Michele Navarra, also an associate professor of pharmacology at the University of Messina, said that despite this growing awareness among the media and researchers that the combined use of energy drinks and alcohol was on the rise, hard data was lacking. The most popular brand of energy drink in Italy, noted Navarra, is Red Bull.™
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09/27/2007
Wow! your site described the contents of energy drinks and how popular they have become with young people.Energy drinks formulated from herbs helps one to relieve from stress.
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