tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465476012373947584.post4732014096035710732..comments2023-12-08T18:22:53.674-08:00Comments on Healthy wealth: Coca-Cola is Christmas KillerIts MEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12711247312633445776noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-465476012373947584.post-73829400527339177692009-12-11T18:03:58.611-08:002009-12-11T18:03:58.611-08:00Red Bull Gives You Strokes!
Posted on: Friday, 15...Red Bull Gives You Strokes!<br /><br />Posted on: Friday, 15 August 2008, 15:40 CDT<br /><br />One can of Red Bull can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke, according to Australian medical researchers.<br /><br />The popular stimulant energy drink caused the blood to become sticky, a pre-cursor to cardiovascular problems such as stroke.<br /><br />"One hour after they drank Red Bull, (their blood systems) were no longer normal. They were abnormal like we would expect in a patient with cardiovascular disease," Scott Willoughby, lead researcher from the Cardiovascular Research Centre at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, told the Australian newspaper.<br /><br />Linda Rychter, Red Bull Australia spokeswoman, said the report would be assessed by the company's head office in Austria.<br /><br />"The study does not show effects which would go beyond that of drinking a cup of coffee. Therefore, the reported results were to be expected and lie within the normal physiological range," Rychter told Reuters.<br /><br />The Cardiovascular systems of 30 young adults were tested by Willoughby and his team one hour before and one hour after consuming one 250 ml can of sugar-free red bull.<br /><br />After consuming the drink, the results showed "normal people develop symptoms normally associated with cardiovascular disease". <br /><br />Red Bull energy drink was created in the 1980s by Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz based on a similar Thai energy drink.<br /><br />Red Bull is banned in Norway, Uruguay and Denmark because of health risks listed on its cans. Still, the company last year sold 3.5 billion cans in 143 countries. One can contains 80 mg of caffeine, around the same as a normal cup of brewed coffee.<br /><br />The Austria-based company, whose marketing says "Red Bull gives you wings", sponsors Formula 1 race cars and extreme sport events around the world, but warns consumers not to drink more than two cans a day.<br /><br />Red Bull could only have such global sales because health authorities across the world had concluded the drink was safe to consume, Rychter said.<br /><br />Willoughby disagrees by saying Red Bull could be deadly when combined with stress or high blood pressure, impairing proper blood vessel function and possibly lifting the risk of blood clotting.<br /><br />"If you have any predisposition to cardiovascular disease, I'd think twice about drinking it," he said.Its MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711247312633445776noreply@blogger.com