Energy drink: OK for the athletes?

It appeals to me to start my training with energetic drinks, like Red Bull. This is OK? Answer from Edward R. Laskowski, M.D. Occasional energetic drinks are sure for majority of people. Attention is important, however, especially if heart problems are had to the base. Energetic drinks - that they often come loaded with the sugar caffein, and stimulating made up of grass - health hazards can involve, between which:

■ restlessness and irritability. Caffein in energetic drinks can render irritable, restless and nervous. Excessive of caffein moreover it is associated badly of head, tremors, nausea and insomnia. ■ Increase of the blood pressure. Caffein in energetic drinks can increase the pressure blood and render your heart to strike more fort. In some cases, this can prime potentially dangerous changes in the cardiac rhythm. Miscelazione energetic drinks and of composed of alcool l' effect, from the moment that l' alcohol makes also your heart to strike more fort. ■ Possible dehydration. Some studies suggest that caffein in energetic drinks can increase the dehydration risk during l' exercise, but the result are contrasting. Other studies do not associate caffein with dehydration. ■ Increase of weight. The sugar in drinks more energy can contribute to increase of weight, above all for the persons whom they do not exercise regularly and those who fight with their weight. Moreover, an excessive energetic drink amount has been associated with maniacali episodes, convulsions, thoracic pain, unexpected infarct and dead women cardiac. Before and during l' physical exercise, l' simple water is of better usual. During the training that last 60 minuteren more or, it can be sorseggiare drinks sport - generally made of water and carbohydrates - in order to increase the resistance. If one chooses of drink energetic drinks, they make it alone with moderation.