May 17, 2017.
All it took was a soda, a latte and an energy drink for Davis Allen Cripe, a 16-year-old American, to die of heart disease.
Cardiac arrhythmia due to caffeine overdose
We keep repeating it: we have to be careful about our caffeine intake. 16-year-old American teenager died of heart attack in South Carolina, United States, after drinking Mountain Dew soda, latte, and energy drink, all in two hours. It was April 26th. Then he went to class and that’s when he got sick.
The doctors who autopsied did not notice any heart defects. He was in perfect health and had not used alcohol or drugs. No trace of drug was also found. So it would seem that it is death of cardiac arrhythmia due to caffeine overdose. Mountain Dew sodas are indeed sugary drinks that also contain caffeine.
Do not exceed 400 mg of caffeine per day
Generally, an adult should not exceed 400 mg of caffeine per day, or the equivalent of 4 to 5 coffees. But it seems that in the United States, this limit is not respected, especially by adolescents who drink a lot of sugary drinks containing caffeine, even though the American Academy of Pediatricians recommends that adolescents not exceed 100. mg per day.
The young man’s father was keen to alert parents to the dangers teenagers face by drinking energy drinks like drinking water. As a reminder, a 250 ml can of Red Bull contains 52.5 mg of caffeine. If a young person drinks two a day, that will be the maximum allowed. Caffeine is not harmless, it can limit the flow of blood to organs and ultimately kill.
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