Drinking tonic drinks makes you ... want to hit friends

Energy-boosted wine is chosen by many people because it creates a "more" feeling. But new British research shows that this blend promotes violence and blood pressure.

According to the lead author - Dr. Matt Parker, from the University of Portsmouth (UK), energy drinks when mixed with alcohol can exacerbate some of the negative effects of alcohol. It is mainly due to the interaction of taurine in energy drinks with alcoholic drinks.

Do not mix energy drinks into alcoholic beverages - (photo: SHUTTERSTOCK).

The study, published recently in this scientific journal, Journal of Psychiatric Research, suggests that alcohol-intensive energy mixes make the drinker's brain quickly lose the ability to control actions that they would normally think are crazy. just made The feeling of fear of wrongs or dangers that a person taught from a young age is gone. Social communication barriers are destroyed.

In the experiment on zebrafish - a species that has a lot of biological properties close to humans and is frequently used as a laboratory object - the solution mixed between pure alcohol and taurine has proved extremely scary. Through the assessments within 5, 30 and 55-60 minutes later, 192 fishes participated in the experiment proved to be as aggressive as carnivores, ready to fight for any reason.

In humans, the changes in the brain mentioned above also promote violent and reckless behavior. Consumers who consume energy drinks are at high risk of "fighting" with their own drinkers, as well as trying something crazy and crazy right after.

Mr. Ben Butler, representative of Drinkaware, a nonprofit organization that aims to reduce the harmful effects of alcoholism in the UK, added that mixing alcohol and energy drinks makes you consume too much sugar, calories and caffeine. is just drinking alcohol. These things cause many psychological and physical harms.

In addition, energy drinks can obscure fatigue, intoxication due to drunkenness, make you drink more and feel tired. But actually you still suffer from the negative effects of alcohol as usual, only you are underestimating your own feelings.

Dr Parker explained: "Alcohol reduces inhibition in the brain, at low doses can cause relaxation and excitement. However, at higher doses, this low inhibitory level makes us easy to break. barriers, causing violent or dangerous acts ".