Energy drinks harm the liver

According to a recent report, a 50-year-old man suffered from acute hepatitis after consuming regular energy drinks for three weeks.

Acute hepatitis and other types of hepatitis can be caused by the consumption of a variety of medicines and nutritional supplements such as vitamins. In some cases, this condition can lead to acute liver failure, thereby causing death.

The man told the emergency room doctors that he had been ill for two weeks. Symptoms include abdominal pain, lack of food, nausea, vomiting and fatigue. At first he thought he was having the flu. However, this man began to feel frightened when dark urine and skin became yellow.

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The group of scientists from the Florida Medical University led by Dr. Jennifer Harb conducted this case study. They said the man did not use any drugs or drugs. However, he said that he drank 4-5 cans of energy drinks a day for 3 weeks.

These energy drink cans are the culprits for acute hepatitis. One of the specific causes of this phenomenon is vitamin B3 . Most energy drinks contain up to 40 mg of vitamin B3, twice the amount of 20 mg that people are encouraged to consume every day. Because this man drank up to 4-5 cans, the total amount of vitamin B3 he absorbed up to 160-200mg.

Previous studies have shown that consuming more than 500mg of vitamin B3 daily will cause liver toxicity.

Vitamin B3, also commonly called niacin , is a member of the complex B vitamin family that was found to be related to the operation of US public health services in the early 1900s. At that time , a disease called pellagra with cracked, scaly, discolored skin, is increasingly popular in the southern part of the country.

There is almost no excess of Vitamin B3 in the body if only naturally supplied through food. The status of Vitamin B3 poisoning is only possible when overdose with Nicotinic Acid synthetic products (dose 3-4 times recommended). The increase in Nicotinamic in the blood does not cause symptoms of Vitamin B3 poisoning.

The most characteristic symptom of acute Vitamin B3 poisoning is the expression "flushing caused by Vitamin B3" (nicacin flush) in which capillaries expand and increase skin sensitivity to a painful level. In addition, there is a reduction in cholesterol in the blood.