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Energy drinks can increase blood pressure and lead to abnormal heart rhythms, according to a new study. This may be the reason why energy drinks have been linked to many recent deaths and hospitalizations.

An analysis of seven previous studies shows that energy drinks seem to disturb the heart's normal heartbeat. Over time, this phenomenon will lead to abnormal heart rhythms or hypertension and death. Research results were presented at a recent conference of the American Heart Association in New Orleans.

According to Sachin Shah, the head of the new study, the results of his work and colleagues mean that people with a history of heart disease need to be cautious when using energy drinks.

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as a number of supervisory agencies
Other investigators are investigating energy drinks. (Artwork: Thinkprogress.org)

"We need to consider the effects of energy use over the long term as well as its consequences. If moderation, everything is good. Drink energy drinks in the recommended and alert limits. with other things that come with you using them, " Shah emphasized.

Researcher Shah said that high caffeine content or another ingredient in energy drinks can cause abnormal changes in heart activity. Although these changes do not seem to last long, the scientific community still needs more research on the components of energy drinks and their effects on human health.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as a number of other watchdog agencies, are investigating energy drinks from various companies, including Monster Beverage Corp (MNST), Living Essentials LLC ( 0194689D) and Red Bull GmbH before reports on the relevance of this drink with many recent hospitalizations and deaths.

FDA said that energy drinks currently do not have to comply with the agency's guidelines for caffeine in soda water because they are often sold under a supplemental beverage list. Typical soda water can hold up to 71 milligrams of caffeine in 0.35 liters of soft drinks. Meanwhile, caffeine content in energy drinks is usually about 160-500 milligrams in a can of water.

This week, a team of 18 doctors from Johns Hopkins University's School of Pharmacy and the University of Maryland School of Public Health wrote a letter proposing to send the FDA commissioner the content that energy drinks should not contain much Caffeine is more than soda water and companies need to list caffeine content on product labels.

Two US Democratic Senators Richard Durbin and Richard Blumenthal at the end of last year also asked the FDA to set up a panel of experts to examine the effects of consumer caffeine absorption.