TACKLING THAT PROBLEM HEAD-ON,
ENTERING WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER
ENTIRE GENERATION ADDICTED TO
NICOTINE PRODUCTS.
THE BILL DOES HAVE
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
INNER DRINKS HAVE BECOME
POPULAR, ESPECIALLY WITH TEENS
AND YOUNG ADULTS.
NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THE
DRINKS MAY HAVE SIDE EFFECTS
FOR YOUR HEART.
HEALTH SPECIALIST, KATHY WALSH
JOINS US TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THIS.
IF YOU EVER TRIED ONE, YOU
MIGHT NOT FIND THE RESULTS OF
SURPRISING.
Reporter: I HAVE NEVER HAD
ONE MYSELF BUT TALKED TO PEOPLE
WHO HAD, THEY DEFINITELY FELT
SOMETHING.
THE STUDY SHOWS ENERGY DRINKS
CONSUMED IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME COULD AFFECT HEART
FUNCTION AND BLOOD PRESSURE.
RESEARCHERS ARE FINDING ENERGY
DRINKS SHOULD BE CONSUMED WITH
CAUTION.
IT IS ESTIMATED ABOUT 30% OF
TEENAGERS CONSUME ENERGY DRINKS
ON A REGULAR BASIS, NOW A NEW
SMALL'S STUDY SHOWS A SHORT
PERIOD, THE DRINKS CAN INCREASE
THE RISK OF CHANGES TO HEART
FUNCTION AND BLOOD PRESSURE.
THE RESULT OF WHAT WE FOUND,
THEY CAN ABNORMALLY IMPACT THE
HEART RHYTHM.
THE OTHER FINDING WE SAW WAS
ENERGY DRINKS CAN RAISE BLOOD
PRESSURE BY 4 OR FIVE POINTS
WITH THE SYSTOLIC INDEX.
Reporter: THIS DOCTOR AND
RESEARCHERS AT UNIVERSITY OF
PACIFIC HAD 34 HEALTHY
VOLUNTEERS DRINK 32 OUNCES OF
CAFFEINATED ENERGY DRINKS A DAY
OR PLACEBO AND THEN MEASURED
THE HEART ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY
AND BLOOD PRESSURE AND SOUGHT
EFFECTS IN 3 TO 4 HOURS, THEY
SAID SOME PEOPLE SHOULD BE
CAREFUL WHEN CONSUMING ENERGY
DRINKS.
I THINK THOSE THAT HAVE A
GENETIC HEART CONDITION, IT
PREDISPOSES THEM TO ABNORMAL
RHYTHMS AND THOSE THAT HAVE
HYPERTENSION OR HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE CAN DEFINITELY BE
CAUTIOUS.
Reporter: DR. SHAW SAID
WHILE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT
INGREDIENT IN THE ENERGY DRINK
CAN LEAD TO THESE POTENTIAL
PROBLEMS, HE SAID IT COULD BE A
COMBINATION OF INGREDIENTS.
MORE STUDY IS NEEDED.
THESE RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT TWO
DIFFERENT BRANDS OF CAFFEINATED
ENERGY DRINKS IN THE STUDY AND
BOTH PRODUCED THE SAME RESULTS.
OTHER RECENT STUDIES SHOW
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN
EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS INVOLVING
