Energy Drinks Overloading Kids with Excessive Caffeine

Pouring into US poison control centers, more than half of calls are centered on children younger than 6 suffering seizures and heart issues — resultant of energy drink ingestion of Red Bull and Monster.

“Exposure to energy drinks is a continuing health problem,” stated Dr. Lipshultz, who is also Pediatrician-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital of Michigan. “You normally think of teens and young adults as most likely to drink them, but we found that half of calls to U.S. poison control centers involved unintentional exposures by children less than 6 years old.”

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