I have a porblem with redlineenergy drink. Outrageous, I wonder how they were able to actually sell it to anybody.Īnd, 10.5 hrs later? Still sick and heart pounding out of control.And here's the quick-typing Sleepy commenting on the site Tell Him Fred: (sweating and chills, through up 3 times). But this one, no, no, no! It made me immediately ill, shaky, chest pain beyond belief, I thought I was going to die. Seriously, I am not a light weight when it comes to things that amp you. Here's Lynn commenting on HealthBoard message boards: She is hardly alone in her reaction to this foul concoction. Fortunately, they died down and she eventually returned to her normal, healthy self. Her symptoms, which came on about two and a half hours after she drank a can of the brew, included chills, sweating, diarrhea and vomiting, vomiting, vomiting with deep, racking convulsions that were quite frightening to watch. This is a very dangerous concoction, so please avoid it and caution your friends and family!Ī week ago last night, one of my friends drank an energy drink - Red Line, manufactured by VPX Sports - and spent the next 24 hours so sick that we were monitoring her carefully in anticipation of having to take her to the emergency room. Our Hair Restoration clinic has seen many patients over the years especially college students and graduate students complain of hair loss after a healthy dose of energy drinks during the school semester.I have copied below a post from my husband's blog detailing a frightening incident we had as a result of a family friend drinking a Red Line energy drink. Caffeine counteracted testosterone-enhanced TGF-β2 protein expression in male HFs.Ĭaffeine was identified as a stimulator of human hair growth in vitro a fact which may have important clinical impact in the management of AGA.ġ-2 cups a day of coffee is great for your health and hair but drinking 400-800 mg a day will ruin your health and hair. Female HFs showed higher sensitivity to caffeine than male HFs. Epub 2014 Oct 30.ĭifferential effects of caffeine on hair shaft elongation, matrix and outer root sheath keratinocyte proliferation, and transforming growth factor-β2/insulin-like growth factor-1-mediated regulation of the hair cycle in male and female human hair follicles in vitro.įischer TW1, Herczeg-Lisztes E, Funk W, Zillikens D, Bíró T, Paus R.Ĭaffeine enhanced hair shaft elongation, prolonged anagen duration and stimulated hair matrix keratinocyte proliferation. So if we look at a single bottle of an energy drink we may be consuming larger amounts of caffeine than what is listed.Īnd from my prior blog we discussed the amount of caffeine needed to support growth and the amount that would suppress or cause hair loss.
"Energy drinks often contain additional amounts of caffeine through additives, including guarana, kola nut, yerba mate, and cocoa.6,7,14,25 Guarana (Paullinia cupana) is a plant that contains caffeine, theobromine (a chronotrope), and theophylline (an inotrope).7,8,14,39 Each gram of guarana can contain 40 to 80 mg of caffeine, and it has a potentially longer half-life because of interactions with other plant compounds.7,14 Manufacturers are not required to list the caffeine content from these ingredients.7,14 Thus, the actual caffeine dose in a single serving may exceed that listed.9,29" The label on the energy drink may list a certain amount of caffeine but there are additional amounts of caffeine through various other ingredients as noted in this NCBI study. However another major issue which concerns us with energy drinks. Energy drinks contain anywhere from 90 to 700 milligrams of caffeine.
This raises the question- What amount of daily caffeine will cause hair loss?Ī simple cup of 5 ounce coffee contains about 75-100 mg. But do energy drinks also cause hair loss? Energy drink have been related to emergency room visits. Many people exhibit symptoms including palpitations, rapid heart beat, high blood pressure, nervousness, anxiety, and lack of sleep. Energy drinks contain high levels of caffeine.
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