Well, I mean... It's pretty established that excessive energy drink consumption is bad for your health for any number of reasons. So... yeah, people should change their habits.

Speaking from personal experience I've seen too many young people on anti seizure meds for the rest of their lives due to prior overconsumption of energy drinks. This was the one factor they ALL had in common 😩

I agree. Really from what research we have energy drinks are not that bad for you unless you drink tons of them one right after the other. There are soooo many things that could have caused brain hemorrhage (high blood pressure, weak blood vessels, etc.) that it's really unfair to say, "This is what caused it and thus it's horrible and no one should do it ."

Not every incident is something 100% covered by peer-reviewed science. Sometimes, human beings need to make choices that are not, and indeed cannot, be informed with such certainty. I see this as a useful cautionary tale in a generic sense: just because something is approved for consumption doesn't necessarily imply that such consumption ought to be considered safe in all quantities. Some personal inquiry into the effects of caffeine, along with some personal experimentation, and colored with a healthy respect for the unknown would suggest that one err on the side of caution vs. recklessly consuming large quantities of a drug (lawful though it may be; a drug nevertheless) in order to cope with a demanding schedule.

I wonder why I don't see ppl hating on alcohol this much? Or maybe alcohol doesn't even leaves you alive, in any way. And there are more deaths from alcohol than energy drinks, yet I find the West totally chilled out with that.

Isn't it though? Have you read the ingredients on energy drinks. The fact that it's consumption is unregulated and because the effects aren't conclusive that's exactly why it's cautionary, because a causal link exists. Energy drinks aren't health drinks, they are a want not a need.

Exactly. Especially considering the level of caffeine in them is quite low. There is the same amount of caffeine in an energy drink as a medium cup of coffee. And the amount of caffeine needed to overdose is pretty damn high. The average person would have to drink AT LEAST 20 of them in one day to OD. And at around $3 each.. that's $60 a day. If you are drinking that much, you have a serious problem besides the caffeine I'd say.

I'm pretty positive that consuming energy drinks on regular basis is bad for health, so chaning one's habbit of drinking them is always a good idea. But how the hell did a stroke correlate with high caffeine and sugar consumption? He raised his blood pressure too much? Well, many people live with hypertonia. The article is just a click bait.

I agree. I was looking forward to learning a bit more about how much this guy was actually drinking and whether there had been any prior warning signs. I would like to know what is considered a dangerous amount to drink and what would be an acceptable intake. It would be good to know more about any prior symptoms or signs and I would like to read as much as possible on the actual action of these drinks on the system. I will Google it now and do more reading. I have an 18 year old son who is always asking me to buy Monster drinks for him. As far as I know he has one a day, but I'm going to ask him.

And alcohol doesn't even need the peer review stuff, it's just a fact. Alcohol breaks families, breaks societies and breaks the body. Caffeinated drinks are for those who work and study, to improve not just their economic stat, but also contributes to country.

Wrong.

Brain Tumors could be anyone's misfortune I agree, they didn't specify how the energy drinks contributed specifically. Sad story and beautiful at the same time, but I would definitely reduce Energy drinks to ever once in a while and not daily they are already known to be bad for you other than this story.

The fact that the cans themselves come with warning labels saying they have a high caffeine content and excessive use is dangerous should really tell you something.

Your comment makes it sound like you work for energy drink company or lobby for them. Do you have proof that energy drinks don't harm health? There is research out there. Just look it up. World Health Organization has warned people against them. Journal of American Heart, Mayo Clinic, and others have studied their negative effects on health as well. Please look it up before making such a claim and being so conicending towards the beautiful couple in this article. http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/26/health/energy-drinks-health-concerns-explainer/index.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/energy-drinks-heart-1.4087058 One thing is for sure - energy drinks are NOT your daily NATURAL source. They are high doses of ingredients that create an artificial boost that can wreck havoc to the normal functions of your body to make them work in overdrive.

Google is your friend. Want to know more? Look it up.

Really???? It's enough to scare the s**t out of me!!! I used to drink Red bull like it was going out style. NOT ANYMORE!!

its full of aspartame and caffein, its addictive and very bad for you, just even look the names on them are evil..stop drinking it for the fashion of it..

Eeva Kulmala must work for BIG PHARM or Coca-Cola....

So you're willing to risk having the same thing happen to you, knowing it's possible, to avoid the inconvenience of changing your habit?

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It explained it was from energy drinks to much caffeine

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Eeva, really? Just because you don't know the actual science behind it all?!?!? Everyone knows the energy drinks and most of what we consume on a daily basis is harmful. So just read the article and stop putting your 2 cents out there...honestly you sound like a hiprocrate.

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maybe it's not so much a 'wonder' there aren't more cases like this, but really it's more likely that that fact suggests that there was far more going on here than an overindulgence of energy drinks, eh? nah. that's crazy talk.

NO different and actually a good bit LESS caffeine that someone downing coffee all teh time during their shift. MOst average coffee mugs are 12 oz. so say someone drinks 4 cups (48oz) of coffee at work that is about 384mg of coffee vs someone who drinks 3 monsters(48oz) which is would be 344 mg of caffeine. That is a lot but not an insane amount. Many pre-workout supplements contain 350mg of caffeine in a single serving.

yep, i would like some reference, some extra info about that........ i don't understand neither

Other countries have healthcare for all.

I think it is.

Exactly! I can't believe nobody else has commented with shock at his head, I mean, people can survive with that much of their brain missing, whaaaaaat????!!!!!!

such a witty and considered response.

I seen the same guy in I think at least 4 different stories.