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Energy Drinks: Friend or Foe?

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    Dr. Manny Alvarez breaks down the truth behind energy drinks.

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Thanks here's the question energy drinks senator vowed in an.

Now we all during gone.

-- the drinks have been shown to improve heart function doctors are worried about the high concentration of caffeine.

So what's the truth behind this 37 billion dollar -- year industry.

Apps news out of -- managing candidate that's -- -- -- joins us now for his medical dollar support.

Not look this is something -- going to -- and if you choose to have your energy level artificially.

Inflated.

Your problem.

-- -- Alan -- intro you got I don't because not good via pop rock I OK all right and what they're saying that's what that's what one little stupid study out of Europe it's.

About 35 patient -- and loved did.

Basically what they found in this the European study was that these.

-- you drinks are full of caffeinated.

Chemicals and basically increases your blood pressure -- your heart rate.

And they point out to the fact that -- the heart is beating stronger and therefore.

He might have some health benefits those goals getting all sizes -- and and this comes now lately on the back of any -- drinks and makers here in New York have been probe by the state.

For -- labeling the products and I've been in a campaign.

For a long time.

Begins the ID and they.

And all of a sudden of the last 23 -- four years billions of dollars and been generating.

Making all these kinds of drinks these drinks have a lot of caffeine as -- these drinks have a lot of other chemicals that come from South America which are very stimulating.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- He gives you alcohol poisoning because you'll see the effects of alcohol so as far as I'm concerned zero health -- Fed's.

Dangerous for sure.

But it is a marketing industry it's very big our big players here.

But I'm very glad that these state government and -- -- the federal government gets down to this -- begins to look exactly what is the product.

What is a properly be label other warnings that need to be place on bottles so people can make.

-- -- they when you call it conscious decision right what what does that with a warning signs stuck to that you of should be aware -- you off.

-- you know had too much of this stuff well -- out of their biggest thing is that people take this they have you know they -- energy would exercise that's the biggest mistake you can make because if you take these drinks.

Before you exercise basically -- -- are -- racing.

-- if you have any on the line medical issues whatsoever.

You you know you you're you're in bad shape.

-- the same thing happens with people with hypertension we call hypertension the silent killer right there -- thousands of people walking the streets of New York they don't even know that high blood pressure.

And and you know I we know for a fact that these and the -- drinks basically increased your blood pressure by 6% so how would you like to be running around 140 over ninety.

Go to the Delhi I'll give me a while these any -- drinks because you see in the labels be so pretty.

And -- you can make -- -- -- -- question so it really to me this is something that down the road has to be regulated.

And proper labeling and information has to be given to the consumer.

Back to pan -- and where you're on the campaign against the yeah well you know what I'm you know I'm being fair and balance you're -- balance and I hit the present.

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