00:00Lucy, Energy, Think Tank, take one.
00:04Hey guys, I'm Lucy Fink and this is The Think Tank.
00:08Take three.
00:10No, I'm Lucy Fink and I'm tired.
00:14I'm Lucy Fink and this is exhaustion.
00:18Okay, screw this, this is crazy.
00:20Can someone get me a Red Bull?
00:23Alright, let's do this.
00:24Hey, it's me, Lucy Fink, and welcome to The Think Tank.
00:27We hear all the time that energy drinks are bad for us,
00:30especially for teens, but some of us still drink them anyway.
00:34Red Bull became the first energy drink to sell to a mass market
00:37targeting youth and college students by using the slogan,
00:40Red Bull Gives You Wings.
00:43But in 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics
00:46produced a research report that stated energy drinks pose
00:49potential health risks due to the stimulants they contain
00:52and should never be consumed by children and adolescents.
00:56Oops.
00:56According to a 2015 Mayo Clinic study, even just one 16-ounce energy drink
01:02can increase your blood pressure and stress hormones that can put
01:05a young, healthy adult at risk for heart damage.
01:08And even with these facts, energy drink consumption has skyrocketed in recent years.
01:13So today, I'm bringing on the internet famous Dr. Mike to find out
01:17what else is in energy drinks that gives us a boost,
01:20how do energy drinks affect our bodies,
01:22and are energy drinks really the huge problem that they're proclaimed to be?
01:26Alright, I'm here with Dr. Mike.
01:28He's going to take my pulse, let me know what my resting heart rate is,
01:32and then I'm going to chug four ounces of Red Bull.
01:4186 beats per minute.
01:42What is in this?
01:43Like what am I about to ingest?
01:45So you're about to ingest a caffeinated beverage with 81 milligrams of caffeine,
01:49some taurine, which is an herbal supplement, also known as a stimulant,
01:53and you've got gas in there.
01:56Should we do this college style?
01:57Yes.
01:58Chug, chug, chug, chug.
02:00Doctors shouldn't be yelling this, but chug, chug.
02:02Gone.
02:03Boom.
02:04Alright, Dr. Mike.
02:05Well done.
02:05I just licked his hand, so.
02:06That's okay.
02:07See you in 30.
02:08Hi, I'm Zee, and I will be drinking coffee.
02:1490 beats per minute.
02:16Is that bad?
02:16A little excited.
02:17I am excited.
02:18She's excited to be here.
02:20I am.
02:21So let's see what happens after you chug that bad boy.
02:23Okay.
02:23It's coming out her nose.
02:26Oh God, all the sugar is at the end.
02:29Yay.
02:30Boom.
02:30Let's do it.
02:31I'm Kayla, and I have a normal cup of H2O with me, four ounces.
02:35But first, my heart rate.
02:37Let's get the resting heart rate going.
02:42Okay, so I'm going to chug my four ounces of water, and then I'm going to do a circuit of
02:47exercises like jumping jacks and high knees to get my heart rate up.
02:51It's been about 45 minutes.
02:53You look really calm.
02:54I have had the Red Bull, and I'm feeling so good.
02:58This is now the post heart rate.
03:00I was at what?
03:0180?
03:03100.
03:04100!
03:05100 straight.
03:06You got your caffeine fix, which naturally raises your heart rate.
03:10On average, what we've seen in the studies is about five points jump.
03:14Five beats per minute jump.
03:16You had a bigger jump than that.
03:17But that could be because it stimulated you, not just your heart, but to move around more
03:22and be a little bit more active and get a little bit more excited, and that raised your
03:25heart rate even more.
03:26So should I go drink more or should I stop?
03:28You should calm down.
03:29Decaf for her.
03:30So I was at 90 at the beginning.
03:32Let's see where I'm at now.
03:3424 times four, 96.
03:37Woo!
03:37I went up.
03:38You went up six beats per minute.
03:39That's pretty much normal when people have a cup of coffee.
03:44130.
03:45After exercise, perfectly fine.
03:46Alright, I'm normal.
03:48Boom.
03:48Talk about this experiment.
03:50Is that a good test of how the drink is affecting our heart rate?
03:53Caffeine makes your heart rate go up.
03:55That's a fact.
03:56We know this.
03:57Because it is a stimulant, it does affect the cellular functions within our bodies
04:00and gives it the stimulating effect.
04:02It's all about the amount of caffeine that you drink.
04:04You have extra large Red Bulls, and people think, oh, I can have four foods.
04:08Five of those in a day.
04:09And what ends up happening is they end up overdosing on caffeine.
04:12And it can cause something known as arrhythmias.
04:15Which means that your heart gives extra beats.
04:17It can cause your heart to stop.
04:19So it's dangerous.
04:21Well, it's dangerous when you have too much.
04:22So what I've learned from Dr. Mike today is that the main issue with energy drinks is the uneducated consumer.
04:28The caffeine itself is not the problem.
04:30It's when you have too much of it at one time.
04:33And as Dr. Mike told me, almost anything in too huge of an amount can cause a problem.
04:38Even things like water or oxygen.
04:40Two things that you think you need all the time can actually kill you if you have too much.
04:45So when it comes to energy drinks, maybe just have one next time.
04:49Everything in moderation is the answer, except if you're under 18.
04:53Don't touch this stuff.
04:54Young adults and children, these drinks are not for you.
04:58See you next time.
