Short-term energy drink consumption influences plasma glucose, apolipoprotein B, body mass index and pulse rate among students
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Short-term energy drink consumption influences plasma glucose, apolipoprotein B, body mass index and pulse rate among students
Abstract
Objective: Energy drinks are becoming more popular every year, particularly among young adults such as college students, despite evidence that they have harmful health effects. The effect of energy drink consumption on plasma glucose, serum apolipoproteins, and triglyceride levels in students was investigated.
Methods: In order to test this, we chose two representative types of energy drinks in Nigeria, namely fearless and predator. These energy drinks are brand names of non-alcoholic beverages aimed to provide energy. 30 students, apparently healthy male human subjects aged 18 to 30 years who gave informed consent to the research work were randomly selected and divided into two groups: Group A (fearless energy drink consumers, n=15) and Group B (predator energy drink consumers, n=15). RESULTS: The results demonstrated significant reductions in pulse rate (86.00±41.32 vs. 78.87±27.72; p=0.03) and BMI (21.41±1.93 vs. 21.7±12.02; p=0.00) as compared to baseline values after one month of "fearless energy drink" consumption. Plasma glucose levels were significantly higher (97.53±10.62 vs. 88.80±11.33; p=0.01) and Apo B levels were significantly lower (21.41±1.93 vs. 21.71±2.02; p=0.00) following two weeks of fearless energy drink consumption than in baseline. In addition, BMI and Apo B levels were significantly lower after two weeks of predator energy drink consumption, but plasma glucose levels were significantly higher after two weeks and one month of predator energy drink consumption, respectively (p<0.05). SBP, DBP, TG and Apo A levels did not differ significantly in both fearless and predator energy drink consumers at baseline and after the study period respectively (p>0.05).
Conclusion: This study has shown that the consumption of energy drinks causes significant alterations in BMI, pulse rate, plasma glucose and apolipoprotein B levels which may have important clinical consequences for energy drink consumers.
Keywords: BMI; Energy drink; apolipoproteins; blood pressure; fearless energy drink; plasma glucose; predator energy drink; triglyceride level..
Copyright © 2022, Iheanacho MM et al., Applied Systems srl and Discoveries Journals llc.
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Conflict of interests: The authors declare no competing interests
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