2012_10_Monster energy drink linked to 5 deaths
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The next time you reach
for a Monster energy drink,
read the label.
You won't find much
explaining what you're consuming,
but you will find this:
the promise of a killer energy brew.
Sadly that's just what 14-year-old
Anais Fournier at Maryland may have gotten
last December
having consumed two 24 oz. cans in two days.
Her family claims she was killed by Monster,
now her family is suing the company
and the FDA is investigating claims
that Monster contributed to five deaths
and one non-fatal heart attack.
They could only create potential side-effects,
if you're not careful.
Fox news senior managing health editor,
Doctor Mani Alvarez, cautions
there's no way for you or your teen
to be fully informed
when it comes to consuming any energy drink
because they aren't regulated by the FDA.
And why?
Energy drinks are considered "dietary supplements",
not food.
They may pick up one of these drinks,
just to feel better
or thinking that they're gonna get more energy.
In reality what is happening
they're getting dehydrated,
so they're going out in the field,
in their own sweating,
and that could really also
affect the electrolytes and many times
really create a cardiac abnormality.
The American Academy of Pediatrics reports
kids and teens should consume no more than
100 mgs. of caffeine in one day.
Anais Fournier consumed almost 500 mgs.
over two days.
Her intake alone equalled fourteen 12 oz. cans of soda.
The company points out more than 8 billion cans
of its drinks have been safely consumed
since 2002.
It also says, it is (quote):
"unaware of any fatality anywhere
that has been caused by its drinks"
So this news isn't sitting well with Manhattanites
looking for a "pick-me-up".
I didn't think an energy drink
would damage,
cause they're supposed to, like,
help your body to, like, function in the morning.
What remains to be seen is
if claims like those found in that lawsuit
lead to greater, more rational oversight
of the energy drink industry.
Reporting on the Upper East Side,
Teresa Priolo, Fox Five News.