This phenomenon could only be welcomed if it were not for one “but” - a decrease in the consumption of sweet “soda” is accompanied by an increase in the popularity of the so-called energy drinks, soft drinks containing high doses of caffeine and some vitamins.

Such vitamins include vitamin B3 (nicotinic acid), vitamin B12, and pantothenic acid.. It is believed that the consumption of 1-2 standard cans of "

However, in people with hypersensitivity to the components of such drinks, energy enthusiasm can lead to serious consequences.

For example, the authors of an article published in a recent issue of the online edition of the British Medical Journal report a patient who developed acute non-viral hepatitis. The patient was admitted to the hospital in serious condition.

The authors of the article, employees of the clinic at the University of the American state of Florida at first could not determine the cause of the disease, since laboratory blood tests indicated the absence of viruses, hepatitis A, B, C pathogens and so on.

Only a thorough re-examination of the patient revealed that during the 3 weeks preceding the development of the disease, he drank 4-5 cans of the same brand of energy daily.

A special study confirmed that the patient’s hepatitis was medicinal and caused by increased consumption of niacin (vitamin B3), which was part of the energy drink that the patient loved so much.

Only thanks to the enormous efforts of doctors, was it possible to prevent the development of massive hepatic necrosis in this patient and the development of liver failure.

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