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<\/a>A new University of Toronto study<\/a> found that teenagers who drink heavily caffeinated energy drinks are more prone to traumatic brain injuries.<\/p>\nIn the firm, I see brain injuries in all sorts of situations — car wrecks, bicycle accidents, falls, etc.\u00a0 But for teenagers, the most common cause of traumatic brain injuries is sports.\u00a0 The rate of brain injuries in teens has been on a rise (in part, I think, because of better diagnoses).<\/p>\n
The new study sheds some additional light on the problem.\u00a0 The researchers interviewed 10,000 people from ages 11-20 and asked a series of questions, including questions about usage of energy drinks and their incidents of brain injuries.\u00a0 The results were startling.<\/p>\n
Those kids who had consumed one energy drink in the last year were twice as likely to have suffered a brain injury<\/a> and non-drinkers, and those kids who consumed five or more energy drinks in the last week were (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new University of Toronto study found that teenagers who drink heavily caffeinated energy drinks are more prone to traumatic brain injuries. In the firm, I see brain injuries in all sorts of situations — car wrecks, bicycle accidents, falls,…<\/span><\/p>\n