Iheanacho Munachimso Mariasonia, Analike Rosemary Adamma, Meludu Samuel Chukwuemeka, Ogbodo Emmanuel Chukwuemeka, Onah Christian Ejike
Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
Department of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
Discoveries (Craiova). 2022 Dec 31;10(4):e159. doi: 10.15190/d.2022.18. eCollection 2022 Oct-Dec.
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.
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).
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.
能量饮料每年都越来越受欢迎,尤其是在大学生等年轻人中,尽管有证据表明它们对健康有有害影响。本研究调查了饮用能量饮料对学生血浆葡萄糖、血清载脂蛋白和甘油三酯水平的影响。
为了验证这一点,我们在尼日利亚选择了两种具有代表性的能量饮料,即“无畏”和“掠夺者”。这些能量饮料是非酒精饮料的品牌,旨在提供能量。随机选择30名年龄在18至30岁之间、表面健康且已对该研究工作给予知情同意的男性人类受试者,并将其分为两组:A组(饮用“无畏”能量饮料者,n = 15)和B组(饮用“掠夺者”能量饮料者,n = 15)。
结果显示,饮用“无畏”能量饮料一个月后,与基线值相比,脉搏率(86.00±41.32对78.87±27.72;p = 0.03)和BMI(体重指数)(21.41±1.93对21.7±12.02;p = 0.00)显著降低。饮用“无畏”能量饮料两周后,血浆葡萄糖水平显著升高(97.53±10.62对88.80±11.33;p = 0.01),载脂蛋白B水平显著降低((21.41±1.93对21.71±2.02;p = 0.00)。此外,饮用“掠夺者”能量饮料两周后,BMI和载脂蛋白B水平显著降低,但饮用“掠夺者”能量饮料两周和一个月后,血浆葡萄糖水平分别显著升高(p < 0.05)。在基线和研究期后,“无畏”和“掠夺者”能量饮料消费者的收缩压、舒张压、甘油三酯和载脂蛋白A水平均无显著差异(p > 0.05)。
本研究表明,饮用能量饮料会导致BMI、脉搏率、血浆葡萄糖和载脂蛋白B水平发生显著变化,这可能对能量饮料消费者产生重要的临床影响。