Everyone loves to have an energy drink before school so they have something to wake them up early in the morning. Even though most people drink energy drinks before school, do they know the effects it has on their health? 

The most common side effect of drinking energy drinks is having heart issues. The most common heart issue that comes from energy drinks is a person having their heart beat faster and irregularly. Another common side effect is high blood pressure. The reason these are common side effects is because of the high caffeine levels and the stimulants in energy drinks.

Not only do energy drinks affect your heart and blood pressure, but they also affect the body. The energy drinks dehydrate the body. The energy drink especially dehydrates the body when the person consumes them while working out. 

Another side effect of drinking energy drinks is more frequent headaches. Drinking energy drinks also affects a person’s mental health. Energy drinks can cause the person drinking them to get more anxious and stressed out about more things.

Energy drinks can also affect a person’s sleep schedule. The energy drinks cause the person drinking them to get insomnia. One last thing that energy drinks cause is seizures. This is an extreme case if a person is constantly going over 300mg of caffeine a day.

So the next time you consider having an energy drink, weigh the potential negative side effects and grab for a nice cold water instead.