| Can you feel it?!!!!!
Red Bull, M150, and Lipovitan-D can you feel
it? You will the next day if you aren't careful about your intake and how you
drink them….to mix or not to mix that is the question? It doesn't take long for
the visitor's curiosity to take over before trying these popular Thai potions.
However, take note because a good night out in the city of angels can turn pear
shaped if you miss use or over-consume these energy drinks. Individual responses
to caffeine vary, and these drinks should be treated carefully because this sweet
tasting nectar packs a powerful punch. Energy drinks' stimulating properties
can boost your heart rate and blood pressure, dehydrate the body, and, of course
the most desired partying effect, prevent sleep. Large consumption of energy drinks
while burning up the dance floor is not a good idea as the combination of fluid
loss from sweating and effects of caffeine can leave you severely dehydrated resulting
in having a greater thirst, buying more drink, blowing more money, becoming more
drunk and having a worse hangover. Basically, know what you're drinking.
Energy drinks are not bad for you, but they shouldn't be seen as an obligatory
must when out on the town either. If you think of them as extreme shots of caffeine,
you'll have a more accurate picture of what they are and how they affect you.
In the Kingdom you'll also notice energy drinks are popularly used as mixers with
alcohol, especially among drinkers of local Thai whiskey. This combination can
carry a number of unwelcome outcomes. Since energy drinks are stimulants and alcohol
is a depressant, the stimulant energy drink can mask exactly how wasted you are
and prevent you from realizing how much alcohol you have thrown down your neck;
but don't worry, there is no escape as reality will bite the next day when you
check your wallet. Fatigue is the way our body tells us that we've had
enough to drink. As energy drinks stop us feeling tired, we never know when we've
had enough which can turn the best night out into a guest star appearance at the
local cop station. Once the stimulant effect of the energy drink wears off, the
depressant effects of the alcohol will remain and can cause vomiting, depression,
paranoia and insomnia. So remember a mix of energy drink and alcohol is very dehydrating.
It can hinder your body's ability to metabolize alcohol and will increase the
toxicity of whatever you've drunk giving you one hell of a hangover the next day……cheers!
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