When they are younger and living with you, you can set the example by stressing the importance of sleep and taking the time to wind down before bed without phones and other devices. It’s hard, but try to encourage your kids to get enough healthy sleep.We can be proactive by helping and educating each other. Share this blog and the tragic story of Davis Allen Cripe.It is recommended adolescents and young children avoid caffeine. This is equivalent to four cups of brewed coffee, 10 cans of soda or two energy drinks.
According to Mayo Clinic, most healthy adults can consume up to 400 milligrams of caffeine per day. Educate yourself and educate your children by knowing how much caffeine is too much.How can we be proactive and protect our kids? You may even be at a greater risk for a caffeine induced heart attack. However, if you’re a slow caffeine metabolizer like me, you may experience heart palpitations, increased blood pressure or anxiety after drinking one too many caffeinated beverages. Energy drinks and other caffeinated beverages are very popular among college students in order to stay up all night and study. The beverages he drank sound like popular beverages among college students, right? Cripe had no prior health issues, and it is reported he died of arrhythmia, which is essentially an irregular heartbeat.Īlthough this is considered a rare incident and Cripe drank the caffeinated beverages in a very short amount of time, we should still be aware of caffeine overdose - especially if you have children. He collapsed in his classroom not long after consuming the beverages. Cripe consumed a cafe latte, a large Diet Mountain Dew and an energy drink. Sixteen-year-old Davis Allen Cripe reportedly died of a caffeine-induced cardiac event after drinking three caffeine-laced drinks within a two-hour period. However, this tragic story of a teenage boy who died from drinking too much caffeine made it clear to me caffeine can be very dangerous, and we need to be proactive about protecting our children. Issues like obesity, cancer, diabetes and hypertension may be much more pressing concerns to you. Caffeine consumption may not be one of your top health concerns.
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