#Davis Allen Cripe

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Excessive caffeine led to the death of a 16-year old in South Carolina named Davis Allen Cripe. This story should not be overlooked or minimized. This news story is hitting all the major news outlets and there are some facts which are critical to point out. Understanding what happened is crucial to protecting other teens from caffeine overconsumption.

Contents (click to jump):

Caffeine Consumed From All Sources

Where the News Outlets are Getting It Right

The Study I Can’t Stand that News Outlets Keep Citing

Caffeine and Arrhythmias and the American Heart Association 2017 Study

Bottom Line

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Caffeine Consumed from All Sources

According to the Associated Press, the Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said the teen consumed a large Mountain Dew, a McDonald’s latte, and an energy drink two hours before he began experiencing arrhythmia.

According to the Caffeine Informer database, a 12 oz can of Mountain Dew has only 54 mg caffeine, so a large 20-ounce bottle would have 90 milligrams of caffeine. A McDonalds Latte has 142 milligrams of caffeine.

It’s not indicated which energy drink the teen consumed, but if we look at the caffeine contents of the top three bestselling brands, the caffeine content may have been 80 milligrams with a Red Bull or 240 milligrams from a Rockstar.

  If you’re under 18 years old, you should only have 100 milligrams of caffeine per day, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Regardless of which energy drink he consumed, the teen was already over the 100 milligram mark when he drank the McDonalds latte. The (undisclosed) energy drink he consumed afterwards is not irrelevant, but it’s not the full story.

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Where The News Outlets are Getting it Right

The coroner said it perfectly in an article from AJC.com,

“The purpose here today is not to slam Mountain Dew, not to slam cafe lattes or energy drinks. But what we want to do is to make people understand that these drinks — this amount of caffeine, how it’s ingested, can have dire consequences. And that’s what happened in this case,” Watts said in a news conference.”

In the Associated Press article,

“Cripe’s father says he was a good son who would never touch alcohol or drugs and he hopes the teen’s death will save other lives by showing the dangers of excessive caffeine.”

Not “the dangers of energy drinks” but “the dangers of caffeine”. I’ve been harping on this point for over 10 years now. Again, the point is not whether energy drinks are dangerous (some of them are, some them aren’t!), it’s the whole picture that matters.

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The Study I CAN’T STAND That News Outlets Keep Citing

In the CNN coverage of this teen’s caffeine overdose, they cite a journal article that I simply can’t stand. The CNN article states, “A 2014 study found an estimated 73% of children consume some kind of caffeine each day.” This 2014 study is “Trends in Caffeine Intake Among US Children and Adolescents” published in the journal Pediatrics.

This study reviewed how much caffeine kids were consuming from each source and how that distribution changed from 1999 through 2010. One of my biggest issues with this article is that energy drinks did not exist until around 2003. So news outlets keep interpreting these findings as “energy drink consumption is on the rise in teens” without acknowledging that it’s “on the rise” from 0.

My other huge problem with this study is that it’s misleading. This study indicates that neither energy drinks nor coffee are the primary source of caffeine for kids, but that message always gets lost because of statements within this study like, “…coffee and energy drinks represent a greater proportion of caffeine intake as soda intake has declined.” This increase in energy drink consumption is taken out of context and energy drinks become the enemy without addressing the bigger problem with caffeine consumption in kids.

Quoting from the Pediatrics study,

“Approximately 73% of children consumed caffeine on a given day. Soda accounted for the majority of caffeine intake, but this contribution declined from 62% to 38% (P < .001). Coffee accounted for 10% of caffeine intake in 1999–2000 but increased to nearly 24% of intake in 2009–2010 (P < .001). Energy drinks did not exist in 1999–2000 but increased to nearly 6% of caffeine intake in 2009–2010.”

So energy drinks account for only 6% of the caffeine kids are consuming. Most kids get caffeine from soda. This is corroborated by a robust, well-designed study in Food and Chemical Toxicology, involving over 40,000 participants. That study, “Beverage Caffeine Intakes in the US” found,

“The greatest proportion of caffeinated beverage consumers consuming energy drinks were teenagers or young adults; however only 5-7% of total caffeine intake was attributable to energy drinks in these age groups.”

More importantly, even though kids are getting caffeine from different sources, kids are not consuming more caffeine today than they were in 1999. Even the Pediatrics study itself cites,

“Mean caffeine intake has not increased among children and adolescents in recent years.”

This doesn’t mean that energy drinks aren’t a problem in teens, it means that awareness of overall caffeine consumption from all sources needs to be hammered into these kids’ brains. In other words, if there’s a kid out there anywhere who thinks they can avoid all energy drinks but consume as many Mountain Dews, McDonald’s Caffe Lattes or Starbucks Grande coffees in one day as they want, we have failed.

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Caffeine and Arrhythmias and the American Heart Association 2017 Study

During an arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm, the heart may not be able to pump enough blood to the body, and lack of blood flow affects the brain, heart and other organs. In cardiology, the QT interval is a measure of the time between the start of the Q wave and the end of the T wave in the heart’s electrical cycle. QTc prolongation is a recognized marker of increased risk for fatal arrhythmias. Prolongation of the QT/QTc interval by more than 60 ms from baseline or a value >500 ms is a marker for life‐threatening arrhythmias.

Are energy drinks worse for heart arrhythmia than caffeine from coffee? Caffeine Informer’s research compilation suggests no. One study using 320** milligrams of caffeine says yes, but this study has severe limitations.

**If you’re a healthy adult, you can consume 200 milligrams in one sitting, and up to 400 milligrams of caffeine per day, according to the Scientific Opinion on the safety of caffeine from the EFSA

In the 2017 study, “Randomized Controlled Trial of High‐Volume Energy Drink Versus Caffeine Consumption on ECG and Hemodynamic Parameters”, participants consumed either a 1‐time 32‐ounce (946 mL) dose of a commercially available energy drink or a matching 32‐ounce (946 mL) control drink:

Contents of Energy Drink and Caffeinated Control

Why is hour 2 so different?

The participants who got the energy drink experienced significant QTc prolongation of ≈10 ms [>60 ms is a marker for life-threatening arrhythmias] 2 hours after high‐volume energy drink consumption.

NOTE – this study used only 18 people in their mid-twenties. There were no significant differences at any point other than the Hour-2 time point. Heart rate, diastolic BP, central systolic BP, and central diastolic BP showed no evidence of a difference between groups at any time point.

“Our results should be interpreted with caution due to several limitations. Importantly, our results only appear to be significant relative to the caffeine group, and the change from baseline post energy drinks is not alarming. Of note, the risk of arrhythmia may be negligible because the QTc difference is transient.”

Another study comparing low‐ and moderate‐dose energy drinks, coffee, and water, found no changes in the QTc interval. So maybe the key is the lower dose of caffeine. It would also be nice to rule out some of the ingredients in the energy drink used in the study. Taurine is antiarrhythmic – taurine protects the heart.

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Bottom Line

Every child should know how much caffeine they can have in one day and should be warned of the consequences of too much caffeine like they are warned about the consequences of too much alcohol. Every child should know how to read a label and find out how much caffeine is in something they are about to consume.

We aren’t told which energy drink the teen consumed, so it’s unfair to speculate or to attribute his death on any caffeine-ingredient interactions. Mountain Dew’s Kickstart looks like a regular soda. Some energy drinks look like coffee beverages or herbal teas. Some coffees have more caffeine than a Red Bull. Some pre-workout supplements have more caffeine than an adult should consume in one day. The cause of death for Davis Allen Cripe was too much caffeine, so we need to emphasize the danger of caffeine (from all sources) with kids and teens.

Starbucks was not on every street corner in the 90’s, so parents these days have to realize that highly caffeinated beverages are readily available even if their child avoids the stereotypical energy drink. Furthermore, if a child is struggling with staying awake, they should fee comfortable talking to their parents about healthy alternatives. When all energy drinks are cast in the same light, these conversations don’t happen, and energy drink consumption continues in secret.

There are many safer, cleaner caffeinated products (“energy drinks in disguise”) nowadays so this is a conversation every parent should be having with their child. Hopefully, these are the conversations that can save more lives.

If anyone can put me in touch with the school Davis Allen Cripe attended, I would like to help them through this tough loss. I believe I could start the dialog, and help his classmates understand how to avoid the dangers of caffeine and how to find the healthier alternatives.

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What you need to know about the Caffeine Overdose in South Carolina Excessive caffeine led to the death of a 16-year old in South Carolina named Davis Allen Cripe.

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Teen Dies From Excessive Caffeine After Drinking Mountain Dew, Latte and Energy Drink

A 16-year-old boy has died from an overdose — after drinking soda, an energy drink, and coffee.

Caffeine caused the death of a teenage boy. (Photo: Getty Images)

On Monday, coroner Gary Watts confirmed in a news conference that Davis Allen Cripe of South Carolina collapsed at Spring Hill High School on April 26 after drinking a large Mountain Dew, a McDonald’s latte, and an energy drink all within two hours. As a result, his heart “fell out of rhythm,” and he died at Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital in Columbia.

Cripe’s death was ruled a caffeine-induced arrhythmia, a condition marked by an irregular heart beat.

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“We lost Davis from a totally legal substance,” Watts said, according to Columbia local news station WLTX.  “[Cripe] was totally against drugs, he was totally against alcohol. He didn’t do any of that.”

Watts added, “These drinks can be very dangerous. I’m telling my friends and family, ‘Don’t drink them.’”

There’s no doubt about it: Teens are consuming more caffeine than ever before, according to a study of children in ninth and 10th grades published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. According to the study, 44.6 percent consumed caffeinated drinks one to six times per week, 11.4 consumed caffeine every day, and a mere 4.8 never touched caffeine.

The reason: to feel more alert and study harder and longer.

Soda isn’t always the culprit. Research published in the journal Pediatrics revealed that children are swapping the fizzy stuff for more energy drinks and even coffee. In fact, the study found that 73 percent of children (yes, children) include caffeine in their daily consumption.

Caffeine works by blocking the molecules that signal fatigue to our brains. It also triggers the release of dopamine, a feel-good neurotransmitter, which provides that temporarily wired feeling. But caffeine, found in everything from beverages to chocolate and cold medication, isn’t just a mental and mood boost — it can increase bowel movements, interfere with sleeping patterns, and cause mood swings.

“It’s difficult to know exactly what happened in this boy’s death. However, people metabolize caffeine in very different ways,” Robert Huizenga, a Beverly Hills-based physician, tells Yahoo Beauty. “For example, slow metabolizers can drink coffee before bed and have trouble sleeping; fast metabolizers can drink coffee all day without much effect.”

The coroner stated that Cripe was a healthy young man with no medical history that would have had an impact on his caffeine consumption.

Still, says Huizenga, it’s in the realm of possibility that a young person can consume so much caffeine that the heart begins beating erratically, ultimately preventing blood from reaching the brain.

Kids shouldn’t be drinking caffeine at all, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, due to caffeine negatively affecting their growing neurological and cardiovascular systems.

Says Huizenga, “It’s ultimately an addictive drug.”

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11 Deadly Dangers Lurking Inside Energy [Special Investigation]

If you feel tired, consuming energy drinks during exam periods, sports or partying, there is no doubt that you will be surprised that you are still alive after reading this article. Cases of death and permanent damage associated with energy drinks, countless research and expert opinions around the world, suggest that energy drinks invite many diseases, from the risk of sudden death to heart failure to kidney failure. Dr. Tufts University in the United States. The research of Dariush Mozaffarian and his team covering 51 countries has quite striking results. Research published in the journal culation Circulation önüne reveals that more than 184,000 people worldwide die each year due to sugary and carbonated drinks such as energy drinks and iced tea. 133 thousand of these deaths diabetes, 45 thousand cardiovascular disease, 6 thousand 450'si related to cancer. Turkey each year about 230 million boxes of consumed energy drinks lurking within 11've written a deadly hazard.

DANGER 1: Heart attack

Energy drinks include high levels of caffeine, carbohydrates, sugar and taurine. The common feature of these substances is that they threaten heart health. Sudden increase in blood pressure and rhythm disturbances in the heart can be seen when you consume energy drink. Even a single box of energy drinks can cause sudden heart attacks. CASE 1: 16-year-old Lanna Hamman , who went on holiday with her family in 2014 , began to have difficulty breathing shortly after consuming energy drink, although she was a very healthy and athletic teenager. He collapsed. The young girl who was taken to the hospital urgently could not be saved. The autopsy revealed that the young girl had a heart attack and died. CASE 2: 27-year-old Harun Yildiz , who consumed energy drink on his way home from a wedding in 2012, entered the toilet of a gas station on the grounds of nausea. Long-hearted young man who did not return to the car, was found dead in the toilet by relatives. The young man is presumed to have a heart attack.  

DANGER 2: Sudden cardiac arrest

Energy drinks, due to the high amount of caffeine contained in blood pressure and heart health can adversely affect. This can lead to sudden cardiac arrest resulting in death. CASE: 22-year-old Eda Dilara Kocatepe who took part in the opening of a store with her friends in Fethiye district of Muğla , was taken to the hospital saying that enerji I have a problem in my heart, I burn ”. Despite all the interventions made unfortunately could not be saved.

DANGER 3: Nerve and tissue damage

Vitamin B contained in the energy drink, when consumed in high doses can lead to disruption of the sensory and muscular sheaths to the muscles in the body. This causes people who consume energy drinks to use their muscles more difficult and experience sensory loss. When you consume energy drink, you may feel burning or tingling in your body due to loss of sensation. Even your nerves can be severely damaged and may take weeks to heal. CASE: An American teacher Dan Royals , the energy needed to cope with the children were supplied from energy drinks. However, since he consumed 6 cans of energy drink per day, his tongue had melted. The fact that such a situation is experienced while paying attention to oral care shows how much damage the energy drinks can cause.

DANGER 4: Brain hemorrhage

High levels of caffeine, carbohydrate, sugar and taurine in energy drinks have a negative impact on your heart health. When you consume energy drinks, your blood pressure may increase, which increases the risk of cerebral hemorrhage. CASE: You remember the couple of Austin and Brianne who came up with a sacrificing love story in recent years. Austin had a busy schedule and consumed plenty of energy drinks during the day. One night he suffered from severe brain hemorrhage, and underwent very difficult surgeries and sustained damage to his body.

DANGER 5: Obesity

Energy drinks contain high amounts of sugar. Almost 20-30 mg in a 250 ml can. These drinks, which contain sugar, are consumed especially by young people and children. This high calorie content can cause obesity problems in young people. RESEARCH: A Danish study , energy drinks can cause obesity is revealed. According to the research, energy drinks contain 10 to 30 percent more sugar than sugar drinks sold in supermarkets. EXPERT OPINION: Medipol University Esenler Hospital Dietitian Miray Yildirim , energy drinks cause obesity in children, slowing down the metabolism of substances that interact with the growth hormone.

DANGER 6: Diabetes

Energy drinks that contain high amounts of sugar do not give you a sense of saturation, making your appetite constantly eating and drinking. Therefore, consuming energy drinks can disrupt your sugar metabolism and lead to insulin resistance. This leads to type-2 diabetes. RESEARCH: A study published in the journal culation Circulation [ reveals that sugar and carbonated beverages such as energy drinks or iced tea cause 133,000 people to die of diabetes each year.

DANGER 7: Chronic sleep disorder

When you consume energy drink, your brain's performance improves for a short time. This causes your brain to need more blood. However, your other organs cannot keep up with this request and your body will get stressed. The excess caffeine you consume causes chronic problems in your sleep patterns and shortens the duration of your REM sleep. So you start to wake up tired in the morning. RESEARCH: Research conducted by the Danish Ministry of Health with the participation of 3 thousand 682 people , energy drinks contain excessive amounts of caffeine proves to cause sleep problems.

DANGER 8: Psychological problems

Certain substances, such as taurine, contained in energy drinks; It can cause psychological problems such as nervousness, restlessness and sudden severe reactions in the body. EXPERT OPINION: Specialist Clinical Psychologist Gizem Mine Çölümlü from Memorial Şişli Hospital ; energy drinks cause uneasiness, intense anxiety and tension, thus inviting anxiety attacks. Research also proves that energy drinks cause unrest.  

DANGER 9: Dependence

May be addictive due to the high percentage of sugar and caffeine in energy drinks. If not consumed, the body may suffer deprivation and stress. Experts insist that energy drinks should never be consumed if possible. CASE: Dean Wharmby , who became dependent on the energy drink because he was doing sports , was a bodybuilder and could not do sports without drinking an energy drink because he needed a lot of energy. After a while, Dean Wharmby was diagnosed with cancer. After a difficult treatment, the tumor began to disappear and Dean Wharmby returned to the energy drink he was on a break from. This has caused cancer cells to proliferate, and unfortunately Dean is no longer among us… EXPERT OPINION: Specialist Clinical Psychologist Gizem Mine Çölümlü from Memorial Şişli Hospital states that energy drinks can cause psychological and physical dependence and may lead to unhappiness when not consumed.

DANGER 10: Caffeine intoxication

Approximately 150 mg per liter of energy drink. caffeine. Consumption of energy drinks containing a high amount of caffeine increases the risk of caffeine poisoning. Caffeinated drinks such as coffee are consumed slowly because they are hot, while energy drinks are consumed quickly because they are cold and sweet. This causes your body to take too much caffeine too quickly. The consequences of caffeine poisoning can go as far as death. CASE: A 16-year-old high school student Davis Allen Cripe , who suddenly collapsed in front of his friends in the US state of South Carolina, died of excessive caffeine consumption. In the autopsy report of Cripe, which became ill for consuming a bottle of soda, a glass of latte and a can of energy drink in about 2 hours, the young man was of normal height and weight, did not use alcohol or drugs, but had caffeine poisoning due to consumption of energy drink and his condition stopped. caused. DANGER 11: Renal failure

Caffeine, which is abundant in the energy drink, causes loss of water in the body. This can cause your body to become dehydrated and damage your kidneys in the long term. CASE: A man who consumed several cans of energy drinks after a heavy training in Sweden died of kidney failure. Experts, people who consume energy drink kidney disease, even if there is a history of kidney failure, he said.

BONUS: A mixture of alcohol and energy drinks

Energy drinks, which can be dangerous enough even when dry, are also frequently preferred in alcoholic cocktails. However, there is a fact that those who consume this mixture do not know: the interaction of caffeine and taurine with alcohol in the energy drink can have fatal consequences. Although many people think that consuming alcohol with an energy drink will reduce the effect of alcohol, this is quite wrong. In fact, the opposite is true: According to a study by Associate Professor Cecile A. Marczinski of the University of Northern Kentucky , those who mix alcohol with an energy drink are three times more likely to get drunk than those who do not. CASE: Ömer Suha Pınar , a third year high school student going on vacation with friends in 2015, decided to sleep after drinking a cocktail of vodka and energy drink. However, neither he nor his friends were aware that this was the last night of Omar Suha. Source: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 [ , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 13 , 14 , 15 Read the full article

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ANDERSON, S.C. — A 16-year-old Spring Hill High School student who collapsed in a classroom last month died from ingesting too much caffeine, the county coroner said Monday. The official cause of death for Davis Allen Cripe was a “caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia,” said Richland County Coroner Gary Watts. It was the result of the teen ingesting the caffeine from a large Diet Mountain Dew, a cafe latte from McDonald’s and an energy drink over the course of about two hours, Watts said. #noenergydrinks

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16 Y/O STUDENT DIES BY CAFFEINE OVERDOSE; SOUTH CAROLINA Davis Allen Cripe died in a hospital on April 26 after collapsing in a classroom at Spring Hill High School in Chapin. On Monday, the Richland County Coroner ruled that he died from a "caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia." "Davis, on this particular day within the two hours prior to his death, had consumed a large diet Mountain Dew, a cafe latte from McDonald's, and also some type of energy drink," coroner Gary Watts said at a press conference. Watts could not specify which energy drink Cripe consumed. "It was so much caffeine at the time of his death that it caused arrhythmia," Watts sad, referring to a condition marked by an irregular heartbeat. Our hearts go out to this teen who died way to young. Drink responsively.

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Davis Allen Cripe collapsed at a high school in April after drinking a McDonald’s latte, a large Mountain Dew soft drink and an energy drink in just under two hours, Gary Watts said. The 16-year-old died from a “caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia”.

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South Carolina teenager dies after consuming three caffeinated drinks in two hours

(Natural News) At just 16-years old, Davis Allen Cripe died of cardiac arrythmia, or irregular heart rhythm. The South Carolina teenager collapsed in a high school classroom on April 26, at 2:30 pm. He was immediately rushed to the Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge Hospital but was pronounced dead at 3:40 pm, just a little over...

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Καρδιακό επεισόδιο συνεπεία υπερβολικής δόσης καφεΐνης σε μικρό χρονικό διάστημα. Αυτό ήταν το πόρισμα ιατροδικαστή στις ΗΠΑ για τον θάνατο του 16χρονου Davis Allen Cripe ο οποίος σε λίγες ώρες κατανάλωσε μεγάλη ποσότητα ποτών που περιέχουν καφεϊνη. (more…)

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Teen dies from too much caffeine, coroner says

(CNN)Too much caffeine caused the death of a 16-year-old high school student from South Carolina who collapsed during class last month, according to the county coroner.

Davis Allen Cripe died from a caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia, Richland County Coroner Gary Watts announced in a news conference Monday. During an arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm, the heart may not be able to pump enough blood to the body, and lack of blood flow affects the brain, heart and other organs.

The teen consumed three caffeine-laced drinks -- a cafe latte, large Diet Mountain Dew and an energy drink -- in a two-hour period before collapsing in his classroom at Spring Hill High School on April 26, Watts said.

Among those at the news conference Monday was the teen's father, Sean Cripe.

"Like all parents, we worry about our kids as they grow up. We worry about their safety, their health, especially once they start driving. But it wasn't a car crash that took his life. Instead, it was an energy drink," Sean Cripe said of his son's death.

Watts said Davis had purchased the latte at McDonald's around 12:30 p.m. After that he consumed the Diet Mountain Dew and the energy drink.

Davis collapsed at the school in Chapin, near Columbia, just before 2:30 p.m. and according to Watts, was pronounced dead at 3:40 p.m.

Davis' autopsy showed no undiagnosed heart conditions and that Davis was healthy and had no conditions that could have triggered by the caffeine intake. Also, no other drugs or alcohol were found in the teen's system, according to Watts.

"This was not an overdose. We lost Davis from a totally legal substance, " Watts said. "Our purpose here today is to let people know, especially our young kids in school, that these drinks can be dangerous, and be very careful with how you use them, and how many you drink on a daily basis."

Sean Cripe said he hopes that if nothing else comes out of this, parents and kids will realize the dangers of caffeinated beverages.

"Parents, please talk to your kids about the dangers of these energy drinks," he said.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that adolescents, age 12 to 18, should not consume more than 100 milligrams of caffeine per day. An intake of caffeine greater than that has been associated with elevated blood pressure in adolescents, Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, nutrition specialist and vice chairwoman in the department of nutrition at the University of California, Davis previously told CNN.

When it comes to energy drinks specifically, "children and adolescents are advised to avoid energy drinks. They can contain a significant amount of caffeine as well as other stimulants," she said.

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A 2014 study found an estimated 73% of children consume some kind of caffeine each day. While there is no designated standard for children, according to the US Food and Drug Administration adults can consume 400 milligrams of caffeine per day -- equivalent to four or five cups of coffee -- without experiencing side effects.

Caffeine is a stimulant that can improve alertness and mood. It can also be habit forming. Too much caffeine can cause mild symptoms such as shaky hands and an upset stomach. Severe symptoms can include high blood pressure, seizures and coma, according to the National Capital Poison Center.

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South Carolina teenager died after drinking too much caffeine too quickly

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South Carolina teenager died after drinking too much caffeine too quickly

A South Carolina teenager who collapsed in a high school classroom last month died because he drank several highly caffeinated drinks too quickly, a coroner said on Monday. Davis Allen Cripe, 16, drank a latte from McDonald's, a large Mountain Dew soda and a highly caffeinated energy drink in just under two hours, said Gary Watts, the coroner of Richland County, South Carolina. Watts said that physicians on his staff determined that Cripe died from a "caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia."

This is not a caffeine overdose. ... We're not saying that it was the total amount of caffeine in the system, it was just the way that it was ingested over that short period of time.

Gary Watts

Cripe was considered a healthy teenager and did not have an undiagnosed heart condition. Although he weighed a little more than 200 pounds, Cripe would not have been considered morbidly obese, Watts said. Ultimately, the teen may have had the same amount of caffeine on another day and been all right, Watts said, adding that he "chugged" the energy drink.

We're not trying to speak out totally against caffeine. ... We believe people need to pay attention to their caffeine intake and how they do it, just as they do with alcohol or cigarettes.

Gary Watts

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Un adolescent a murit după ce a consumat trei băuturi cu cofeină - Digi24

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In case of accident my blood type is Mtn Dew shirt

In case of accident my blood type is Mtn Dew shirt

Davis Allen Cripe collapsed and died last month, Richland County coroner Gary Watts told a news conference. Coroner Says In case of accident my blood type is Mtn Dew shirt! On this particular day within the two hours prior to his death, we know had consumed a large diet Mountain Dew, a cafe latte from McDonalds and also some type of energy drink, Watts said. It was so much caffeine at the time of…

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In case of accident my blood type is Mtn Dew shirt

In case of accident my blood type is Mtn Dew shirt

Davis Allen Cripe collapsed and died last month, Richland County coroner Gary Watts told a news conference. Coroner Says In case of accident my blood type is Mtn Dew shirt! On this particular day within the two hours prior to his death, we know had consumed a large diet Mountain Dew, a cafe latte from McDonalds and also some type of energy drink, Watts said. It was so much caffeine at the time of…