Energy Drink Liver Picture

Although energy drinks are often perceived as harmless a new case report links the beverages to liver damage after a previously healthy man developed hepatitis from consuming too many.

Energy drink liver picture.

In a new study published in the british medical journal researchers say energy drink consumption can also be so damaging to the liver it can even cause acute hepatitis. While the link between energy drinks and liver damage is a recent one the link between diet dietary supplements and liver health is a long standing fact. The man said he didn t drink alcohol smoke or use drugs but he had been drinking five energy drinks a day the medical journal bmj reported. Fifty percent of liver failure incidences are attributed to drug induced liver injury dili and not just from over the counter pain relievers that contain acetaminophen like tylenol.

Blood tests showed he had elevated liver enzymes that. Since the liver and gastrointestinal tract are exposed to much greater concentration of energy drink ingredients compared to other organs more human research is warranted to understand the safety of energy drinks.