Energy drinks and supplements containing caffeine and other stimulants have again become the focus of heart health concerns. A new study, presented at the American Heart Association’s scientific conference, has identified a disturbing link between these products and reports of serious cardiovascular problems, especially among young people.

Researchers have analyzed over 28,000 reports of unwanted effects recorded on a database of the American Food and Barnat Administration ( FDA), during 2017,2025.

The results show that reports involving caffeine products or other stimulants were about 11 times more likely to mention cardiac arrest and about 4.5 times more likely to mention heart attacks, compared with reports on products without these components.

About 45 percent of the reports connected with these cardiovascular – problem products belonged to people between the ages of 18 and 34.

However, scientists point out that the results do not testify that energy drinks have directly caused these problems. The analysis relies on reports of alleged effects and does not specify the real risk for any consumer.

Experts warn that consumption of high amounts of caffeine, especially in combination with other stimulants, can be disturbing to heart health.

The study is still preliminary and its results have not passed the full process of scientific assessment for publication in a revised magazine.

Source Layer: Signal