Yahoo Finance Man Suffers Cardiac Arrest after Drinking 12 Cans of Energy Drinks Every Day for a Year
A pub owner from Hull is warning people about the dangers of energy drinks after suffering a cardiac arrest from knocking back up to 12 cans a day for a year.
Lee Kamen, 55, says that prior to his cardiac arrest he would drink between eight and 12 energy drinks every day. "I didn't have a clue there was anything wrong with drinking them," he adds.
"I was drinking Red Bull and Monster, I used to go to Makro for the pub and would buy cases of 24 cans and just drink them like any other drink," Kamen said to the Hull Daily Mail.
"I was working a lot and drank them to keep me going. This probably went on for about a year.
"One day I collapsed with a heart attack and had to have a stent fitted, I am now on medication for life due to those dangerous drinks.
"When I was in hospital after the heart attack, the doctor told me the energy drink consumption was the cause. I didn't have a clue there was anything wrong with drinking them until then.
"It was a hell of a shock at the time, but now I am passionate about this issue."
Having recovered from his cardiac arrest, Kamen says he is now on a mission to warn others about the dangers energy drinks can pose and thinks they shouldn't be sold to anyone under 16.
He tells the story of his young daughter getting into his car one day with a can of energy drink in her hand.
"I took it straight off her and poured it straight down the drain," he said.
Guidelines recommend that children aged between 12 and 18 shouldn't consume anymore than 100mg of caffeine a day, which is around the amount found in a cup of coffee.
However, energy drinks can contain up to 500mg per can.
Kamen's story comes just months after a British Medical Journal report told of a 21-year-old man who developed heart failure as a result of "excessive energy drink consumption".
According to the report, the man, who wasn't named, drank an average of four 500ml cans of energy drink every day over the course of two years.
He spent a total of 58 days in hospital, with tests showing that he had heart and kidney failure.
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