Knowledgeable Weighs In On Controversial Prime Power Drink

To shed some mild on the potential well being impacts related to excessive ranges of caffeine consumption, Dr. Michael Tehrani, MD, an inside drugs specialist specializing in geriatrics, spoke solely with Well being Digest.

“Caffeine is a stimulant, which means it stimulates all our organs to work sooner and more durable and an excessive amount of of it could trigger our physique to enter overdrive and deteriorate sooner,” Dr. Tehrani stated. “Caffeine consumption in extra can have numerous undesirable negative effects. First off, it stimulates the central nervous system, making it troublesome to go to sleep and keep asleep.” He identified that this may put one in danger for varied sleep circumstances, similar to insomnia. 

Related issues have been echoed by Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, a pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, who informed The New York Occasions that consuming the quantity of caffeine present in Prime Power regularly could be notably detrimental to the sleep well being of kids.