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A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".

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Prof. Dr. Anna Vittoria Mattioli

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Surgical, Medical and Dental Department of Morphological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo, 71, 41124 Modena, Italy
Interests: gender; cardiovascular prevention; Mediterranean diet; lifestyle

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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the upcoming Special Issue “Effects and Effectiveness of Energy Drinks on Humans”.

Drinking energy drinks is a growing habit, especially in the young population. This phenomenon is partly due to important marketing campaigns that associate energy drinks with sports performance, supporting the strengthening of the abilities of the subjects.

However, it is well-known that energy drinks also have negative effects on health: their intake is associated with the acute onset of cardiac and neurological diseases.

These effects are not strictly related to the caffeine contained in energy drinks, as they do not occur in subjects who are regular coffee consumers. It is possible that there is an interaction with the other components that are added to energy drinks (i.e., guarana, taurine, etc.) that enhances the stimulating action of caffeine.

Investigating the impact of energy drinks on human health can help clarify whether these drinks can be drunk without risk or whether preventive action is needed, especially in young people.

We warmly welcome short communications, original research articles, and review articles for this Special Issue.

Dr. Anna Vittoria Mattioli
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energy drinks
caffeine
guarana
human health
cardiovascular
diet
sports drinks
sport performance

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Energy Drinks and Sleep among Adolescents

by Milena Tomanic, Katarina Paunovic, Maja Lackovic, Katarina Djurdjevic, Milica Nestorovic, Ana Jakovljevic and Milos Markovic

Nutrients 2022, 14(18), 3813; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14183813 - 15 Sep 2022

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Many adolescents worldwide have the problem of meeting recommended nightly sleep hours. The causes of sleep disturbance are multifactorial, but interest in food’s effect on sleep has dramatically increased lately. In this study, we investigated the association between regular energy drink (ED) intake (weekly or more frequent) and sufficient sleep (SS) (≥8 h) in adolescents. Additional objectives were to examine the relationship between health-related behaviors and SS, stratified by gender. A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted during the 2019/2020 school year from 12 schools in Belgrade. There were 1287 students aged 15 to 19 who participated (37.4% male). We used a modified version of the food frequency questionnaire adapted for Serbian adolescents. Logistic regression revealed that regular ED consumption was an independent risk factor negatively related to SS in both sexes. Additionally, daily vegetable and water intake (≥2 L) showed a positive correlation with SS in boys, while in girls, the odds of realizing SS decreased with statements of sedative use. In conclusion, we show that ED intake is negatively associated with SS in both sexes; daily vegetable and water intake (≥2 L) may raise the odds of SS in boys, while sedative use may decrease the chances of SS in girls. Full article

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Effects of Energy Drink Acute Assumption in Gastrointestinal Tract of Rats

by Milena Nasi, Anna De Gaetano, Gianluca Carnevale, Laura Bertoni, Valentina Selleri, Giada Zanini, Alessandra Pisciotta, Stefania Caramaschi, Luca Reggiani Bonetti, Alberto Farinetti, Andrea Cossarizza, Marcello Pinti, Antonio Manenti and Anna Vittoria Mattioli

Nutrients 2022, 14(9), 1928; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14091928 - 4 May 2022

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Energy drinks (EDs) are non-alcoholic beverages containing high amounts of caffeine and other psychoactive substances. EDs also contain herbal extract whose concentration is usually unknown. EDs can have several adverse effects on different organs and systems, but their effects on the gastrointestinal (GI) tract have been poorly investigated. To determine the acute effects of EDs on the GI tract, we administered EDs, coffee, soda cola, or water to Sprague–Dawley rats (n = 7 per group, randomly assigned) for up to five days, and analyzed the histopathological changes in the GI tract. Data were compared among groups by Kruskal–Wallis or Mann–Whitney tests. We found that, while EDs did not cause any evident acute lesion to the GI tract, they triggered eosinophilic infiltration in the intestinal mucosa; treatment with caffeine alone at the same doses found in EDs leads to the same effects, suggesting that it is caffeine and not other substances present in the EDs that causes this infiltration. The interruption of caffeine administration leads to the complete resolution of eosinophilic infiltration. As no systemic changes in pro-inflammatory or immunomodulating molecules were observed, our data suggest that caffeine present in ED can cause a local, transient inflammatory status that recruits eosinophils. Full article

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Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks (AmED) Use among University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

by Andrea De Giorgi, Federica Valeriani, Francesca Gallè, Francesca Ubaldi, Annalisa Bargellini, Christian Napoli, Giorgio Liguori, Vincenzo Romano Spica, Matteo Vitali and Carmela Protano

Nutrients 2022, 14(23), 4985; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14234985 - 24 Nov 2022

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In the last decades, there has been a huge increase in the consumption of both Energy Drinks (EDs) and alcohol and, concurrently, these two trends generated the additional practice of mixing ED with alcohol, known as Alcohol mixed with Energy Drink (AmED). One of the most important group of AmED consumers is represented by young. Indeed, the study population of the researches in this field are mainly represented by college students and the results evidence a great range of negative consequences for health. The purpose of the systematic review was to explore the prevalence of AmED consumption among undergraduate students, together with motivations to their use, adverse effects and health-related behaviors associated to AmEDs use. The review was conducted according to the PRISMA Statement and PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science were interrogated. 42 articles, published from 2008 to 2021, were included in the review. An overall prevalence rate of 37% was estimated for AmEDs use in undergraduates, with geographical differences. Although a decrease in consumption was observed throughout the studied period, a continuous monitoring on this phenomenon is needed for identifying those risk groups that could develop risky behaviors related to AmEDs consumption and provide them targeted educational interventions. Full article

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