Consumption of energizing products: A real danger to health

If alcoholic beverages are increasingly discouraged for a segment of the population, are energizing ones, popular with many people despite the harmful effects it could have on their body.

Young people and adults of all kinds indulge in the consumption of energy products for a variety of reasons in order to gain new physical strength. Drinks, tablets, syrups, these products come in many forms. The most subscribers are people carrying out activities requiring a certain energy. Those who work all day long, in particular taxi-moto drivers, are not excluded from this practice.. This is the case of Jérôme, a motorcycle taxi driver. Like his friends, this young adult stops in a little corner where he usually has breakfast before starting his work day. "I come here every morning to have tea", let know the man whose figure is similar to that of a young man from 30 years. The peculiarity of what the latter calls ” Thé ” is quite another component that goes out of mind. This is a tea to which he adds a powdered product that he takes out of a package on which we read ” energy “. "I understood that you have to build these capacities before you start the day. So as not to be tired after a few hours of work, I mix this product with tea. This gives me the guarantee of finishing my working day without getting tired ”, explains the latter confident in the effectiveness of the product. He's not the only one to frequent these makeshift places. In about ten minutes, the small shed is being filled by young men, for most Taxi-moto drivers but also some workers including Gaston a mason. After the heavy day of work the day before, the young man still slathered with cement came to do the daily ritual. The difference at home, the mixture is particular, other substances are added to the preferred tea given to him. "For the work I do, I need a lot more strength ", he says with pride and adds a smile to his lips, explaining that "the motorcycle-taxi driver does not need the same energy as the one who takes heavy loads, the same for the trucker. Everyone has an idea of ​​the strength they need ”.

The consumption of these energizing products does not only concern this category. Some young people, although not practicing a heavy activity, also take a liking. For most of them, these are the drinks. Thus, the latter taking advantage of the need for thirst do not fail to take such drinks. For some people, they are aware of the contribution of these products but others do not even know their usefulness. "I often take energizers but I admit that it is without knowing their effects. For me it's just to quench my thirst ", hints Patrick.

Women are also concerned by taking these products. For the majority, it's back from a hard day at the market or in a workshop. These have a preference, these are tablets not prescribed by a doctor. "I sometimes take pills that have energizing power when I come home from the market. This allows me to recover before the new morning ”says Viviane a cereal seller..

The dangers of consuming energizers

Several studies have proven the nuisance engendered by the consumption of energizing products. It has been revealed that several undesirable effects are observed in those who take these different products.. Some contain enough sugar, energy drinks can lead to obesity and diabetes in those who get used to them. For some they can act on the nerves and create nervous disorders (nervousness, anxiety, panic.). Chest pain or tightness, tachycardia, hypertension, epilepsy, are some ailments caused by the consumption of energizers.

Firmin KASSAGA