While the link between energy drinks and liver damage is a recent one the link between diet dietary supplements and liver health is a long standing fact.
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They knew of one other case reported previously showing liver damage due to over consumption of energy drinks.
The man said he didn t drink alcohol smoke or use drugs but he had been drinking five energy drinks a day the medical journal bmj reported.
Since the liver and gastrointestinal tract are exposed to much greater concentration of energy drink ingredients compared to other organs more human research is warranted to understand the safety of energy drinks.
Blood tests showed he had elevated liver enzymes that.
Unfortunately there is a lack of human research on the effects of energy drinks on liver health.
Although energy drinks are often perceived as harmless a new case report links the beverages to liver damage after a previously healthy man developed hepatitis from consuming too many.