Does caffeine caramel make people more violent?

Researchers at the University of Vermont recently conducted a sample survey of 1878 students from 22 schools in Boston and found that drinking five or more carbonated drinks a week can make people more prone to violence. this tendency is 9% higher than those who do not drink soda. The researchers suggest that teenagers abandon the habit of drinking carbonated drinks, or reduce the number of times they drink carbonated drinks a week.

According to the Daily Mail of October 25, the study was led by Dr. Sarah Solnick of the University of Vermont in the United States. "many people like to drink carbonated drinks, especially teenagers, and some people can drink two or three bottles a day. People only know that carbonated drinks have no nutrition, but they do not know that carbonated drinks can also affect a person's mood, such as violent tendencies. "

The researchers sampled 1878 middle school students between the ages of 14 and 18 from 22 state schools in Boston. The respondents were asked to answer the following questions: first, how many carbonated drinks can they drink per week? Including juice type, fruity type, cola type, low calorie type and so on. Among them, those who drink 4 bottles (cans) or less a week are regarded as less, and those with 5 bottles (cans) or more are regarded as more. The survey results show that more than 1/3 of students drink more than five bottles of carbonated drinks a week, and some even drink two or three bottles a day. Second, has there been any violence against classmates, siblings, elders or strangers in the past few years? Have you ever hidden controlled knives and guns? The results showed that 43 per cent of the 1/3 respondents who regularly drank carbonated drinks had experienced violence, while only 23 per cent of the remaining 2/3 students who drank fewer carbonated drinks had experienced violence. By comparison, people who regularly drink carbonated drinks are 9% more likely to be violent than those who drink little or no carbonated drinks.

"the data show that there is a causal relationship between carbonated drinks and violent behavior, and we have studied and analyzed the possible violent components contained in carbonated drinks." Sarah introduced.

After testing, Sarah's team identified caffeine and caramel in carbonated drinks as the most likely culprits of violence. Caramel, caffeine and beverage additions affect the brain's ability to secrete chemical secretions, which can be reduced by drinking too many carbonated drinks, which can make people more irritable and aggressive, Sarah said.

Sarah acknowledged that the findings do not rule out other interfering factors, such as the environmental impact on teenagers' violent tendencies, but the association between carbonated drinks and violent tendencies is undeniable.

Compiled by Zhu Lei (Source: Peninsula Network-City Economic Journal)

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