How Does An Monster

Energy Drink Affect the

Circulatory System?
By : Jing Jing Wang and Hector Munoz
Circulatory System Presentation
TA: Robin Greene
Wednesdays: 4:30-7:15

Whats inside a Monster Energy

Drink?
4 Major Ingredients:

Caffeine- stimulates Central Nervous System, raises both

the heart rate and blood pressure.

Taurine- It helps regulate heartbeat, muscle contractions,

and energy levels.

Vitamin B12- Helps prevent tiredness and weakness

Vitamin B6- helps with reactions in Metabolism

How much Caffeine is in a can of

Monster Energy Drink? (16oz)
Caffeine Levels:

160mg

Caffeine level

VERY HIGH !!!!

Monster website at http://www.monsterenergy.com/ Caffeine amounts received from Technical Director of Monster Beverage Company.

How does an Monster

Energy drink stack up
against other caffeinated
products?

What occurs after drinking a Monster

Energy Drink?

Negative Effects of Drinking an Energy

Drink

Short term negative effects:

Dehydration

Increases both blood rate and blood pressure

Prevent sleep

Negative Effects of Drinking an Energy

Drink

Long term Negative Affects include:

Increase of Respiratory Distress

Overweight problems

Increase in Emergency room visits from 10,000 to 21,000 (2007-2011)

Death ( some in cases)

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/energy-drink-health-risks-monsterdrinks-allegedly-blame-17549178

Introduction
Question: Does Drinking an Energy Drink
affect the Heart Circulatory System?

Introduction
Hypothesis:

Whether drinking some Monster

Energy Drink would affect the heart rate?

Predictions:

If we drink some Monster

Energy Drink, then it would increase the
individuals heart rate.

Methods
Materials:
Water (3oz.)

Monster Energy Drinks (1 can)

Disposable Cups
Sphygmomanometer

Stethoscope

Methods
Negative Control- Water
Positive Control- Monster Energy
Drink
We began by drinking 1.5 ounces of
water. Then we measured our initial
heart rate immediately after.

Methods
After 10 minutes, we drank
1.5 ounces of Monster Energy
Drink and recorded our heart
rate directly afterwards.

Methods
After 10 minutes we
recorded our heart
rate and again after
15 minutes.

Results

Time (minutes)

Results
Change in Heart Rate after Drinking Water
Heart Rate (beats per minute)

100
96
95
92
90

88
hector

85

jingjing
80

80

75

70
before lab

Time

after drinking water

Discussion

Data corresponds with our hypothesis and predictions

Drinking an Monster Energy would cause your heart rate to

increase

Our results showed after ten minutes, our heart rates had
increase and again after 25 minutes.

Since water was the negative control, there was no

change in heart rate.

Discussion

Individual diversity

(2 people, more obvious)

The sensitivity of the human body to
caffeine is different

Physical qualities

Racial difference

Food

Discussion

Caffeine effects start just 10

minutes after it is drunk

study headed by researchers

from the University of Barcelona
(UB) shows that caffeine has a
greater effect on men than
women.

But our results shows caffeine

has a greater effects on women
rather than on man