Military personnel often turn to energy drinks to help combat the effects of sleep deprivation. Consumption of energy drinks thus became prevalent among service members with nearly half of deployed troops drink at least one of these energy-boosting beverages per day.
Findings of a new study, however, have suggested that excessive use of these drinks may contribute to long-term mental and physical ailments.
Researchers of the study published in the Military Medicine journal surveyed more than 600 male infantry soldiers seven months after their return from a year-long combat deployment to Afghanistan.
The questions given to them were designed to examine a potential link between energy drink consumption and mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and alcohol abuse.
The researchers found that over the course of the month leading to the survey, more than 75 percent of the participants consumed energy drink, and 16 percent of them continued to consume at least two energy drinks daily in the post-deployment period.
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