Recently, TikToker Helena (@helenahoney) got bloodwork done because her hair was constantly falling out, and sometimes, there was blood in her stool, so she wanted to figure out what the problem was.
A few days later, the nurse practitioner called her with the results. Apparently, her vitamin B levels were unusually high. Helena thought she must be really healthy, but the nurse practitioner told her that it was actually not a positive thing.
She asked Helena if she took a vitamin B supplement or a multivitamin. If so, she would need to discontinue use of it. Helena said no because she could not remember to take vitamins every day.
Then, the nurse practitioner asked her if she drank energy drinks at all. Helena explained that if she had already had coffee, then she would usually just drink three energy drinks. Without coffee, she needed to drink five energy drinks.
The nurse practitioner was alarmed by the number of energy drinks she consumed on a daily basis. Energy drinks contain a lot of vitamin B, so Helena would need to cut back on them.
Normally, the nurse practitioner would recommend not drinking any energy drinks at all, but she did not want Helena to go from five energy drinks to none, so she told her to have one per day.
After reading the nutrition facts on the cans, Helena realized just how much vitamin B energy drinks have.
“I’m having over 1,000% of vitamin B that you’re supposed to have in a day, and it made me think that the people who make these energy drinks are probably not assuming that you’re having more than one and maybe that’s why there’s so much vitamin B in it, or I don’t know, maybe vitamin B is something that helps you have more energy or whatever,” said Helena.
According to her nurse practitioner, there can be some long-term side effects from having elevated levels of vitamin B. The body can also release excess levels through urination because the vitamin is water-soluble.
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But at the end of the day, what Helena really needs to do is reduce the number of energy drinks she consumes.
Everyone in the comments section was shocked and concerned for Helena. They agreed that she needed to stop the energy drinks immediately.
“With the speed you are talking, you need zero energy drinks,” stated one user.
“When you said three, I screamed. Then, you mentioned five. Even one per day is kind of a lot,” commented another.
“You had all these issues and not once you thought it could be the five energy drinks you had every day?” questioned a third.
“I was also drinking three to five energy drinks a day last summer and had my regular testing done in the fall, and had abnormal liver levels because of the excess drinks, which were starting to cause damage to my liver. Be careful, girl,” warned someone else.
By Emily Chan
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