If you drink Red Bull with alcohol, can it kill you?
FACTS
- Red Bull contains caffeine and taurine (an amino acid).
- Caffeine and taurine are stimulants and help you feel more alert and awake.
- Drinking alcohol impairs your judgment and reaction time.
LIKELY SCENARIO
Drinking Red Bull with alcohol - While the Red Bull will make you feel alert, the alcohol will decrease your reaction time AND your ability to judge how drunk you are.
- You will feel a false sense of alertness.
- You will likely drink beyond your normal (non-Red Bull) alcohol tolerance level.
Bottom line - The combination of alcohol and Red Bull will not kill you directly; however, combining Red Bull with alcohol can lead you to drink more alcohol than you normally would--and subject you to all the dangers such a state entails.
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