Current Events > This 16 y/o Kid is DEAD after he drank MOUNTAIN DEW!!

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16 y/o Davis Cripe has died after his heart fell out of rhythm at Spring Hill High School in Chapin, South Carolina afer drinking too much caffeine!!

He drank a large MOUNTAIN DEW, a McDonalds Latte AND an Energy Drink in just TWO HOURS prior to his death..

He had no pre-existing heart condition as he was otherwise healthy.

His heartbroken father spoke about Davis and said "Davis was a great kid and being his parent was a great honour to Heidi and me. I stand before you as a heartbroken father and hope that something good can come from this. Parents, please talk to your kids about the dangers of these energy drinks. And teenagers and students, please stop buying them. There's no reason to consume them they can be very dangerous"

Coroner Watts agreed and said high consumption of caffeine products can be dangerous as it may not be a danger to everyone but that it could have deadly effects on some people and its best to only drink in small amounts.

The daily recommended limit for a healthy adult is 400mg a day of caffeine which is equal to 4 cups of coffee or 10 cans of soda.

Based on what Davis consumed, he had about 434mg...

Do you like mountain dew?

Davis - Deceased

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Mountain Dew -

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His Dad -

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Even when I used to drink soda, I never cared for Mountain Dew.

Damn, that's awful...this is why diet is so much more important than people think. Just because one person is able to down 10 sodas, doesn't mean it's healthy or won't pose a risk to you. I hope this can at least be a warning to others that you HAVE to monitor your dietary consumption, at least to a degree. It's okay to splurge sometimes, but there needs to be a limit.
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Really hard to sympathize with Darwin award-type deaths :l
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I can't do the dew anymore.

For awhile drinking it feels like I am just killing my insides when I drink it. I feel all nauseated and just off.

I refuse to drink it anymore. I can knock back a couple cams of coke if I feel like it but even half a can of dew is just...ugh nowadays.
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Leanaunfurled posted...

Really hard to sympathize with Darwin award-type deaths :l

Not like the kid drank draino or something.

it's kind of scary. I notice my heart sometimes making irregular beats after a couple cups of coffee sometimes.
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Davjat posted...

Leanaunfurled posted...

Really hard to sympathize with Darwin award-type deaths :l

Not like the kid drank draino or something.

it's kind of scary. I notice my heart sometimes making irregular beats after a couple cups of coffee sometimes.

Thats exactly why I gave up coffee. The only caffeine I drink now is Coke when I mix it with a drink and thats like once a month.
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Horrible but it's like he od on caffeine
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Davjat posted...

Leanaunfurled posted...

Really hard to sympathize with Darwin award-type deaths :l

Not like the kid drank draino or something.

it's kind of scary. I notice my heart sometimes making irregular beats after a couple cups of coffee sometimes.

No, but it's pretty common knowledge what chugging down caffeine does, especially with those nasty energy drink things.
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Davjat posted...

Leanaunfurled posted...

Really hard to sympathize with Darwin award-type deaths :l

Not like the kid drank draino or something.

it's kind of scary. I notice my heart sometimes making irregular beats after a couple cups of coffee sometimes.

caffiene rush

434 caffeine isn't THAT much. a lot in 2 hours but an energy drink in those 16 oz cans is probably close to like 200mg. when i was like 18 and those cocaine energy drinks were new i drank 2 of those and was pretty hyper from it. i just looked it up and they say a 8.4oz can is 280mg of caffeine. i had 2 of those in less than 2 hours so that's 560mg of caffeine plus any soda i might have had that day.

so i drank more than this kid that died but then my body isn't really affected by caffeine or sleep aids. although 2 of those i definitely felt. a can drink a big can of monster and drink a coffee and still be tired as hell. i did that plenty at work. but now i try to stay away from them for the most part although i did buy like 10 cans of that cocaine energy drink just because i haven't had any in like 10 years. only had like 2 sips of one when i was up like 30 hours and drinking some beer and it was enough to keep me up at a friends. think it's more of the burning sensation than the caffeine.

I usualy have 1 or 2 softdrinks/cokes
and 1 or 2 teas a day max.

I never liked the energy drinks or mountain dew.\

rarely had gatorades/powerades and thats it.
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I go through a 2 liter a day.

I really need to cut down though. I'm at 201 lb. (5'8")

Pretty sure this dude must have been doing this for a LONG time for it to happen and barely drinks water. You don't just die from drinking a large mountain dew and some energy drinks in 2 hours.

Blaming the Dew instead of the energy drink tells me that TC has zero common sense and should stop posting before I go on another bug-stomping rampage.
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