Alcohol + Redbull Energy Drink = System Crash
A Genius seldom sleeps because his brain is constantly active. He seeks some form of tranquilliser to enable him to have a nap.
Most times, he ends up with a bottle of Whisky, Gin, etc. Alcohol gives the same effect as a sleeping tablet.
On the other hand, if you are not such a genius, you will always have your regular sleep mode. However, if you need to stay awake beyond your regular sleep mode, you will need an enhancement.
What usually comes to hand is a strong caffeinated drink such as coffee or Red Bull energy drink, etc. Red Bull increases the brain's activity, which signals the heart to pump more blood to the brain.
In other words, the more blood the heart pumps to the brain, the more active the brain will become and the less sleep you will have, and vice versa.
A few months ago, in Umuahia, Abia state, Nigeria, I visited a Pub/Bar with a friend. I saw some 'Big Men' mixing their Whisky with the Red Bull energy drink. I was shocked at the level of unawareness these people displayed.
The implication of drinking the concoction (Whisky & Red Bull) is the conflicting signal each of them sends to the brain, and subsequently to the heart.
While Whisky/alcohol will be trying to reduce the brain's activities by signalling the heart to pump less blood, Red Bull will be trying to increase the brain's activities by signalling the heart to pump more blood.
What do you think will happen to both the brain and the heart?
Let's look at it from this perspective – if you feed your computer conflicting information, the system will 'hang'; if you're not careful, the system will crash. That is precisely what will happen to your brain and heart. They will crash.
In the confusion of not knowing whether to pump more blood as requested by the Red Bull or less blood as demanded by the Whisky/alcohol, there may be a change in the Heart rhythm that will lead to Cardiac Arrest and death.
On the contrary, if the heart interprets the conflicting messages as indicating that the brain needs more blood, even though the arteries are in sleep mode, the increased blood pressure could burst an artery, causing localised bleeding in the surrounding area.
This is known as a brain haemorrhage, which is a type of stroke. It can also lead to death.
"My people perish for lack of knowledge" - Hosea 4:6. When that death comes, a 'man of god' will see in the spiritual REM a confident man in the village as the cause of the death. Nobody will remember Whisky + Red Bull Energy Drink.
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