Energy Drink Persuasive Speech

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An energy drink addict was rushed to a hospital after downing two litres of high caffeine-laced beverages.

Martin Bowling from UK, 28 years old, was rushed to Queen's Hospital after he collapsed in The Bull pub in Romford. The Doctors told him he had "suffered a cardiac arrest because of ultra-high caffeine levels in his blood stream," as per News.com.au.

As he recalled the incident to the publication, Bowling said, "There were no warning signs. I don't even know if it hurt." He said the last thing he could remember is just hitting the floor after consuming eight cans of energy drinks that day.

He admitted he's been drinking energy drinks for about seven years. He started drinking it since he was 21. The insurance worker from Essex, confessed

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