{"id":24870,"date":"2025-03-26T13:51:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24870"},"modified":"2025-03-26T13:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T13:51:24","slug":"grieving-mom-of-28-year-old-who-died-of-heart-attack-shares-concerns-over-common-drink-following-her-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24870","title":{"rendered":"Grieving mom of 28-year-old who died of heart attack shares concerns over common drink following her death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A mother has spoken of her anguish and surprise when her 28-year-old daughter who was \u2018the epitome of health\u2019 died of a heart attack – and she believes a popular drink is to blame.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lori Barranon said her daughter was in great\u00a0health<\/a>\u00a0before she suddenly had a heart attack while out with friends in 2021.<\/p>\n

Her daughter, Katie Donnell, was rushed to hospital and spent 10 days on life support before the painful decision was made to switch off the support on August 9, 2021.<\/p>\n

The mother, from\u00a0Florida<\/a>, has spoken out about what she believes was the cause of her daughter’s death and warned people about the potential dangers of a common\u00a0drink<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lori explained that Katie did not have any known underlying health or heart conditions and was \u2018fitness mad\u2019.<\/p>\n

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The mother spoke of the anguish of having to turn off her daughter’s life support (Kennedy News and Media)<\/cite><\/div>\n

But, the mother has claimed her daughter consumed a dangerous amount of energy drinks and other caffeinated products which she believes contributed to her death.<\/p>\n

Lori said: “She would start with a pre-workout before she went to work to supposedly wake up or she went to the gym and did cardio at five in the morning.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t realize how much she was drinking until after she passed. Her boyfriend said she would buy a four-pack every two to three days.<\/p>\n

“Not to mention she was drinking a lot of coffee and doing the pre-workout.<\/p>\n

“One of her friends said she’d hardly see Katie without an energy drink in her hands. When I cleaned out her car after she passed it was full of cans, at least three or four in there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lori now wants the drinks banned and has warned of the dangers around excessively consuming them.<\/p>\n

Energy drink consumption can cause cardiovascular issues, including high blood pressure, heart arrhythmias and even heart attacks if drunk to excess, according\u00a0to<\/a>\u00a0Healthline.<\/p>\n

With that said, in Katie’s case doctors did not conclusively say energy drinks were to blame and health experts have said while there is a link between heart issues and energy drinks there isn’t enough trusted evidence to determine a cause-and-effect relationship.<\/p>\n

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Lori said her daughter was ‘fitness mad’ and in perfect health (Kennedy News and Media)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Both the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) consider a daily intake of up to 400 mg of caffeine to be safe,\u00a0according to<\/a>\u00a0the health information company. Despite this, some energy drinks contain more than 500mg, which can cause caffeine toxicity.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the heartache of losing her daughter at such a young age, Lori said: \u201cAt 28, you just don’t see people dropping dead of a heart attack.<\/p>\n

“She was a workout queen, she ate real clean, she ate organic food, she was the epitome of health other than [having energy drinks].<\/p>\n

“Doctors said they see this happen a lot with people that do a lot of pre-workout or energy drinks but they wouldn’t give the cause of death to that. I know for a fact that was what was wrong with her.<\/p>\n

“I beg people to counsel your kids and watch what they’re doing, I think energy drinks should be banned.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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