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Four Loko Caffeinated Drink Health Effects: Good, Bad, Dangerous?

Four Loko, a caffeinated beverage popular among today’s college kids, may be legal and all but you should be extra careful when you are drinking it? Why, you ask?

Well, did you know that a 23.5-ounce can of Four Loko has an alcohol content of 12 percent and is equivalent to drinking five to six cans of beer?

No wonder some 50 students from Central Washington University got sick after drinking large amounts of the controversial drink at a party.

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Is Your Alcohol Tolerance Level Genetic?

When you get drunk easily, you may possess a gene called CYP2E1 which was recently discovered by scientists and which could provide codes of instruction for making an enzyme that can break down alcohol. The good thing about having this gene is that, because of your low alcohol tolerance level, you are more likely to quit drinking earlier and are less likely to become an alcoholic.

About 10-20% of the population has this gene according to researchers.

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