Can Coffee Get You High, or Is the Real Risk Something Else?

A 20-year-old man in Shandong was diagnosed with chylous blood after long replacing water with milk tea, cola and iced black tea. His blood sample separated into dark red below and a milky white layer above, a sign of extremely high blood fat. The case does not point to coffee getting anyone high.

Doctors said milk tea contains 160 to 230 kcal per 100 milliliters. Drinking it instead of water kept the man's body from metabolizing the high-calorie, high-sugar load, raising blood lipids and thickening the blood. The warning applies to heavy sugary drink habits, not to whether coffee can get you high.

Recently, a 20-year-old young man in Shandong who had long replaced plain water with drinks such as milk tea and cola to quench his thirst had his blood sample unexpectedly appear milky white and layered, and was diagnosed with chylous blood. Doctors pointed out that milk tea is a high-calorie beverage, and long-term excessive intake can lead to elevated blood lipids, increased blood viscosity, and even trigger blood vessel blockage and cardiovascular disease. Worryingly, similar cases are not isolated among young people, and reports of young people suffering health crises due to their addiction to milk tea keep appearing on social platforms. This sounds a warning bell for all milk tea lovers: it is urgent to reasonably control the intake of high-sugar and high-fat drinks and cultivate healthy eating and exercise habits.

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Recently, media outlets including Hebei News reported that the blood sample of a 20-year-old young man in Shandong showed a peculiar "milk"-like state, attracting netizens' attention and heated discussion.

It is understood that this young man with "milky blood" had long not drunk water, and whenever he was thirsty he chose various drinks such as milk tea, cola, and iced black tea. Under the influence of such a lifestyle, the young man's blood differed from that of ordinary healthy people, and the sample showed a layered effect, with the lower part dark red and the upper part a turbid, milky white liquid, just like milk.

Doctors interviewed explained that the professional term for "milky blood" is chylous blood, referring to plasma that is milky white or turbid. If a person's blood sample looks like milk, it means that the person's blood contains a large amount of chylomicrons; in plain terms, the fat content in the blood is too high.

This condition is naturally inseparable from the young man's long-term consumption of milk tea. Doctors said that milk tea contains 160-230 kcal per 100 milliliters, making it a high-calorie food. The lifestyle of长期 using milk tea instead of water to quench thirst prevented the young man's body from normally metabolizing these high-calorie, high-sugar substances, causing blood lipids to continuously rise, thus resulting in chylous blood.

He said that chylous blood not only affects the normal flow of blood, but may also lead to cardiovascular diseases such as blood vessel blockage and arteriosclerosis, and in severe cases can even threaten life safety.

At present, milk tea drinks are deeply loved by young consumers because of their rich mouthfeel, diverse flavors, and inherent trendy attributes. According to Red Star News, in the past 2023, domestic consumers consumed more than 21.31 billion cups of freshly made tea, equivalent to an average of 676 cups of milk tea drunk every second. This astonishing number undoubtedly illustrates the current booming development of the tea beverage industry and the popularity of freshly made milk tea.

But at the same time, peculiar chylous blood has gradually appeared in young people who keep milk tea in hand at all times. Looking across various social platforms, reports abound of young men and women in their teens and twenties developing milky white chylous blood due to long-term milk tea drinking and replacing water with beverages. Some even suffer conditions such as acute hyperlipidemic pancreatitis and need emergency massive blood exchange at the hospital to save their lives.

These vivid cases all remind milk tea lovers that they should pay attention to their dietary health and reasonably control the intake of high-calorie, high-fat, and high-sugar foods such as milk tea drinks, and not let milk tea fill their blood vessels.

In addition, doctors suggest that in daily life one can eat more foods rich in dietary fiber, such as vegetables, fruits, and whole grains, which help lower blood lipids and maintain cardiovascular health. At the same time, one should also maintain moderate exercise, which can consume excess calories in the body, enhance immunity, and maintain good health.

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