Caffeine is bad for you. What is caffeine? Caffeine is a compound present in over sixty plants, including coffee beans, tea leaves, cacao pods and kola nuts. Around, 90% of people use caffeine in their food or drinks. Most American’s drink it in the form of coffee. Some may drink it in the form of carbonated soft drinks, tea, or energy drinks. Most caffeine consumption is done by drinking coffee which is made with ground up coffee beans. How much coffee do we drink? According, to the Huffington Post. “Americans consume 400 million cups of coffee per day, equivalent to 146 billion cups of coffee per year, making the United States the leading consumer of coffee in the world.” That is only coffee. What about other products? Well according …show more content…
The origination of caffeine is discussed in an article “Caffeine and You” at WordPress.com it states that “caffeine was first extracted from cocoa beans into its purest form, a white powder, in the 1820s by a German Scientist named Friedrich Ferdinand Runge. Today caffeine is easily extracted and used to make a variety of products that are consumed on a daily basis”. It also goes on to state that “each country has its own story and source of caffeine. One of the most eccentric caffeine findings was in Ethiopia. The folk stories passed between generations, says that a farmer, who had recently moved his goats to a new pasture found them to be restless, and antsy. For the next few days, he watched them and noted that they were grazing on small berries. These berries were later dried and called “coffee …show more content…
What does it do to your body? Some of the risk factors can include an early death, high blood pressure, increased risk of heart attacks, gout, insomnia, indigestion, bipolar disorder, diabetes, diarrhea, headaches, weak bones, worsening of anxiety, worsening of depression. Caffeine is a very addictive drug. Most people consume caffeine, whether in a beverage or food without even being aware that they are consuming caffeine. Caffeine is in so many products including food products so it is difficult to keep track of your caffeine consumption. Products containing chocolate like protein bars, candy bars, ice creams, cookies, and cereals all may contain caffeine from the chocolate content. Most parents are unaware of caffeine in their child’s morning cereal, ice cream or candy bar treat, or that morning protein bar they throw in their child’s backpack. Beverages such as soda, hot chocolate, and energy drinks also contain caffeine. Most energy drinks contain more caffeine than
This article discusses the affects caffeine has on several aspects of human health. These included toxicity, cardiovascular effects (arrhythmia, heart rate, cholesterol and BP), bone/calcium balance, behavior, and reproductive and developmental effects. It also discussing the affect caffeine intake has on children and reproductive-aged women.
Caffeine is found in many plant species, where it acts as a natural pesticide. It is found most commonly in cocoa, tea and coffee, but is also artificially added to some soft drinks such as cola to act as a flavour enhancer. When consumed by humans, caffeine works as a stimulant causing amounts of released neurotransmitters to be increased. High use of caffeine has been related with raised blood pressure, restlessness, insomnia and anxiety which, in the long term, can lead to heart and circulation problems.
Caffeine is a natural product that is extracted from the raw fruit of coffee plants over sixty creased alertness. Caffeine gives most people a temporary energy boost and elevates mood..species to be exact. kola nuts, cocoa, yerba maté, guarana berries, coffee beans and teas contain this. Caffeine is rapidly absorbed in about 30 to 60 minutes in our bodies after ingestion. Caffeine is defined as a drug because it stimulates the central nervous system, causing increased alertness. Caffeine gives most people a temporary energy boost and elevates mood.caffeine can also be in things like over the counter medications, and pain relievers.
About 9 million metric tons of caffeine are consumed around the world every year. That’s equal to the weight of 1243 Eiffel towers. Most of this caffeine is consumed in coffee and tea, but it’s also ingested in some sodas, chocolate, caffeine pills, and even beverages labeled “decaf.” Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, happy, and energetic, even if we haven’t had enough sleep, but it can also raise our blood pressure and make us feel anxious. It’s the world’s most widely used drug…so how does it keep us awake?
Caffeine is a drug that is naturally produced in the leaves and seeds of many plants. It's also produced artificially and added to certain foods. Caffeine is defined as a drug because it stimulates the central nervous system, causing increased alertness. Caffeine gives most people a temporary energy boost and elevates mood.
Many people start their day with a cup of coffee. According to John Hopkins, “Around 90 percent of Americans consume caffeine every single day in one form or another”. It seems if we need a wakeup call to our morning, many of us grab caffeine to give us that extra boost of energy. How much caffeine is ok for the average person each day? The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee from Healthgov.com recommend 3-5 eight ounce cups of coffee per day or up to 400 milligrams per day of caffeine for the average healthy consumer. Caffeine is a CNS stimulant drug known as trimethylamine. Caffeine is naturally found in chocolate, coffee, cocoa beans, kola nuts, and tea. It is also added to drinks such as soda and
1. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary caffeine is defined as a bitter alkaloid C8H10N4O2 (not that any of you care) found especially in coffee, tea, cacao, and kola nuts and used medicinally as a stimulant and diuretic
Caffeine has become an integral part of most Americans lives, making it “America's most popular drug by far” (Brian). Most of the country will enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning or a few sodas during the day. Although most of the world’s population consumes caffeine in either coffee, tea, chocolate, energy drinks or sodas, the majority of those people are undereducated about the drug. There are many drawbacks to the drug, but also many benefits.
Caffeine is a good source of energy. People drink caffeine such as coffee and energy drinks to help them stay awake and get throughout their day. Caffeine is a naturally occurring chemical stimulant called Trimethylxanthine. The chemical formula for caffeine is C8H10N402. There are many different types of caffeine. It is used in many different ways and is in the food and drinks we digest today.
Many of us find ourselves drinking a freshly brewed cup of coffee, an ice cold soft drink, a hot cup of tea, or an energy drink whether it be in the morning, afternoon, or in the night but one thing is that they all share a common ingredient: Caffeine
Ever since I can remember I have been addicted to caffeine. It started out with drinking diet coke which was my mother’s drink of choice, and then slowly as time went on it turned into Coca-Cola. I have experienced the harsh withdrawals that come with caffeine like the headaches, irritability, and those lovely morning shakes telling me that I need caffeine. The headaches and the shakes finally got so bad to the point where I needed coke in the morning just to function. At that point I realized that caffeine was probably not very good for me. After learning in my Chemistry 130 class that caffeine was classified under heterocyclic amines and was an alkaloid, the same classification that heroin is under, I finally took it upon myself to really get serious and give up caffeine. What I really was interested in however was how does caffeine affect the human body? Do the positive uses of caffeine outweigh the negatives or is caffeine something we shouldn’t be allowing into our bodies? To determine the answers to these questions we need to first familiarize ourselves with what caffeine is and then compare the positives and negatives of caffeine in order to draw a conclusion. So, what exactly is caffeine, where does it come from, where can we find it and how much should we be consuming?
Caffeine is surrounding us these days, and it is in our everyday lives. We see kids with energy drinks and candy bars, and adults with their daily cup of coffee in their hand. “The US Food and Drug
Caffeine was found and cultivated back in the stone ages by various people by chewing on seeds or leaves, which led to extracting cocoa beans (which in turn are actually coffee beans). Once word of their caffeinated properties was made known, they then transformed the beans into a pure caffeine powder by German scientist, Friedrich Ferdinand Runge. Caffeine is today’s most popularly used stimulant for performance enhancement (Teta, 2012).
Many of us find ourselves drinking a freshly brewed cup of coffee, an ice-cold soft drink, a hot cup of tea, or an energy drink whether it be in the morning, afternoon, or in the night but one thing is that they all share a common ingredient: Caffeine
Caffeine has many negative effects on humans, such as increased heart rate (Lane, J.D., 2002), depression (Goldstein, 2008), and addiction to this “drug.” You may be asking yourself, “What is caffeine?” Well, caffeine is actually a stimulant (Barone, Roberts, 2008) that is found in beverages such as tea, coffee, and soft drinks. In fact, caffeine is the highest grossing and most used stimulant in the United States (Barone, Roberts, 2008). It is estimated that 85% of adults living in the United States consume caffeine on a daily basis (Barone, Roberts, 2008). That means for every 100 adults, 85 of them have had a drink that contained caffeine on any given day. One reason caffeine is so widely available compared to other stimulants is