Effects Of Caffeine On The Future

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.

Besides the obvious and immediate effects of drinks containing high amounts of caffeine there are a few long-term benefits worth mentioning. Depression is a horrible condition that slowly eats away at a person until there is nothing left of them. Coffee has been shown to fight depression ("Does Caffeine Reduce the Risk of Depression?). By drinking a few cups of coffee or one can of an energy drink chances of depression

Central Idea: Caffeine can be found in many places and comes in many forms. It can major effects on our body and we can experience major withdrawal symptoms.

- The high long-term consumption of caffeine is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

It might make you feel better and more alert, but it can also raise your heart rate and blood pressure, cause increased urination or diarrhea, and contribute to insomnia and anxiety. Plus, the foods and beverages caffeine is found in have their own impacts on your body that have to be taken into account.

Druggists have classified caffeine as a stimulant, that can give energize people. Caffeine is also psychoactive, which means that it affects your central nervous system. Caffeine can have some unwanted side effects such as: blood vessels getting smaller which makes it harder to pump blood throughout the body. Many people have medical conditions that can be made worse if they are consuming caffeine. Caffeine has been thought to cause certain types of cancer, thought it haven’t been proven. But the most serious cancer link to caffeine came from one study reported in 1981 that showed people who consumed caffeine had an increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Being psychoactive drug caffeine can alter a person’s mood and change their behavior. Caffeine can affect the reproductive and nervous system of men as well as woman. Studies have shown that drinking caffeine can highly increases heart rate and levels of cholesterol.

Ann Pietrangelo of Healthline.com lists these organs as the digestive and excretory system, circulatory and respiratory systems, skeletal and muscular systems, and the reproductive system. In the digestive and excretory systems, caffeine increases the acid in your stomach causing heartburn or upset stomach. Since it’s a diuretic, it tells your body to get rid of water. Nausea and vomiting can be triggered from caffeine withdraw. Caffeine overdose can cause excessive thirst, diarrhea, and increased urination. The circulatory and respiratory system can make your blood pressure go up. People with irregular heart rhythms, the caffeine can make the heart work harder than normal. Large amounts of caffeine consumption can interfere with absorption and metabolism of calcium. This can lead to osteoporosis. With the reproductive system, Pietrangelo points out that caffeine travels within the bloodstream and will cross into the placenta. This can cause a baby’s heart rate and metabolism to increase. Caffeine in large amounts can slow fetal growth and increase the risk of miscarriages. Painful lumps in the breast (fibrocystic disease) can also be a symptom of caffeine. Along with all the adverse side effects of caffeine, there are some health benefits when it’s taken in

2. Diabetes, Researchers at Duke University Medical Center found that consumption of caffeine raised the average daily sugar levels by 8 per cent.

Stress causes the body to keep fat stored in the abdominal section because it slows down the amount of calories your body burns. High levels of cortisol can be really dangerous on the body especially in younger people. A person that drinks large amounts of caffeine may feel like there brain is foggy at times. This is due to the caffeine causing the blood flow to the brain to reduce, which can lead to short term memory loss around 30 minutes. The lack of blood flow is what triggers the headaches (Mohlman). Caffeine causes insomnia, in high doses could make a person have irregular heartbeat. It is high in sugar, which is very bad for someone’s body which can then lead to high blood pressure. It may cause a high alertness then a sudden crash making you feel worse physically. Caffeine can worsen anxiety, causing bone weaking, may even make glaucome worsen. It can result in depression, because it increase the bodys dopamine levels. Caffeine causes inflammation in the stomach which can lead to ulcers. Female infertility, which results in tubal disease, also osteoporosis, caused by the increase in urinary which disposes calcium. It gives people withdrawl sysmtoms such as headache, tiredness, nausea, possiably vomiting (Caffeine). There is many negitive effect it has on the body.

One of the reasons why I think we should replace unhealthy drinks is, because caffeine is dangerous to your body. Caffeine is risky when you drink too much for a long period of time. Caffeine can cause insomnia, which can affect the students sleep cycle and cause the student to be sleepy during the school day. Not only does caffeine cause insomnia, caffeine can also cause high blood pressure and an irregular heartbeat. These are only the minor effects. There are major effects, such as cardiac arrest,stomach ulcers, coma, and even death.

Drinking caffeine in the morning to start off the day might seem like the right thing to do in the morning but is it really harmful? Caffeine can be really addictive and may even cause death if used way that not meant for your body. About 85 percent of the U.S. population that’s an adult drinks about three cups of coffee a day and that’s not even counting soda or energy drinks. Caffeine has been around for more than a thousand years and we still don’t understand everything about what it does for us. There are people who will argue if caffeine is an actual addiction or if it’s even healthy till this day. With all the information gather over the last one thousand years there is more evidence that caffeine is doing more harm than good.

The positives for having caffeine include helping people who deal with migraines, stimulating the brain, and enhances learning and memory. According to the textbook, caffeine is used in pills and even drinking caffeine relieves migraine headaches. This is beneficial for people who suffer from chronic migraine headaches, allowing a student to drink one caffeinated drink a soda instead of going to the nurse’s office to take a pill will decrease the number of students leaving and missing the lessons. Caffeine stimulates the brain by improving everyday tasks, and enhance performances better with caffeine

Some long term effects of caffeine that may appear if a person consume caffeine from moderate to heavy level: osteoporosis, hypertension, heartburn, ulcers, severe insomnia, anxiety, depression or infertility.

Heart Disease: A lot of studies have been done on the relationship between caffeine and heart disease. While scientists don't believe it is a primary cause of these diseases, it can make all of them worse. Caffeine raises blood pressure, causes angina attacks and can cause difficulties in those who have murmurs.

Thesis Statement: Caffeine is something that almost everyone has consumed and some people are even addicted to, it has negative and positive effects on one’s health.