Caffeine: Good And Bad News

The Good:

In the right amounts: caffeine stimulates the central nervous system; it causes adrenaline to be released; enhances heart function; it increases the body’s metabolic rate that helps burn more calories. Which also helps with intellect; temporarily increases mental clarity, defends the body as well as your muscular coordination for activities such as typing and can even enhance sex.


Caffeine can open up air passages and help increase respiration rates, which can help some individuals who are dealing with breathing problems.

For low blood pressure: caffeine can be a simple way to give it a modest boost. Overall, a dosage of 50 to 100mg of caffeine can have a stimulating effect on your system and increase your daily functions in life.

The Bad and Ugly:

Caffeine, if taken excessively, thus, a stuff that causes coffee so addictive; when you first started taking it, you receive a jolt then you will gradually need to increase your dose to receive the same nudge. Tiredness introduced by caffeine withdrawal can be fixed by additional caffeine intake, which is very much proven in studies.

Studies have shown that so-called pick-me-up effect is often actually managing of withdrawal effects springing from addiction to caffeine. When you are tired and reaching for your caffeine fix, are you giving yourself energy, or are you managing the withdrawal effect?

A Body Out of Balance is not so good, ugly. The body’s own mechanism doesn’t work as they are intended to do when caffeine is used in excess. Our hormone levels go out of clout that leads to symptoms such as: excess nervousness, irritability, insomnia, dizziness, extreme fatigue, headaches, heartburn, anxiety, hypertension, and palpitations. It’s enough to make you dizzy.

Not the whole story.

One of the issues:
The presence of tannic acid is a mild gastrointestinal irritant, which is found in many caffeinated beverages. Getting too much of this will hinder the proper absorption of nutrients and minerals that the body needs for proper functioning. If this occurs, it is most likely will not be replaced with normal nutritional intake.

Caffeinated Beverages:
Sugar is another stimulant that can be found in caffeinated beverages. Excessive intake of sugar can over stimulate the adrenal glands and constant usage of this can weaken them.

Fatigue sets in when adrenal glands do not function well. Sugar and caffeine will be little help to increase your body energy.

How Much Is Too Much?
Below is list of beverages with caffeine contents:

Coca Cola Classic — 34.5mg (12-ounce can)
Diet Pepsi — 36mg (12-ounce can)
Pepsi — 37.5mg (12-ounce can)
Diet Coke — 46.5mg (12-ounce can)
Mountain Dew — 54mg (12-ounce can)
Diet Pepsi Max — 69mg (12-ounce can)
Instant Coffee — 40-105mg (150ml cup)
Filtered Coffee — 110-150mg (150ml cup)
Tea — 20-100mg (150ml cup)
Starbucks Coffee, Grande — 500mg (16-ounce cup)
Chocolate Cake — 20-30mg (one slice)
Caffeine Pill — 50-200mg (read label to determine exact dose)

Add up your daily intake of these beverages to determine how much caffeine you're getting.

Level intake Caffeine
High 500 mg daily
Medium between 250 and 500 mg
Low below 250 mg

Above are lists of beverages and foods, along with the amount of caffeine in each serving, it will help you determine the category you fall into.

Don’t be relief yet even when your total level is below 500mg. The negative effects mentioned above can occur with as little as 100 mg caffeine intake daily. Individually, everyone reacts differently, so if you think that you might have excessive caffeine consumption issues, you might want to decrease your caffeine intake.

It is best to work with a health care professional to manage withdrawal effects such as headaches, nausea, sweating, attention problems and drowsiness, before you suffer the side effects of caffeine withdrawals. Another resolution for this is to find one of the many books that can help you in the detoxification process.

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