Caffeine - I Bet You Didn't Know This! Health and Nutrition!

By Nick A. James


What exactly is caffeine? It     drinking the amount of 300 mg.
is a colorless, somewhat         The amount that causes these  
bitter substance that is found   side effects vary from        
in coffee, tea, chocolate and    individual to individual,     
cola. It is also in many over    however, children seem to have
- the-counter medicines and in   a lower tolerance of it       
many diet/weight loss            because of their lower body   
supplements. It is a stimulant   weight. The Food and Drug     
and it is considered a           Administration advises        
psychoactive drug. It is the     pregnant women to avoid it    
most widely consumed drug in     altogether. The FDA does list
this country. Drugmakers are     it as a safe food additive,   
required by law to list the      even though pregnant women    
amount of caffeine in their      should avoid it. For those    
product, however, food and       that take it regularly every  
beverage companies do not have   day, going without it a day   
to. The caffeine that is         can cause withdrawal symptoms
taken out of coffee beans to     such as, headaches,           
produce decaffeinated coffee     irritability, a lack of energy
is then sold to drug companies   and of course, sleepiness.    
and soft drink                   These withdrawal symptoms are
manufacturers.                   short lived though.           
                                                               
It can be a welcome waker-       The following is a chart and  
upper in the morning taken in    the amount of caffeine in     
that morning cup of coffee. It   products you use and consume  
also helps give some a boost     daily.                        
to stay awake late in the day.                                 
However, the boost isn't         6 ounce cup of coffee - 64mg  
necessarily instant as it        to 150mg                      
takes about an hour for the                                    
effects of caffeine to make      5 ounce cup of tea- 40mg      
it's way through the                                           
bloodstream and into the         12 ounce can of cola- 40mg    
system. It has benefits and it                                 
has side effects. It helps       hot cocoa - 1 cup 4mg         
keep us alert. It stimulates                                   
the central nervous system.      6 ounce chocolate bar 25mg    
Some say it improves physical                                  
and mental performance. It has   2 Excedrin tablets 130mg      
diuretic activity. Some                                        
studies list is as a mood        Besides weight loss products  
elevator, and a pain reliever.   and stay awake products and   
Because of the increased         energy drinks, caffeine is    
alertness levels of those who    being tested for pesticide use
consume caffeine, there has      and it has been laced in      
been improved performance in     women's panty hose for it's   
activities such as test-         constrictive effects that are
taking, driving, flying and      supposed to shrink thighs.    
problem solving.                 Love it or hate it, caffeine  
                                 is and always has been a big  
There are side effects of        part of American culture and  
caffeine though. Those are       probably is here to stay.     
insomnia, nervousness,                                         
increased tension and anxiety-                                 
panic attacks, just from                                       

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