Caffeine: the unknown panacea
I had an early start to a life of caffeine. I remember when I was younger my grandpa and
I would always sit on the kitchen floor and dunk Keebler cookies into his black coffee. I can still remember the bitter sweet taste in my mouth and how much I fell in love with that taste every time I had it. And when I went to my grandma’s she used to put a little coffee in the bottom of a coffee mug and fill the rest up with milk and sugar just so I could feel like a big kid. My parents would get so mad at them for letting me have such an awful drink and were always trying to deter me from it. Has anyone ever told you that coffee would stunt your growth? That is exactly what my parents told me, too, trying to protect me …show more content…
The senior author of the new study, Dr. Gary Curhan of the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigam and Women’s Hospital in Boston, stated “In our study, individuals who had higher caffeine intake, usually in the form of coffee, had a lower risk of subsequently developing tinnitus than those with the lowest intake of caffeine.” Although this revelation does not necessarily “fix” tinnitus, it can be a factor in preventing …show more content…
Simply put, if caffeine is consumed in moderation and responsibility, insomnia and withdrawal symptoms can be avoided.
Caffeine is hardly considered an “addictive drug” when it comes down to it. It is found in many foods such as chocolate, anti-inflammatory medications like ibuprofen, and even weight loss pills. The average amount of coffee consumed by the average American is around 175 milligrams, far from what is considered safe to intake, which is 300-500 milligrams (“Everything You Need to Know”). People may experience withdrawal symptoms such as headaches when quitting caffeine, but with as many benefits as caffeine holds, the majority of people will not. If the limit of 300-500 milligrams of caffeine is not exceeded, most people will not have a problem getting to sleep at night. There are many things that can cause insomnia like, phone lights, stress, energy from lack of exercise, so to blame insomnia solely on daily caffeine consumption is hardly relevant when speaking in
I had an early start to a life of caffeine. I remember when I was younger my grandpa and
I would always sit on the kitchen floor and dunk Keebler cookies into his black coffee. I can still remember the bitter sweet taste in my mouth and how much I fell in love with that taste every time I had it. And when I went to my grandma’s she used to put a little coffee in the bottom of a coffee mug and fill the rest up with milk and sugar just so I could feel like a big kid. My parents would get so mad at them for letting me have such an awful drink and were always trying to deter me from it. Has anyone ever told you that coffee would stunt your growth? That is exactly what my parents told me, too, trying to protect me …show more content…
The senior author of the new study, Dr. Gary Curhan of the Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigam and Women’s Hospital in Boston, stated “In our study, individuals who had higher caffeine intake, usually in the form of coffee, had a lower risk of subsequently developing tinnitus than those with the lowest intake of caffeine.” Although this revelation does not necessarily “fix” tinnitus, it can be a factor in preventing …show more content…
Simply put, if caffeine is consumed in moderation and responsibility, insomnia and withdrawal symptoms can be avoided.
Caffeine is hardly considered an “addictive drug” when it comes down to it. It is found in many foods such as chocolate, anti-inflammatory medications like ibuprofen, and even weight loss pills. The average amount of coffee consumed by the average American is around 175 milligrams, far from what is considered safe to intake, which is 300-500 milligrams (“Everything You Need to Know”). People may experience withdrawal symptoms such as headaches when quitting caffeine, but with as many benefits as caffeine holds, the majority of people will not. If the limit of 300-500 milligrams of caffeine is not exceeded, most people will not have a problem getting to sleep at night. There are many things that can cause insomnia like, phone lights, stress, energy from lack of exercise, so to blame insomnia solely on daily caffeine consumption is hardly relevant when speaking in