As the vast majority of Americans are addicted to caffeine, studies show that the effects during post-consumption, can be positive or negative depending on the amount and frequency of caffeine intake. As the demand for caffeine has increased, the caffeine industry has increased its amount of marketing and establishments to help aid this demand. Caffeine addiction can lead to serious health detriments and physiological detriments. It is evident that the primary reason for consumption of caffeinated beverages is due to positive effects, such as alertness. The media has an abundance of marketing to continue to illustrate this main effect. The media fails to project the negative effects of excessive caffeine intake. This literature review will illustrate how excessive caffeine consumption can be detrimental to one’s life, and how problematic caffeine use derives from conditioning by the caffeine industries.
Caffeine is the single most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the United States (Einöther & Giesbrecht, 2013). According to Einöther and Giesbrecht (2013), 80% of the world’s population consumes caffeinated products every day, with coffee and tea being the primary sources. In the recent years, the demand for
The addiction phase brings withdrawal symptoms that effect one’s daily lifestyle, and thus activate the anti-reward system. The anti-reward system plays a major role in the occurrence of aversive effects in the body like jitteriness, and nausea; and responsible for the negative-reinforcement that occurs through resumed drug taking. Negative reinforcement is responsible for bringing the aversive effects that occur during withdrawal (i.e., when one intends to stop consuming the drug). This highlights the importance of the neuroadaptations that occur with prolonged drug use and can occur with during over-consumption of caffeine (Meyer & Quenzer,
In the contemporary era, caffeine has been perceived as a perfect drug that is not only cheap but also legal and easily available for users. For a population that often complains about stress, exhaustion, fatigue and insomnia, caffeine seems like an impeccable antidote. Several people ignore how this drug impacts the functioning of the brain and the body in general (Edlund, 2010). This study seeks to project a discussion that compares and contrasts two different sources of caffeine; energy drinks and coffee.in terms of
By this definition, and after knowing the effects of caffeine upon the human body, I have come to the conclusion that drinking caffeine is a sign of a lack of respect for oneself, and of an unappreciative attitude toward the life that each of us has been blessed with. Furthermore, it shows of either our inability, or unwillingness to learn to think clearly.
Many of the problems associated with early sobriety do not stem directly from psychoactive substances. Instead they are associated with physical and psychological changes that occur after the substances have left the body. When a person regularly uses psychoactive drugs, the brain undergoes physical changes to cope with the presence of drugs in the body. When the drugs are removed from the body, the brain craves the drugs that it has become accustomed to and as the brain attempts to rebalance itself without the presence of psychoactive drugs the person often experiences feelings of confusion, pain, and discomfort. The symptoms that are experienced immediately after stopping drug use are called acute withdrawal. But often the symptoms do not stop at acute withdrawal. After the body makes initial adjustments to the absence of drugs, the changes that have occurred in the brain still need time to revert back to their original state. During this period, a variety of symptoms known as Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) begin to occur. In the book Uppers, Downers, All Arounders, published by CNS Productions, authors Darryl Inaba and William Cohen define PAWS as “a group of emotional and physical symptoms that appear after major withdrawal symptoms have abated” (Inaba & Cohen, 2011).
The presence of caffeine has become popular for increasing your alertness even though it has uncertain effects on cognition, coordination, and motor abilities. Caffeine is used as a stimulate to maximize performance on a daily basis for most people even those who do not have a morning drink to kick start to their day. People usually associate caffeine with their morning coffee or tea; however, “It can be found in a large portion of what we eat and drink and is consumed daily by an estimated 80% of children and adults in the United States (Barone & Roberts, 1996)”. The study by Childs and de Wit from the University of Chicago suggests that there might be a correlation in the variety of caffeine pills that have been given to some participants in past experiments (Childs & de Wit, 2008). In those studies the participants were given a caffeine pill that also has other herbal supplements which resulted in adding confounding properties to the study. The experiments where participants were given a true caffeine pill with 100% caffeine and no addit...
Caffeine raises your blood pressure when you drink/eat it, raising your blood pressure in general is not a good thing but imagine drinking and/or eating caffeine daily, and your blood pressure constantly rising. Another negative aspect is that caffeine can have a disruptive effect on your sleep. The most obvious effect of the caffeine is that it can make it hard for you to fall asleep. It can help you stay awake during the day but can also make you stay awake during the night when you are trying to fall asleep. You can also have withdraws from caffeine, going back to the story “Java Man” the author Malcolm Gladwell considered it a drug and remember you can get addicted to drugs (you can really get addicted to anything). There are plenty more negative ways caffeine can disrupt your lifestyle but you know what they say for every negative thing you can say there can be some
Lamarine, R.J. 1994. Selected Health and Behavioral Effects Related to the Use of Caffeine. Journal of
Lola’s urge for a larger dose of the mood enhancing street drug in order to feel its effects again can be classified as the withdraw effect. The withdraw effect occurs when a certain neurotransmitter is being duplicated by the chemical substance brought into the body. Which then causes less production of the body’s natural neurotransmitters. In Lola’s case the drug she is consuming has started to take the place of the remaining necessitated neurotransmitters. Thus, as she multiplies her dosage her body’s natural neurotransmitters are being substituted by the drug’s neurotransmitters. This activity is also identified as the accumulation of the body’s tolerance.
Drugs seem to cause surges in dopamine neurotransmitters and other pleasure brain messengers. However, the brain quickly adapts and these circuits desensitize, which allows for withdrawal symptoms to occur (3). Drug addiction works on some of the same neurobiological mechanisms that aid in learning and memories (3). "This new view of dopamine as an aid to learning rather than a pleasure mediator may help explain why many addictive drugs, which unleash massive surges of the neurotransmitter in the brain, can drive continued use without producing pleasure-as when cocaine addicts continue to take hits long after the euphoric effects of the drug have worn off or when smokers smoke after cigarettes become distasteful." (4)
A study done by Puig and colleagues (2012) compared the effects of intermittent (once daily) and binge (three times a day) cocaine treatment for 1 and 14 days after the last cocaine injection on spontaneous locomotor activity and dopamine levels in the NAc in rats. The intermittent treatment led to a spontaneous increase in dopamine and in locomotor activity at the exact hour which rats were habituated to receive a cocaine injection (Puig, Noble & Benturquia, 2012). The binge treatment led to sensitization of locomotor effects of cocaine, associated to a dopamine release sensitization in the NAc (Puig, Noble & Benturquia, 2012). These results show the addictive nature of cocaine and the behavioural and sensitization effects it has on the animal, which can be related to the effects it can possibly have on humans (Puig, Noble & Benturquia,
Drug addiction is often characterized as being a complex brain disease that causes compulsive, uncontrollable, drug craving, seeking and use without any regards to the consequences they may bring upon themselves, or society. As long as the brain is exposed to these large amounts of dopamine on the reward system, it will inevitably develop a tolerance to the current dopamine levels, which it is receiving, lessening the pleasure the user will experience. In order to satisfy the brains “reward...
On average, people will consume about 300 mg of caffeine a day through mostly coffee, soda, and tea (Villanova). Caffeine is an addictive substance that is considered safe enough to be sold with few to no restrictions. People of any age can go to a convenience store or coffee shop to get their daily dose of caffeine and become addicted without realizing it. With recently updated laws on the restrictions of buying tobacco products in Oregon, questions of other possible restrictions on substances have surfaced. The question of whether or not products containing caffeine should be restricted in order to protect younger consumers is not a new issue. Many people have debated over whether or not the process would be worthwhile or necessary.
...deeb). In order to create the wakeful feeling caffeine releases hormones that increase the heart rate, when done for a long time the heart could wear itself out. In long term use a teenager using caffeine is guaranteeing themselves poor health.
Most do not know specific harmful effects, but they know enough common knowledge to know that too much caffeine is a bad thing. Evan* said that he “tries to limit himself to two cups of coffee a day. One busier days, (he) allows (himself) to have three cups, but (he) drink(s) water for the majority of the day.” When asked why he does not avoid caffeine altogether he says “I want to make my time at UNC count. I have spent so much money on tuition and textbooks and everything else in between that I feel like it would be a waste of my money if I didn’t do everything in my power to get the best grades possible. If I can get good grades by drinking a bunch of coffee, then so be
Caffeinated beverages have become a common part of daily life for the younger population; according to Aepli, Kurth, Tesler, Jenni, and Huber (2015), it is currently the most commonly used and abused psychoactive drug consumed globally. In fact, it is said that overuse of caffeine could be gateway to drug addiction in the future to stimulants like cocaine (Benko, Farias, A., Farias, L., Pereira, Louzada, & Cordeiro, 2011). There is no room for caffeinated beverages in any persons diet, especially children and adolescents. There is no nutritional value in these products, yet everyone is consuming them, especially the younger generations (Owens, Mindell, & Baylor, 2014). Research by Schnieder & Benjamin (2011) suggests that the recommended
Coffee is the first thing that people associate with instant energy on a groggy morning. “In the U.S., coffee is king of beverages” (Reinke) Research has been done that has named coffee as an addiction to the people who consume large quantities of it. Coffee was named the top source of antioxidants. This is partly because of the amount consumed each day. Some of the antioxidants that coffee has are quinines and chlorogenic acid. It also contains trigonelline, an antibacterial compound. This is where coffee acquires its delicious aroma. Now let’s step back for a minute and just think about how much caffeine people consume. In an 8oz cup of coffee it has about 85 milligrams of caffeine. This is about double the amount that tea contains. Studies have shown that caffeine stimulates the brain and nervous system. This is where you get that energized feeling. After about the third cup, knees start to bounce, pens are clicking and people start running laps around the office. Caffeine can become addicting if you drink too much. Coffee can become that addictive habit people are unable to shake.