Caffeine is a drug for obvious reasons. Tigercat explained this in the best way.
My parents, my friends. Most can't stay a day without coffee/tea, and well my Dad needs 6 cups of tea atleast in a day so that he doesn't end up getting headaches and becomes lazy. I never liked coffee. NEVER. I was introduced to it when I was 10, I am 15 now and I just have never liked coffee. I hated drinking milk in the start anyway. Now I don't mind drinking milk as I know it was just my immaturity that I wanted to disobey my parents, I actually love milk. So I knew there were some problems relating to it but this topic really like made it just all the more stronger.
All I've ever known is that it IS really addictive. Now I know that those "weird behaviors" were just withdrawal symptoms. I'm an insomniac, and I love it this way, I don't mind the dark circles either. Caffeine is of no use to me actually. But some of my friends really need to see this topic.
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I take a biology class where we learn about mutations, and cows were domesticated, only babies could drink milk, and the adults couldn't. Thats because everyone was lactose intolerant, but some people had mutations where they could, and this mutation spread, and eventually most of us could drink milk our whole lives. And this is why some africans and Asians cant drink milk, they are still lactose intolerant(According to my biology teacher).
Lactose intolerance isn't something which is really concentrated in just one area. Some people are intolerant to lactose and it's the same all around the world. It doesn't limit to Africans or Asians, I know couple of people from countries like Germany, USA and Norway who are lactose intolerant too. I am not and I am an Asian (Well, Indian. I don't look Chinese/Japanese or whatever.).
Up to 90% of adult Americans consume caffeine every day. Most commonly, the caffeine is in coffee, tea, soft drinks, and chocolate. This adds up to about 280 mg of caffeine per day, or the equivalent of about two cups of coffee. People who consume caffeine on a regular basis report that they experience a variety of unpleasant symptoms when this popular stimulant is withdrawn, similar to the symptoms felt with the withdrawal of other addictive substances.
Doctors at Johns Hopkins University have confirmed that true caffeine addiction can occur even when small amounts (corresponding to about one cup of coffee per day) of caffeine are consumed. In a review of 170 years of caffeine research, the Hopkins team examined 57 separate studies and found that the features of caffeine withdrawal can vary from mild mood changes to systemic, flu-like symptoms. The major types of caffeine withdrawal reactions were identified as:
headache, fatigue or drowsiness depressed, irritable mood difficulty concentrating flu-like symptoms of nausea and/or vomiting muscle pain or stiffness The withdrawal symptoms typically began 12 to 24 hours after the last dose of caffeine, became most severe after one to two days, and lasted for two to nine days.
If you want to cut down on caffeine, experts advise doing so slowly. Decrease your consumption gradually over a period of days (or weeks, if you're a heavy consumer) to avoid being plagued by withdrawal symptoms.
i've been drinking coffee since i was a kid when my dad would let me have a bit at dinner or whatever. now as an adult, i CANNOT live without it. i tried for 2 days to quit cold turkey and i swear i thought i was going to die. i went to class and my vision was all blurry and my head was pounding worse than a migrane. i typically drink 1\2 pot in the morning=3 cups, then a drink or red bull at school, then some after dinner and if i have to stay up i'll have a few more cups. thank goodness my roommate works at starbucks and i get a free pound every week. i've tried lately alternative methods to stop like drinking ice-tea or hot tea or just light enery drinks and it has worked with great success but i always end up right back to my daily habits. i'm not sure if it is REALLY harming my body as much as they say but i should pull back at least a little.
As many of you may have heard, caffeine can be considered a drug to some. What are your opinions on this subject?
Obviously, like any drug, caffeine can affect some, while others can be unaffected. For example, I drink soda, usually two cans a day. Now, I have gone sometimes a week or two without soda though, clearly stating it has no control over me, but I have heard it can affect others in strange ways. For some caffeine consumers, if they go too long with it, they will get headaches, nausea, etc. But I rarely see this is people. This is most people's defense when it comes to saying caffeine is a drug, but I feel not enough people are actually affected this way for it to be considered a drug.
On the other hand, what is a drug? I found this on Wikipedia.org: I also found this under caffeine: but you already knew that, right? For anyone who doesn't know what a stimulant is, it's a drug that temporarily increase alertness and wakefulness.
So, caffeine is a drug, no matter how you see it, when you get down to the bare facts, right? Or did I read something wrong. Before I was bored enough to research and post about this, I thought it wasn't a drug Feel free to comment, but please, no flaming.
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I wouldn't really consider caffeine as a drug, but it is pretty addictive, but unlike drugs, caffeine does not really have so much of a negative effect on your body.
I love my coffee. i couldn't live without it. Just got a nice bag back from the philippines off a mate. My favourite instant is Alta Rica. I drink it all the time. Right now in fact
I definitely go through phases of caffeine addiction. When I am smack in the middle of my university's quarter, with 2 jobs, I am the extreme caffeine fiend, but during the summer months or when I have breaks, I don't need any at all. I work as a waitress through, and often times I need that energy boost before dealing with customers and running around the restaurant. It is a little scary how dependent I begin to get as I drink more and more coffee. When I'm not in the daily coffee phase, I can manage to serve tables without any even when its a longer shift, but as my dependency increases I have to buy a red bull from the bar or I just won't make it. As I drink more coffee, I can manage to fall asleep even when I just had a ton of caffeine moments before, but when I am off it I can barely fall asleep if I have any.
Btw, caffeine does have negative effects and when your body is out of whack the best cure is to stop caffeine intake. It can actually lead to psychological issues like many harder drugs so heavy coffee drinkers should consider cutting back.
Although I remind myself this all the time, coffee is just too hard to say no to.
Just a side note: A co-worker of mine got a stomach ulcer from drinking too many energy drinks, so really be careful with those. It may be a new phenomenon lately, but just remember that it is a very high dosage of caffeine, and our bodies are not built for that. ^ really sounds like I am talking about drugs
Since i was little my mom spoiled me and gave me coffee at a really really early age. At first it was a weird taste and i did not really like it at all but for some reason i kept drinking it every morning. Some can say i did this because i was "addicted" but maybe i just liked the fact that i was drinking a drink i should not be drinking at all. So somehow i was a bit of a grown up. I drink soda's all the time. I went through a weird phase though when i started to drink just water but that was basically because i had no soda in reach. Now i have a new addiction which is starbucks. mmm frap anyone? i still drink soda all the time do not get me wrong i love stripes 64 oz fountain drink for 99cents i get it as often as i can in drink it in the course of a couple hours. I also notice that when i dont drink caffeine a can be really rude and i get headaches. The thing i hate most is that i snap at people i do not mean to. and then i end of feeling guilty of having someone mad at me and it makes me sad and i drink more caffeine i do not know if you can say i am addicted to it but i guess that can be a reason for my moodiness.
That's pretty bad man. I'd hate to be that dependent on caffeine. I myself drink coffee now and then. However, I try very hard to keep my doses small and far between. I do enjoy sitting down for some coffee, or chugging an energy drink with the bros, but I am happy to say I am in no way dependent.
This was not always the case, however. Formerly, I drank soda and coffee rather frequently, but this was not my routine, it was merely a lapse in my regiment. I often think, "I'll do great if I just drink some coffee", but I think back on how it alters my lifestyle and overall character, and I abstain.
Still, coffee is delicious. I do enjoy an occasional frap now and then. Well, as much as my wallet or my conscience allow.
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