Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant and a psychoactive drug. Although caffeine is considered a drug, a medical prescription is not required to purchase most caffeine products and the guidelines are lax. The levels of caffeine are not required on food labels and the U.S does not have official limitations for children (Deardorff 1). The neurostimulant is dangerous and has two official diagnoses in the American Psychiatric Manual of Mental Disorders, caffeine withdrawal and intoxication. Caffeine should be illegal because it is highly addictive, has few benefits, and has a negative effect on children and adults. Caffeine consumers get addicted quickly, experience withdrawal symptoms and can suffer from caffeine intoxication. Individuals
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Abramovitz lists the symptoms and how to go clean “Withdrawal symptoms can include headache, fatigue, muscle pain, insomnia, nausea, depression, irritability, vomiting, ringing in the ears, and difficulty concentrating. Gradually tapering off caffeine usage will make withdrawal less traumatic”(Abramovitz 2). In contrast Dr. Lane claims one should go cold turkey when quitting. Withdrawal symptoms present themselves about twelve hours after ingestion and climax around twenty four hours later. Symptoms usually vanish in a week, which might be preferred over cutting back over a long period of time and still going through withdrawal (Reddy …show more content…
Caffeine intoxication happens when two hundred and fifty milligrams, equal to three cups of coffee, or more of caffeine have been ingested. To be diagnosed with caffeine intoxication five out of a dozen symptoms must be present. Those symptoms are restlessness, flushed face, nervousness, insomnia, muscle twitching, irregular heartbeat and rambling flow of thought and speech (Reddy 2). Although caffeine is dangerous it has a few benefits such as it might help slow liver diseases, accelerates headache medications and might prevent Parkinson's disease. According to Coffee&Health increasing caffeine ingestion is inversely proportional to the risk of liver cancer. An addition of two cups of coffee a day lowers one's risk of developing liver cancer by forty three percent. Caffeine has also been shown to slow down liver fibrosis, hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and Hepatitis-C related liver disease (Coffee&Health
Abramovitz lists the symptoms and how to go clean “Withdrawal symptoms can include headache, fatigue, muscle pain, insomnia, nausea, depression, irritability, vomiting, ringing in the ears, and difficulty concentrating. Gradually tapering off caffeine usage will make withdrawal less traumatic”(Abramovitz 2). In contrast Dr. Lane claims one should go cold turkey when quitting. Withdrawal symptoms present themselves about twelve hours after ingestion and climax around twenty four hours later. Symptoms usually vanish in a week, which might be preferred over cutting back over a long period of time and still going through withdrawal (Reddy …show more content…
Caffeine intoxication happens when two hundred and fifty milligrams, equal to three cups of coffee, or more of caffeine have been ingested. To be diagnosed with caffeine intoxication five out of a dozen symptoms must be present. Those symptoms are restlessness, flushed face, nervousness, insomnia, muscle twitching, irregular heartbeat and rambling flow of thought and speech (Reddy 2). Although caffeine is dangerous it has a few benefits such as it might help slow liver diseases, accelerates headache medications and might prevent Parkinson's disease. According to Coffee&Health increasing caffeine ingestion is inversely proportional to the risk of liver cancer. An addition of two cups of coffee a day lowers one's risk of developing liver cancer by forty three percent. Caffeine has also been shown to slow down liver fibrosis, hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and Hepatitis-C related liver disease (Coffee&Health