Every morning when we wake up most of us can’t function till we have had that first blissful cup of coffee. After that quick pick me up most of us feel like we are an unstoppable force that can conquer the world with just the tap of a finger. We all know the eventual outcome that will bring us back to that groggy feeling we felt in the morning, the crash, after feeling like you were on top of the world to now feeling like you went twelve rounds with Mike Tyson in the nineties. We can thank the one ingredient we all drink coffee for and it caffeine, the drug we all know and are most likely addicted to. Due to this factor this makes me think, is this really the most viable solution to help wake us up in the mornings, or what kind of effect does
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The safety of caffeine has been studied for years with all signs with even the FDA saying that it was safe for people of all ages (Heckman, 2010). In fact, moderate caffeine use has been shown to help fight against the DNA damage from the suns UV rays and potentially could be seen as a dietary supplement before long (Hakim and others 2000, Ballard and others 2006). The only times caffeine has been harmful to the human body is when taken in large doses which are usually in the form of medication or high concentration supplement. So, it seems that caffeine seems to be a safe drug that may even benefit the user’s …show more content…
The one down side to this crash many experience after the effects of caffeine have taken place, and that is due to the fact that caffeine accelerates energy production. Since caffeine helps the body produce compounds like adrenaline this allows sugars to flood the body and help cells produce more ATP which allows for muscles to work more and for the heart to pump blood faster to other extremities. When the crash comes in is when the effect of caffeine wears off and your body now needs to rest after being at such high production levels. This can cause a huge stress on the body, especially on organs like the heart. The heart isn’t supposed to be in conditions as such so when the constant use comes into play it can cause things like heart palpitations. Now with beverages that have higher concentrations of caffeine in them prolonged use could cause even more serious side-affects that could land you in the
The safety of caffeine has been studied for years with all signs with even the FDA saying that it was safe for people of all ages (Heckman, 2010). In fact, moderate caffeine use has been shown to help fight against the DNA damage from the suns UV rays and potentially could be seen as a dietary supplement before long (Hakim and others 2000, Ballard and others 2006). The only times caffeine has been harmful to the human body is when taken in large doses which are usually in the form of medication or high concentration supplement. So, it seems that caffeine seems to be a safe drug that may even benefit the user’s …show more content…
The one down side to this crash many experience after the effects of caffeine have taken place, and that is due to the fact that caffeine accelerates energy production. Since caffeine helps the body produce compounds like adrenaline this allows sugars to flood the body and help cells produce more ATP which allows for muscles to work more and for the heart to pump blood faster to other extremities. When the crash comes in is when the effect of caffeine wears off and your body now needs to rest after being at such high production levels. This can cause a huge stress on the body, especially on organs like the heart. The heart isn’t supposed to be in conditions as such so when the constant use comes into play it can cause things like heart palpitations. Now with beverages that have higher concentrations of caffeine in them prolonged use could cause even more serious side-affects that could land you in the