Calamity In a Cup - Effects of Caffeine

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Calamity In a Cup - Effects of Caffeine JoAnn Guest Jul 16, 2003 13:36 PDT

This article is from " Abundant Living "

Overcoming Candida By Ginny Rawls

 

Calamity In A Cup - The effects of caffeine

 

People consuming as little as 100mg (1 cup) of caffeine a day had

withdrawal symptoms. New England Journal of Medicine

 

Two cups of coffee may raise blood pressure to levels equal to one

cigarette, but it keeps it there for 1 - 2 hours, vs. just 15 minutes

for smoking. (American Journal of Medicine)

 

Caffeine can increase the heart rate, may cause frequent irregular

beats, can raise blood cholesterol, may accelerate blood clotting

leading to a heart attack.

 

2 - 3 cups raises blood pressure for 3 hours. (American Journal of

Hypertension)

 

According to researcher Dr. Gail Bernstein, 77% of children over 6

months old ingest caffeine regularly. Journal of Child/Adol

Psychology March 1994

 

A cup of coffee reduces iron absorption by 39%, and a cup of tea will

reduce it by 64%.

 

Drip coffee will lower iron absorption by 72%,

while doubling coffee's strength will reduce it by 91% American

Journal of Clinical Nutrition

 

In 1980 the Food and Drug Administration removed caffeine from the

Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) list.

 

Caffeine stimulates the brain cortex, and can cause poor balance,

racing heart, insomnia, racing and disconnected thoughts, poor

memory, fatigue, restless leg syndrome, hand tremors, anxiety, and

dread, hostility, sleep disturbances, headaches, hyperexcitability,

irritability, agitation, anxiety & dehydration.

 

Caffeine triples the risk of pancreatic cancer (3C/day)1, doubles

fatal bladder cancer risk (2C/day)2, raises colon cancer risk by 250%

(2C/day)3, raises risk of fibrocystic disease (3C/day) 4, increases

breast cancer risk (3C/day)4, Increases ovarian cancer risk (2C/day)

5, Doubles female bladder cancer risk (1/Cday) 6.

 

1. New England Journal of Medicine

 

2. American Journal of Public Health

 

3. Family Practice News

 

4. Surgery 86: 104 - 109 5.International Journal of Cancer

 

6. Medical World

 

Each 10 mg. of caffeine consumed causes a 1 mg calcium loss in the

bones. This effects children as well as adults.

 

One study showed that calcium loss actually doubled in 133 of 135

subjects who used

caffeine.

 

Additionally phosphoric acid in soft drinks can damage

developing bones by taking calcium from them. American Journal of

Epidemiology

 

Chlorogenic acid in coffee causes some of the most intense food

allergies encountered in medical practice. JAMA

 

 

 

Heavy tea drinkers often have vitamin B deficiencies, and tannin, a

chemical component of tea, has been shown to interfere with iron

absorption. This can cause fatigue & listlessness . Tannin has also

been linked to stomach cancer.

 

While all methylxanthines (class of toxic alkaloid chemicals) are

harmful to the thyroid, tea is highest in theophylline, which is the

most damaging to the thyroid. Endocrinology

 

Caffeine stresses the pancreas and compounds diabetes by raising the

blood sugar levels

 

1 Caffeine can be considered a risk factor in

diabetes

 

2. Coffee makes diabetes much worse in mouse experiment

 

3.

 

1. Lancet

 

2. JAMA

 

3. Medical World News

 

300mg per day retarded fetal growth 300 mg per day during month

before pregnancy nearly doubled spontaneous abortions (SAB) risk.

Just 163 mg. a day during the first trimester may double SAB risk.

JAMA

 

 

 

Infants of caffeine-using mother have higher rates of apnea (stop

breathing for short periods). American Journal of Ob/Gyn

 

Caffeine may be a triggering factor for insulin-dependent diabetes in

childhood. British Medical Journal

 

 

 

Caffeine can damage chromosomes in humans; increases the chance of

birth defects. Cancer Research

 

200 mg decreases placental blood flow Journal of Reproductive

Medicine

 

Young rats given decaffeinated coffee had a significantly retarded

growth rate. (Life & Health)

 

Even decaffeinated coffee has hundreds of

potentially harmful chemical components.

 

One class of these compounds is caffeols, which are coffee oils that are

 

very irritating to the

gastrointestinal tract.

 

In addition many other chemicals which have

been linked to cancer and heart disease are still present as are

other central nervous system stimulants1.

 

 

Even decaffeinated coffee

contains more than 700 volatile chemicals such as acetaldehyd,

ammonia, carbon disulfide, acetic acid, nitrosamines and others.

 

1. Journal of the National Cancer Institute

 

2. Caffeine Coffee and Health, Garattini, Silvio

 

More Information concerning the health concerns for caffeine

consumption can be found in the booklet Calamity in a Cup.

 

 

 

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