Along with tea, coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the world. There are people who cannot imagine their morning without a cup of coffee, while others even drink it several times a day. Medicine still says that you should not abuse this invigorating drink.
Officially, caffeine is not considered a drug. However, doctors admit: drug addiction exists as real as addiction to smoking or alcohol. Caffeine belongs to the group of substances of purine alkaloids that can have a noticeable effect on the nervous system. You can talk about the presence of caffeinatedness if there is both physical and psychological dependence, as doctors say. Among people exposed to it, there are more coffee lovers than tea lovers.
Coffee mania symptoms
The coffee lover is easy to recognize - he starts his day with a cup of this invigorating drink, while he can do without breakfast. He can also drink coffee at every meal, consuming 4-5 or more cups a day. Such people are regulars in coffee shops. When they need to stop drinking coffee, they experience withdrawal symptoms, which include irritability, trouble concentrating, mood swings, drowsiness, and even constipation.
It is believed that the writer Honoré de Balzac died early due to the abuse of coffee, which led to heart disease. He drank up to twenty cups a day.
Effects
According to doctors, drinking four or more cups of coffee a day is dangerous to health. But often people have problems as early as two or three cups. Insomnia, anxiety, confusion in thoughts, trembling in the arms and legs, sweating, pressure drops, tachycardia appear. Coffeemania is fraught with dehydration, early formation of wrinkles and dry skin, irritation of the intestines. The latter factor is associated with a slight laxative effect of the drink. There are opinions among doctors that coffee washes out calcium from the body and leads to other negative consequences.
There is no unambiguous official data on all the benefits or dangers of coffee yet. Nevertheless, all experts agree that it is important to observe the measure in its use.
Decision
To avoid getting used to coffee, experts advise drinking it not in the morning, but in the afternoon, when a person feels more energetic. You should also give up the daily use of this drink, and more often drink herbal teas and clean water.
If the body gets used to caffeine, it requires a gradual increase in the amount of this substance. And the person, without noticing it, becomes addicted to coffee. This happens even faster if the activity is associated with a large and frequent stress of physical and mental strength. Therefore, it is important to normalize work and rest, ensure yourself adequate sleep and try to be less stressed so that you are not tempted to resort to stimulants.
