EFFECT OF CAFFIENE IN COFFEE

DRINKING COFFEE are common all over the worlds nowadays which contain caffeine. Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red in color it indicating ripeness where they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.  It’s common for teens to reach for energy drinks before a soccer game or to turn to coffee to help them pull an all-night study session. But the study found that drinking too much caffeine could be bad for a teen’s health. The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages caffeine intake for children and young adults. One (1) cup of coffee for most healthy adults and up to 400 mg of caffeine per day appears to be safe. Blog "Anim Agriculture Technology" write a short articles the effect of caffeine to teenagers.

What Is Caffeine?. Caffeine is a drug that naturally occurs in the leaves and seeds of many plants. It’s also produced artificially and may be added to certain beverages and foods. Caffeine stimulates the central nervous system, causing increased alertness. Many people take it because they experience a temporary boost in energy and a slight elevation in mood. Approximately 80% of the world’s population consumes caffeinated products every day, including roughly 73% of children. Although soft-drink consumption has declined in teens over the past decade, caffeine consumption in young people hasn’t changed. Teens are turning to coffee and energy drinks for caffeine. The side effects according to the research on caffeine confirms that small doses of caffeine can enhance mood and alertness, increase information processing speed, awareness, attention, and reaction time.  But most of the research has been conducted on adults, not children. Caffeine can cause a number of unwanted side effects in both teens and adults. Some people are more sensitive to caffeine than others and just a small amount may produce unwanted effects. Here are the most common effects of caffeine consumption, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

Other effect of drinking coffer such as Insomnia, Diuresis,  Restlessness, Nervousness, Excitement, Flushed face,  Gastrointestinal disturbances, Muscle twitching, Rambling flow of thought and speech, Tachycardia or Cardiac Arrhythmia, Periods of inexhaustibility and also Psychomotor agitation. The effects of caffeine may begin only a few minutes after consuming it. Caffeine has a half-life of approximately five to six hours, which means it takes this long to reduce the concentration in your blood by half. The side effects of caffeine and caffeinated drinks and the health consequences are debated. Caffeine may stunt children’s development by disrupting the formation of key connections in the brain. During adolescence, when the brain has the most neural connections, caffeine may make the network less efficient. A study found that young rats who consumed the rat-sized equivalent of the caffeine in three or four cups of coffee experienced reduced deep sleep and delayed brain development. Since caffeine acts on the brain's reward-and-addiction center, it may also influence a child's food and beverage preferences later in life. Here are a few other ways that caffeine can impact teens and adolescents. 

Caffeine takes a major toll on a teen’s sleep. Every 10 milligrams of caffeine a 13-year-old boy consumes decreases his chances of getting 8.5 hours of sleep by 12%.5 Sleep deprivation in teens can affect their education, mental health, and physical health. For bones, caffeine may also cause the body to lose calcium. Consuming too much caffeine could lead to bone loss over time. According to www.verywellhealth.com/   drinking soda or energy drinks instead of milk may also place a teen at a higher risk of developing osteoporosis. For the heart, caffeine may also aggravate underlying health issues, like heart problems, and may also interact with certain medications or supplements. Inthe case of gender differences, researchers have found that caffeine affects boys and girls the same prior to puberty. After puberty, however, there are some gender differences in the way caffeine affects the body. Overall reported that the teen boys show a greater response to caffeine than teen girls. The heart rate in males decreases more in response to caffeine when compared to girls. Girls show greater increases in diastolic blood pressure than boys after being administered caffeine. Researchers continue to evaluate the psychological factors, hormonal differences, and psychosocial factors that may account for the gender differences. Thanks...

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M Anim,

Putrajaya, Malaysia.

August 2020.