| One cannot have too much caffeine without | | | | the added consumption of caffeine. |
| feeling its side effects at least two hours after | | | | 5. Emotional fatigue. Caffeine wakes up the body, |
| the intake. It is common knowledge that drinking | | | | but what it fails to do is to tell the body when to |
| too much coffee can lead to experiencing the | | | | stop moving and simply rest. The body needs |
| jitters, as well as insomnia. But these two are not | | | | rest and when the body does not get it, it can |
| the only side effects that you can encounter | | | | lead not just to physical tiredness but also |
| when having too much caffeine in your system. | | | | emotional fatigue. |
| Caffeine testing is one way that some people | | | | But Caffeine Is Not Totally Bad |
| take up in order to measure the amount of | | | | So far we have talked about the bad side effects |
| caffeine they consume in a day. They either buy | | | | that you can get from caffeine. But caffeine is |
| caffeine testing products or make use of online | | | | not that bad at all. We can also gain some good |
| daily caffeine intake calculators. | | | | side effects from caffeine, too. |
| Five Negative Side Effects of Caffeine | | | | 1. Alertness. Caffeine keeps our minds alert, even |
| Caffeine is good because it gives you a popping | | | | for just an hour or two. Regular consumption of |
| burst of energy and can keep you on your toes - | | | | caffeine can keep our minds more active and |
| at least for a couple of hours. That is because | | | | increase our brain power. |
| caffeine blocks adenosine, which is a chemical in | | | | 2. Parkinson's disease. Studies have shown that it |
| the body that tells it to shut down when tired. | | | | is highly possible for caffeine to prevent the |
| However, keeping the adenosine in the body | | | | occurrence of Parkinson's disease. The purported |
| continuously blocked is not something to be | | | | reason is that caffeine keeps the dopamine in the |
| desired. After the initial caffeine high, the bad | | | | system active. Dopamine is the chemical that |
| things that caffeine is known for sets in. | | | | activates the pleasure centers in the brain. |
| Some of the negative side effects that caffeine | | | | 3. Heart disease. Caffeine is said to prevent heart |
| has, which you may not be aware of, are: | | | | disease - as long as you do not already have it in |
| 1. Panic attacks. Caffeine keeps us up because it | | | | the first place. That is because caffeine is an |
| triggers the fight-or-flight mechanism in our bodies. | | | | antioxidant, and antioxidants prevent heart |
| But after heavy doses of caffeine and after | | | | ailments and some forms of cancer. |
| many hours of it being in our system, the | | | | 4. Diabetes. Caffeine triggers the production of |
| fight-or-flight instinct gets reduced to panic | | | | adrenaline and cortisol - two substances |
| attacks. Your hands become shaky, your skin | | | | associated with the body's fight-or-flight response. |
| sweaty, and you always expect bad things to | | | | When these chemicals are released into the |
| happen to you. | | | | system, they cause the liver to burn up more |
| 2. Addiction. Caffeine is addictive. Once we get | | | | sugar. However, this works only with the |
| into the habit of getting our caffeine fix, our body | | | | caffeinated foodstuffs that are not sweetened. |
| begins to crave the boost that we get from it. If | | | | 5. Stamina. Again, this has something to do with |
| we fail to get the dose of caffeine that our body | | | | the fight-or-flight response. Consuming caffeine |
| has adapted to, we become irritable, tired, and | | | | before workout or doing any athletic activity |
| even depressed. | | | | slows down the adenosine that causes muscle |
| 3. Dehydration. One would think that since coffee | | | | fatigue. This makes you move faster and endure |
| is liquid, it can hydrate you. Actually, the caffeine | | | | more. |
| in coffee and any other foodstuffs that has it is | | | | Caffeine is good for the body, but it is also bad if |
| linked with dehydration. That is mainly because of | | | | the intake is too much. Too much is defined as |
| caffeine's diuretic properties. | | | | more than 300mg of caffeine every day. In order |
| 4. PMS. Women who drink a lot of coffee and eat | | | | to measure and monitor the amount of caffeine |
| a lot of chocolates tend to experience | | | | you are taking in daily and to reduce the negative |
| pre-menstrual syndrome more acutely than | | | | side effects of caffeine, do some caffeine testing |
| women who do not. The headaches, the bloated | | | | with your food. |
| feeling and the belly cramps become keener with | | | | |