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I know why caffeine is bad for you. But I remember on the forum someone said that decaf was bad also, referring to pancreatic cancer. Does anyone have any good information to share on the 'dangers' of drinking decaffeinated coffee? -Loretta Labrada
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They have to use chemicals to remove the caffeine. Most any time a product is stripped of its original contents, even caffeine in the case of coffee, the original product is the best choice. Just like in nature, when we take apart the "package" to use only the active ingredient, we often lose the goodness of the package. Many fat-free products are more harmful than the products that have their natural fat in them. -Peggy Day
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I was reading "Healthful Eating" by Paul Bragg a couple nights ago and had look at his reason that coffee is bad. He says, "Any kind of coffee, including the decaffeinated kind, is a poison and an over-stimulant to your hardworking heart. It contains dangerous tars which foul up the liver, and uric acid which is factor in stiffening your movable joints and hardening your arteries. -Karen
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Hopkins Insider: Waking Up To Coffee's Effects By Michael J. Klag, M.D., M.P.H.
Baltimore (Johns Hopkins Health Insider) - With concern growing about the possible impact caffeine can have on your health, you may wonder whether your choice in coffee should be "regular" or "decaf." But the real question for the cholesterol-conscious is how their morning cup is prepared.

More than 50 years ago, Hopkins began a still ongoing study that identified coffee, among other factors, as a risk factor for heart attack. This study added fuel to an already controversial fire on the relationship between coffee and coronary heart disease. Other studies in the U.S. and abroad seemed to confirm these findings.

But what made our study particularly valuable was that, because of its long follow-up, it was able to track the risks of coffee drinking through various periods in time: Beginning in 1975 and continuing to the present, there was no increased risk associated with coffee drinking in our study. That finding is consistent with data from other studies. Other American studies showed no increased risk of heart disease from drinking coffee, while European studies tended to show that coffee-drinkers had higher rates of heart disease.

Why? It's not the caffeine -- as many people assume. Rather, it's likely because of the way the coffee is prepared. The studies showing no increased risk were done after drip coffee became popular in the U.S. Prior to that, most Americans were drinking percolated coffee, while Europeans were drinking boiled coffee, as they still do. When boiled or percolated, consumed coffee can raise serum cholesterol levels. We think it is a result of hot water and coffee grounds combining to create oils called "terpenes."

Research shows that like some other oils, terpenes can raise blood cholesterol when ingested. And the longer the hot water and coffee grounds are in contact with each other -- as with boiled and percolated coffee -- the more terpenes are produced.


The increase in overall cholesterol levels from drinking boiled or percolated coffee varies from person to person, but it averages about 12 mg/dl. An overall reading of below 200 mg/dl is considered healthy. With filtered drip coffee, however, we see no such increase in cholesterol because the water speeds through coffee grounds more quickly, producing fewer terpenes. Using a paper filter seems to be even more protective, as the filter absorbs some of the terpenes.
In fact, to date researchers have found no evidence that caffeine itself raises cholesterol levels or directly influences risk of heart attack. However, caffeine can produce a sudden but temporary increase in blood pressure and heart rate, and studies suggest that people with hypertension can lower their blood pressure by cutting out caffeine. Also, if you have irregular heart rhythms, you may exacerbate the problem by consuming caffeine. Remember, caffeine is also found in teas, colas and chocolate, as well as coffee.

Michael J. Klag, M.D., M.P.H., the David M. Levine Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the School of Medicine, is a noted researcher of coffee and its impact on heart disease. -Richard Ask
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Coffee Enema
I have a recipe for herbal enema that is supposed to be AS effective as a coffee enema:
3T of each to 1qt of water, distilled:
Red Clover, Yellow Dock, Burdock, Red Raspberry
Use enema to clean bowel, then put in herbal enema, hold in bowel for 10 to 15 minutes. -Tracey Wallace
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Here is some information I received about the procedure for doing a coffee enema from a health care practitioner on another discussion list who learned this from the Gerson Institute. I have included the entire handout she shared. I have a lot of experience with coffee enemas and have added my own comments in parenthesis. I have no personal experience with the Gerson Institute or therapies.

1. ""Implant"" is a code word for coffee enema. Actually, it is a more accurate term, since the coffee enema as used in accordance with the Gerson Therapy involves a chemical process far more subtle and powerful than a mere clearing of the lower bowel.
An ordinary enema cleanses the colon; an implant cleanses the liver, helps to heal all the organs and improves the body''s metabolism. The caffeine in the coffee acts like a catalyst opening the bile ducts and triggering the release of toxins.

Taken on a regular basis and in conjunction with a diet low in fat and sodium and high in raw vegetable juices and complex carbohydrates, the implant becomes an essential part of a therapy that has saved the lives of many people suffering from so-called incurable diseases and improved the health of countless others.

2. To prepare an implant, you will need the following:
•• organic coffee, fresh ground, light roast, fine or drip grind (not decaffeinated)
•• spring water (distilled and ozonated are all right too)
•• 3-quart saucepan (glass best, enamelware and stainless okay)
•• 1-quart measuring cup and a tablespoon
•• an enema bag
•• vegetable oil to facilitate insertion
•• stove or hot plate
•• a room where you can lie undisturbed for 30 to 60 minutes
•• a clock to keep track of time
•• something spiritually uplifting to read (or healing music)

3. To prepare your implant put 2 quarts plus 1 cup of water and 3 heaping tablespoons of coffee into a 3-quart saucepan and heat at about 1/3 flame until fine bubbles form all across the top of the mixture. Turn off, cover and let sit until mixture cools to body temperature.

The coffee preparation process can be speeded up by brewing a double-strength solution-6 heaping tablespoons per 2 quarts water, letting sit for at least 30 minutes, then adding a second quart of room temperature water, which cools down the coffee and makes the two implants.

4. When you are ready to do your implant, prepare a comfortable place in or near a bathroom (beginners had best not stray too far from the commode). Strain or pour off the coffee and discard the grounds.

5. In order to retain the coffee long enough to have its effect, most people will need to clear the lower bowel with a quart of plain water at body temperature. Do a fresh water rinse following the instructions for the coffee implant below.

6. Bring the coffee to body temperature and pour into the enema bag, opening the shut-off valve briefly to release any air that may be trapped inside from the fresh water rinse.

Lying comfortably on your right side, introduce the coffee slowly and try to retain for at least 12 minutes. 15 is better; 20 best (it's possible to hold for 30 minutes) before expelling. This may be difficult at first but it will become easy with time. Discomfort is an indication of toxic substances being released, or an ineffective pre-implant rinse. If you are very uncomfortable, expel that implant and follow immediately with another. (You can also follow this with a 10 minute water or water and chlorophyll rinse.)

Additional Notes:
The effectiveness of coffee is enhanced by the presence of chamomile tea. Place two tablespoons of dried chamomile flowers (or two tea chamomile tea bags) in a pint canning jar. Bring a pint of spring water to a boil and pour it into the jar over the chamomile. Fill to the brim. Cap tightly, allow to sit for one hour, then strain. One cup chamomile to three cups coffee is the correct ratio. You may prepare the chamomile tea separately or simply add the flowers to the water along with the coffee. A few drops of 3% food grade hydrogen peroxide added to the coffee-chamomile mixture increases the healing, antioxidant effect but should not be attempted by beginners. Once the implant can be retained without undue discomfort, begin by adding a few drops and increase very gradually to the point your physician/advisor advises. (I have never tried this).


For a complete description of the Gerson Therapy and the inspiring story of its development, see Max Gerson, M.D., A Cancer Therapy: Results of Fifty Cases.

Detoxification is brisk with Gerson''s vegetable and fruit-juice regimen, and for people with cancer can be deadly without implants. So much toxin is released into the cancer person''s blood during the healing process that it blocks and poisons the liver, causing pain in any number of areas of the body. (The healthy liver supports smooth chi flow throughout the body and chi flow
disruption results in spasms and cramps.)

To stimulate the liver (and therefore unblock chi flow), Gerson used caffeine implants every four hours round the clock and for people in severe pain as often as every hour. Caffeine implants have since become a standard therapy for cancer as they open the bile ducts, allowing toxins to flow from the liver. They also encourage dialysis of toxic products from blood, across the colonic wall.
It is critical that anyone doing regular caffeine implants take in sufficient minerals to replace those lost in the enema process. Fresh carrot and green vegetable juices, seaweed dishes and blue green algae are needed to remineralize the body. These foods will also alkalinize the body.

Disclaimer: This sheet is for educational and research purposes only. It is not intended to medically prescribe or promote the sale of any product or practice, nor is it intended to replace qualified medical health care. If you have or think you have, a condition which required medical attention, you should promptly seek qualified health care. -Mashubi Rochell
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This recipe is from Prescription for Nutritional Healing.
Coffee Retention Enema:
...coffee does not go through the digestive system, and does not affect the body as a coffee beverage does. Instead, the coffee solution stimulates both the liver and the gall bladder to release toxins, which are then flushed from the body. This enema is quite helpful during a serious illness, after hospitalization, and after exposure to toxic chemicals. The enema can be used during fasts to relieve headaches sometimes caused by a fast-induced release of toxins.

To make a coffee enema solution, place 2 quarts of steam-distilled water in a pan, and add 6 heaping tablespoons of ground coffee (do not use instant or decaffeinated). Boil the mixture for 15 minutes, cool to a comfortable temperature, and strain. Use only one pint of the strained coffee at a time and refrigerate the remainder in a closed jar. ...After the liquid has been inserted, roll onto your right side and hold the solution for 15 minutes before allowing the fluid to be expelled. Do not roll from side to side. -Laurie
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Coffee - Disease Correlation
Psychiatrist Julius Rice declares -- "Three or four cups of coffee taken in quick succession contain sufficient caffeine to product irritability, nervousness, tremor, headache, and heart palpitations. Double or triple this amount may cause hallucinations and possible convulsions." There is also evidence associating coffee with bladder cancer, in fact the rate of bladder cancer among coffee drinkers is 2 1/2 times greater than amount non-coffee drinkers. The very real risk of cancer can be documented by the fact that caffeine has been shown to cause mutations in cells in tissue cultures. A cancer cell is a mutated cell. In 1972 and again in 1973, studies were done which implicated the consumption of coffee to myocardial infarction, a condition in which the heart muscle tissue degenerates because of restricted blood flow. According to the study, this disease is 200% as prevalent in coffee drinkers as in non-coffee drinkers. Coffee is also the major dietary source of cadmium, a toxic mineral which has been linked with heart disease and high blood pressure.
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Whitman News Brief Issue #42
Morning Caffeine Raises Blood Pressure and Adrenaline Levels into the Evening
Caffeine intake in the morning, in an amount equivalent to about 4 cups of coffee, puts the body into a state of sustained stress. Increased blood pressure and adrenaline excretion persisted into the late evening. Seventy-two habitual coffee drinkers--both men and women——took 250 mg of caffeine in capsule form at 8 AM and another 250 mg at noon during the first week of a 2-week study. Subjects were given a placebo capsule at 8 AM and at noon. They abstained from any other caffeine intake during the study. Caffeine caused an increase of 2mm Hg in both diastolic and systolic blood pressure, a 32% increase in epinephrine and a 14% increase in nonrepinephrine levels. Effects on both blood pressures and heart rate could be seen through 10 PM. Similar studies have shown more pronounced effects with caffeine intake. Small increases in blood pressure can have a meaningful effect. For instance, a 5mmHg increase in blood pressure is associated with a 34% increase in incidence of stroke and a 21% increase in incidence of heart disease. Subject''s diaries reflected that increases in adrenaline make the day feel more stressful. Cutting back on caffeine may be a way to reduce hypertension and heart disease. Reuters Health
-Kay Lubecke
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This is a great article. I think it's important to emphasize the 4 cups of coffee. When studies of this nature are performed, their cup size is 6 oz. Tell me who drinks a 6 oz. cup of coffee anymore? Most mugs (especially the commuter-type mugs) are between 12 and 20 oz. The local 7-11 sells "jumbo" everything. You can easily walk out of their store with a 24 oz. coffee beverage in your hand.

So, don't be misled if you think to yourself I only have 1 or 2 cups so I'm fine. Check the actual ounces you are drinking. And then read Caffeine Blues, by Stephen Cherniske, M.S. If you want facts about caffeine as well as a program that can help you get off the bean with very little or no pain, it's all there and more! I'm done. -Peggy Day
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The National Addiction: Coffee
by Kurt W. Donsbach, Ph.D., D.Sc., N.D., D.C.
and THE National Institute of Natural Health Sciences:
Coffee drinking is indisputably the drink of choice among Americans. 8 out of 10 adults drink it daily. 3 times than soft drinks, 4 times more than beer, and 50 times more than liquor. Coffee houses, coffee cake, coffee break are all words coined to accommodate the addiction to this brew. It is even used to substitute other addictions: AA members average 20 cups a day. You don't have to be an ex-alcoholic to consume that much. Many opposed to alcohol on religious principles see no wrong in drinking this beverage which can be just as addicting and health-destroying as alcohol.
ADDICTION - Ask any coffee drinker what happens when he abstains for a day. The answer is headaches, fatigue, stomach pains, etc. The major addictive factor in coffee is caffeine, a white crystalline alkaloid that stimulates the brain and artificially lessens fatigue. Caffeine is a poison. Injected into human muscles, it will cause paralysis. 10 grams of caffeine accumulated suddenly in the human body would result in death. Coffee ingested in the common manner is not fatal, since the kidneys work overtime to eliminate this toxin and prevent its accumulation.

Even smaller caffeine doses make things happen which might cause some to reconsider:
1.) After one or more cups of coffee, the stomach temperature rises 10 to 15 degrees.
2.) Hydrochloric acid secretion increases 400% and salivary glands double their output.
3.) The heart beats faster and the lungs work harder.
4.) The blood vessels narrow in the brain and widen in and around the heart.
5.) The metabolic rate increases.
6.) Kidneys manufacture and discharge up to 100% more urine.

DISEASE CORRELATION - Psychiatrist Julius Rice declares, "Three or four cups of coffee taken in quick succession contain sufficient caffeine toproduce irritability, nervousness, tremor, headache, and heart palpitations. Double or triple this amount may cause hallucinations and possibly convulsions." There is also evidence associating coffee with bladder cancer. The rate of bladder cancer among coffee drinkers is 2-1/2 times greater than among non-coffee drinkers. The very real risk of cancer can be documented by the fact that caffeine has been shown to cause mutations in cells in tissue cultures. In 1972 and again in 1973, studies implicated coffee consumption to myocardial infarction, a condition in which the heart muscle tissue degenerates because of a restricted blood flow. According the studies, this disease is 200% more prevalent in coffee drinkers as in non-coffee drinkers. Coffee is also the major dietary source of cadmium, a toxic mineral which has been linked with heart disease and high blood pressure.

HYPOGLYCEMIA - This disease is characterized by periods of below normal levels of blood sugar which often produce symptoms of nervousness, insomnia, lack of concentration, headaches, chest pains, fatigue, sinusitis, cold sweats, depression, shortness of breath, irritability, forgetfulness, and many others. The victim soon finds that a cup of coffee can temporarily relieve these symptoms. Caffeine is such an irritant that it stimulates the release of adrenal hormones to help the body defend itself against it. Among other things, these hormones are the synergist which converts glycogen (inert storage sugar) into glucose which the brain depends upon exclusively for fuel. The inevitable result of an artificial raising of blood sugar by defensive reflex of the body, is an eventual addiction to the substance.

WHIPPING A TIRED HORSE - We have indicated that blood sugar can be raised by coffee, heart rates are increased, gastric secretions of hydrochloric acid are quadrupled, the lungs are stimulated, the kidneys work overtime, and changes take place in the blood vessels in the entire body. Can there by any benefit from such stimulation? If we feel fatigued, the body is trying to tell us something. We may need rest or food to replenish the fuel supply needed for energy. When we use a chemical substitute for either, we are whipping a tired horse. The result will be a temporary speeding up, but eventually the horse will collapse. Sooner or later we all have to accept the laws of nature.


YOUR BRAINS AND NERVES - Intensive tests of caffeine indicated that the effect on the brain and nervous tissues was more serious and destructive than doses of morphine. Would you use small amounts of morphine every day? Is it possible that your nervous system could work better without a constant bombardment with a destructive drug?

YOU DESERVE BETTER THINGS - Would you agree that everything you put in your body should be for the benefit and use of the body? Coffee does not come in such a category. It has no positive function. It furnishes no vitamins, minerals, enzymes or protein to the diet, but does create many problems which cause the body to expend much energy to overcome. Tea, cola drinks and chocolate contain caffeine. There are many herb teas and coffee substitutes which can be consumed to benefit the body. The elimination of caffeine-containing substances from your diet can be one of the most important health decisions you ever make.

We recommend Nature's Sunshine's Herbal Beverage. It has the taste and aroma of coffee without the caffeine. It contains healthy roasted grains (barley, malt, chicory, and rye) and natural herbal flavorings.
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Something like 90% of Americans consume caffeine in one form or another every single day. More than half of all American adults consume more than 300 milligrams (mg.) of caffeine every day, making it America''s most popular drug by far. The caffeine comes in from things like coffee, tea, colas, chocolate, etc.

Have you ever wondered what it is that makes caffeine so popular? What does this drug do that causes its use to be so widespread? If you have ever wondered about the caffeine you consume, then this edition of How Stuff Works will enlighten you! It may also change, at least slightly, the way you think about this drug in your own life. What is caffeine? Caffeine is known medically as trimethylxanthine, and the chemical formula is C8H10N4O2 (see this page for an image of the molecular structure). When isolated in pure form, caffeine is a white crystalline powder that tastes very bitter. The chief source of pure caffeine is the process of decaffeinating coffee and tea.
Medically, caffeine is useful as a cardiac stimulant and also as a mild diuretic (it increases urine production). Recreationally, it is used to provide a ""boost of energy"" or a feeling of heightened alertness. It''s often used to stay awake longer –– college students and drivers use it to stay awake late into the night. Many people feel as though they ""cannot function"" in the morning without a cup of coffee to provide caffeine and the boost it gives them. Caffeine is an addictive drug. Among its many actions, it operates using the same mechanisms that amphetamines, cocaine and heroin use to stimulate the brain. On a spectrum, caffeine''s effects are more mild than amphetamines, cocaine and heroin, but it is manipulating the same channels and that is one of the things that gives caffeine its addictive qualities. If you feel like you cannot function without it and must consume it every day, then you are addicted to caffeine.

Caffeine In The Diet –– Caffeine occurs naturally in many plants, including coffee beans, tea leaves and cocoa nuts. It is therefore found in a wide range of food products. Caffeine is added artificially to many others, including a variety of beverages. Here are the most common sources of caffeine for Americans: ·Typical drip-brewed coffee contains 100 mg per 6-ounce cup. If you are buying your coffee at Starbucks or a convenience store or drinking it at home or the office out of a mug or a commuter''s cup, you are consuming it in 12,14 or 20 ounce containers. You can calculate the number of milligrams based on your normal serving size. ·Typical brewed tea contains 70 mg per 6-ounce cup. ·Typical colas (Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, etc.) contain 50 mg per 12-ounce can. Things like Jolt contain 70 mg per 12-ounce can. ·Typical milk chocolate contains 6 mg per ounce. · Anacin contains 32 mg per tablet. No-doz contains 100 mg per tablet. Vivarin and Dexatrim contain 200 mg per tablet.

By looking at these numbers and by knowing how widespread coffee, tea and cola are in our society, you can see why half of all American adults consume more than 300 mg of caffeine per day. Two mugs of coffee or a mug of coffee and a couple of Cokes during the day are all you need to get you there. If you sit down and calculate your caffeine consumption during a typical day, you may be surprised! Many people consume a gram or more every single day and don''t even realize it.

How caffeine works
Why do so many people consume so much caffeine? Why does caffeine wake you up? By understanding the drug''s actions inside the body you can see why people use it so much. In the HSW article entitled How Sleep Works, the action of adenosine was discussed. As adenosine is created in the brain, it binds to adenosine receptors. The binding of adenosine causes drowsiness by slowing down nerve cell activity. In the brain, adenosine binding also causes blood vessels to dilate (presumably to let more oxygen in during sleep).

To a nerve cell, caffeine looks like adenosine. Caffeine therefore binds to the adenosine receptor. However, it doesn''t slow down the cell''s activity like adenosine would. So the cell cannot ""see"" adenosine anymore because caffeine is taking up all the receptors adenosine binds to. So instead of slowing down because of the adenosine level, the cells speed up. You can see that caffeine also causes the brain''s blood vessels to constrict, because it blocks adenosine''s ability to open them up. This effect is why some headache medicines like Anacin contain caffeine - if you have a vascular headache, the caffeine will close down the blood vessels and relieve it.

So now you have increased neuron firing in the brain. The pituitary glad sees all of the activity and thinks some sort of emergency must be occurring, so it releases hormones that tell the adrenal glands to produce adrenaline (epinephrine). Adrenaline is, of course, the ""fight or flight"" hormone and it has a number of effects on your body: · Your pupils dilate · Your breathing tubes open up (this is why people suffering from severe asthma attacks are sometimes injected with epinephrine) · Your heart beats faster · Blood vessels on the surface constrict to slow blood flow from cuts and also to increase blood flow to muscles. Blood pressure rises. · Blood flow to the stomach slows · The liver releases sugar into the bloodstream for extra energy · Muscles tighten up ready for action This explains why, after consuming a big cup of coffee, your hands get cold, your muscles tense up, you feel excited and you can feel your heart beat increasing. Caffeine also increases dopamine levels in the same way that amphetamines do (heroine and cocaine also manipulate dopamine levels by slowing down the rate of dopamine re-uptake). Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that, in certain parts of the brain, activates the pleasure center. Obviously caffeine''s effect is much lower than heroin''s, but it is the same mechanism. It is suspected that the dopamine connection contributes to caffeine addiction. So you can see why your body might like caffeine in the short term, especially if you are low on sleep and need to remain active. Caffeine blocks adenosine reception so you feel alert. It injects adrenaline into the system to give you a boost.. And it manipulates dopamine production to make you feel good.

The problem with caffeine is the longer-term effects, which tend to spiral. For example, once the adrenaline wears off you face fatigue and depression. So what are you going to do? You take more caffeine to get the adrenaline going again. As you might imagine, having your body in a state of emergency all day long isn''t very healthy, and it also makes you jumpy and irritable. The most important long-term problem is the effect that caffeine has on sleep. Adenosine reception is important to sleep, and especially to deep sleep. The half-life of caffeine in your body is about 6 hours. That means that if you consume a big cup of coffee with 200 mg of caffeine in it at 3:00 PM, then by 9:00 PM about 100 mg of that caffeine is still in your system. You may be able to fall asleep, but your body probably will miss out on the benefits of deep sleep. That deficit adds up fast. The next day you feel worse, so you need caffeine as soon as you get out of bed. The cycle continues day after day. This is why 90% of American''s consume caffeine every day.

Once you get in the cycle, you have to keep taking the drug. Even worse, if you try to stop taking caffeine, you get very tired and depressed and you get a terrible, splitting headache as blood vessels in the brain dilate. These negative effects force you to run back to caffeine even if you want to stop. It has been said that the reason so many sodas and colas contain added caffeine is to get you hooked. In the same way that addiction to nicotine makes cigarettes such a great consumer product for the companies that produce cigarettes, added caffeine in colas causes addiction that boosts sales. It''s not a pretty thought, but if you think about it you can see a pattern……

If you are interested in breaking the caffeine cycle in your own life, the book Caffeine Blues (especially Chapter 10) can be very helpful.

Links: ·What You Should Know About Caffeine - this article was written by the International Food Information Council in 1992. It turns out that the IFIC is sponsored largely by caffeinated drink manufacturers, so it is presenting the best possible spin on Caffeine. When reading this page, keep in mind that ""moderate"" consumption means ""less than 300 mg per day"". · On the other hand, the book Caffeine Blues - Wake up to the hidden dangers of America''s #1 Drug presents the worst possible spin on caffeine, showing you dozens of health problems caused by long-term consumption. Caffeine consumption is a lot like cigarette consumption - nothing happens in the short term but it adds up after 30 years. · Behind the buzz · Smart eating boosts kids'' performance

Caffeine''s actions:
· Adenosine and Sleep
·Caffeine Drug perspectives:
·Stimulants ·The Biological Basis of Addiction ·Hooked: Creatures of habit
· Drug Addiction as a Psychobiological Process ·How Stuff Works (http://www.howstuffworks.com) is a production of BYG Publishing, Inc. · http://www.bygpub.com © 1998 BYG Publishing, Inc.
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