The Shocking Effects of Caffeine/COFFEE on Mental HEALTH /FACTS about coffee
Channel: Jireh's Vlog ( Motivation, Lifestyle, Goodvibes)
Date: 2023-03-04

Coffee is the most commonly consumed drink in the United States. In 2015, Americans spent $72.4 billion on coffee. 64% of Americans over 18 said they’d had a cup of coffee within the past day in a National Coffee Association survey. As of 2010, American coffee drinkers had an average of three 9-ounce cups per day. And although the US is near the top, there are a number of countries that actually consume. 
Due to its availability, caffeine is widely used as a source of energy. Coffee, pills, soda, and energy drinks are some of the most popular sources of caffeine. Some of the benefits that have been attributed to moderate caffeine intake include increased attention, alertness, mood elevation, increased cognitive function and fewer cognitive failures, lower risk of suicide, and fewer depressive symptoms. Thus, caffeine use is extremely prevalent among college students. The college lifestyle, however, appears to lend itself to higher caffeine intake compared to the rest of the population. College students use very high doses of caffeine, an average of over 800 mg/day, which is approximately double the recommended safe dosage 

The short-term and long-term effects of caffeine on the human body have been studied. Research to date has primarily focused on caffeine’s exacerbation of anxiety, sleep disorders, and depression in patients diagnosed with psychiatric symptoms. Caffeine consumption has been associated with an increase in anxiety in adults with generalized anxiety disorder . However, those who consume caffeine also tend to experience 

Caffeine intake is so common that its pharmacological effects on the mind are undervalued. Since it is so readily available, individuals can adjust their own dose, time of administration and dose intervals of caffeine, according to the perceived benefits and side effects of each dose. This review focuses on human studies of caffeine in subjects with and without psychiatric disorders. Besides the possibility of mild drug dependence, caffeine may bring benefits that contribute to its widespread use. These benefits seem to be related to adaptation of mental energy to the context by increasing alertness, attention, and cognitive function (more evident in longer or more difficult tasks or situations of low arousal) and by elevating mood. Accordingly, moderate caffeine intake (6 cups/day) has been associated with less depressive symptoms, fewer cognitive failures, and lower risk of suicide. However, its putative therapeutic effects on depression and ADHD have been insufficiently studied. Conversely, in rare cases high doses of caffeine can induce psychotic and manic symptoms, and more commonly, anxiety. Patients with panic disorder and performance social anxiety disorder seem to be particularly sensitive to the anxiogenic effects of caffeine, whereas preliminary data suggests that it may be effective for some patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The threshold for the anxiogenic effect of caffeine is influenced by a polymorphism of the A2A receptor. In summary, caffeine can be regarded as a pharmacological tool to increase energy and effortful behavior in daily activities. More populational (cross-sectional and prospective) and experimental studies are necessary to establish the role of caffeine intake in psychiatric disorders, especially its putative efficacy on depressive mood and cognitive/attentional disorders.


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