how does caffeine affect the heart
How Caffeine Affects the Body. Caffeine stimulates heart rate through a well documented process in the cardiac cells. Caffeine blocks the enzyme phosphodiesterace, which normally actviates production of an enzyme, cyclic AMP (cAMP), which initates a protein that increases heart rate.s for heart rate, caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant. It is in a class with other psychoactive drugs like epinephrine, amphetamines, cocaine, Ecstacy, nicotine and other ADHD medications like Ritalin. It is one of the few psychoactives that is legal.