Stressed? look at your coffee consumption

By sierra on Apr 9, 2007 in healthly living, stress, Massage

I have a drug that will cause you to feel more stressed, more tense and more run-down… do you want some? Nine out ten adults in the U.S. take it every day for its upside of effect. That drug is caffeine.

The energy we get from caffeine is pseudo-energy. It is nervous system or endocrine system energy, the same form of energy that amphetamines give us. Caffeine also produces the same response that stress produces when it creates the fight or flight response. Caffeine, uppers, and stress all rev up our bodies in the short run while over time wearing us out.

2 Comment(s)

  1. I don’t feel stressed, but I do love my coffee. Yum. Perhaps I’m just at a far lower level of stress than I’m used to, or its all the jogging and witty humor I find in life.

    +You just included the words endocrine, pseudo-energy, and amphetamines in the same sentence. That scares me.

    Barry Hurd | Apr 15, 2007 | Reply

  2. When my mother was PG with me she measured her coffee consumption in pots-per-day. Consequently (or at least I think so), I am sensitive to cafffiene and especially the coffee variety.

    That said, it’s a wonderful drug and I get a great charge out of it. In moderation I think it is fine for me, but I have experienced the short and some of the longer term effects of too much.

    Taking a break from caffeine produces a headache in about 4 hours which can last most of one day. It isn’t usually a bad one but it makes clear that the body has adapted to the stimulation and has to adjust to the lack of it.

    Nowadays, I limit my intake to a cup of Chai tea each morning and the rarer middle afternoon shot of green tea or Coke. Still, that’s enough to get the headache if I miss a morning.

    Dennis

    Dennis Dilday | May 6, 2007 | Reply

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