Acup of coffee commits you to forty years of friendship. Coffee indeed has a great bonding quality. But this bonding can turn into bondage if you exceed the limits. As familiarity breeds contempt so do too many cups of coffee lead to most unwelcome consequences. Before you try the coffee approach to win or make friends it is desirable that you first acquaint yourself with all that coffee can do to your body system.

Coffee contains Caffeine in maximum percentage

Caffeine has been classified as a dangerous drug. Its presence in coffee leads to artificial stimulation and jerks up the entire system temporarily and later leads to lethargy and even depression. A person who is addicted to Caffeine, is compelled to take more and more cups of coffee in order to keep his spirits high. The addiction to coffee is akin to addiction to liquor which later on makes its regular users, its slaves.

Excess of coffee instantly increases Blood Pressure

An average person’s daily caffeine intake should not exceed 300 mg that’s about one cup of coffee a day. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that pregnant women and nursing women should limit the caffeine intake to 100 mg, as caffeine can make a baby wakeful and agitated. Children, too, should limit caffeine intake to 100mg a day as it can make them hyperactive. People suffering from high BP should avoid coffee as it immediately increases their blood pressure. Over a two week period, the coffee drinkers’ adrenalin levels increased by 32%. Their blood pressure rose by an average three points, the hormone levels remained high until night time, even when coffee was last consumed before 1pm. Professor Lane said a regular boost of three points in blood pressure could contribute to a rise of five points in diastolic blood pressure which can increase the risk of stroke by 34% and the chance of suffering a heart attack by 21%.

Excess of coffee increases nervous stimulation commonly seen as restlessness and results in inability to sleep when coffee is taken at night.

When a person takes coffee, stimulation occurs before the coffee could be digested or absorbed. The person will experience more rapid flow of thoughts. Drowsiness and fatigueness will appear to be overcome. But after sometime, under the influence of caffeine, thoughts start following one another so rapidly that attention and focus is lost, concentration becomes difficult and one is tempted to take another cup of coffee. Those who use coffee regularly complain of nervousness, sleeplessness, tremors and especially headache, which is relieved only by another cup of coffee.

Caffeine containing beverages can lead to stomach ulcers Dr. Andrews C. Ivy

Caffeine disturbs the central nervous system. It is found in many beverages, including coffee, tea, and colas. Peptic ulcer is high on the list of fatal chronic diseases. Dr. Andrew C. Ivy, professor of physiology at the University of Chicago, has done extensive research of ulcer patients. One of his recent findings is that caffeine containing beverages, specially coffee, is dangerous to ulcer susceptible patients.

Excess of coffee whips up the heart and increases its work.

When caffeine is used in excess, the heart suffers. The rate of heart beat speeds up, becomes irregular and many a times a person complains of palpitation. The physical effects of coffee intake include constricted cerebral blood vessels, increased blood flow in the body, heart stimulation, increased basal metabolic rate, limited glucose metabolism, and increased urine flow. Coffee also shortens sleep time and reduces the depth and quality of sleep. It can intensify elevated blood pressure and disturbs the heart.

Caffeine, like alcohol, develops the psychological craving and addiction

Abstinence syndrome can start within 18 hours of last dose. This can bring on symptoms such as anxiety, nausea, lethargy, muscle tension, headache, constipation, and inability to think clearly. To overcome this feeling one is compelled to take coffee regularly and excess of it leads to damaging effects to the body and mind.

Coffee is not linked to alertness

The work, presented to the British Nutrition Foundation confers that only people who have avoided caffeine for a while will get a buzz from caffeine. Bristol researchers, who carried out a review of previous studies into the effects of caffeine, say that all the drink does is to counteract the mild caffeine withdrawal symptoms people are experiencing because they have gone without the stimulant overnight. And they found that those who drank a caffeinated drink first thing were no more alert than those who never