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RealAge Tip of the DAY for February 5, 2007
•Addicted to Decaf?
Does skipping your usual cup of decaf make you cranky and irritable? You might be hooked.
Here's some surprising news: Decaf coffee can still contain enough caffeine to boost your mood, wake you up, help you concentrate -- and get you hooked on caffeine. Three 8-ounce servings may contain as much as 21 milligrams (mg)
-- enough to do the job. Other signs your body craves the fix? Headaches or sleepiness when you skip it. Few decafs are . . .
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Few decafs are 100 percent caffeine-free. Many brewed varieties contain up to 7 mg of caffeine per 8-ounce serving; a 1-ounce serving of decaf espresso can have up to 16 mg.
That may not seem like a lot when you consider the caffeine content of other beverages (90-135 mg for 8 ounces of caffeinated coffee; 35-50 mg for an ounce of espresso; 40-60 mg for a 12-ounce cola; 15-50 mg for 8 ounces of tea), but caffeine is a powerful -- and legal -- psychostimulant, which means that even small amounts may affect you.
Caffeine acts like an all-around upper. It decreases fatigue, increases alertness, and gives you a mood boost. But it has a dark side, too. Consuming too much can make you anxious and send your heart rate and blood pressure soaring. It's also addictive, which means that stopping your five-cups-a-day coffee habit cold turkey may cause withdrawal symptoms. Translation: It'll make you sleepy, nauseous, irritable, and headachy.
Some people are more sensitive to caffeine than others. If you get the shakes and feel anxious after sipping a cup of coffee or a caffeinated cola, nix it from your diet; same if you have high blood pressure, arrhythmias, or an anxiety disorder. And if you're really sensitive, you might just want to ditch decaf, too.
RealAge Benefit: Actively patrolling your health can make your RealAge as much as 12 years younger.
RealAge Smart Search: Think you might be hooked? Learn more about the health effects of caffeine with these hand-selected search results.
Originally published on 02/5/2007.
I found this realy interesting.
RealAge Tip of the DAY for February 5, 2007
•Addicted to Decaf?
Does skipping your usual cup of decaf make you cranky and irritable? You might be hooked.
Here's some surprising news: Decaf coffee can still contain enough caffeine to boost your mood, wake you up, help you concentrate -- and get you hooked on caffeine. Three 8-ounce servings may contain as much as 21 milligrams (mg)
-- enough to do the job. Other signs your body craves the fix? Headaches or sleepiness when you skip it. Few decafs are . . .
Advertisement
Few decafs are 100 percent caffeine-free. Many brewed varieties contain up to 7 mg of caffeine per 8-ounce serving; a 1-ounce serving of decaf espresso can have up to 16 mg.
That may not seem like a lot when you consider the caffeine content of other beverages (90-135 mg for 8 ounces of caffeinated coffee; 35-50 mg for an ounce of espresso; 40-60 mg for a 12-ounce cola; 15-50 mg for 8 ounces of tea), but caffeine is a powerful -- and legal -- psychostimulant, which means that even small amounts may affect you.
Caffeine acts like an all-around upper. It decreases fatigue, increases alertness, and gives you a mood boost. But it has a dark side, too. Consuming too much can make you anxious and send your heart rate and blood pressure soaring. It's also addictive, which means that stopping your five-cups-a-day coffee habit cold turkey may cause withdrawal symptoms. Translation: It'll make you sleepy, nauseous, irritable, and headachy.
Some people are more sensitive to caffeine than others. If you get the shakes and feel anxious after sipping a cup of coffee or a caffeinated cola, nix it from your diet; same if you have high blood pressure, arrhythmias, or an anxiety disorder. And if you're really sensitive, you might just want to ditch decaf, too.
RealAge Benefit: Actively patrolling your health can make your RealAge as much as 12 years younger.
RealAge Smart Search: Think you might be hooked? Learn more about the health effects of caffeine with these hand-selected search results.
Originally published on 02/5/2007.
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