Caffeine - Friend or Foe?

[commonpeople]

This week I was reading about a medical study that said drinking coffee, while it does increase high blood pressure in women it was also found to significantly reduce depression in women aged 20 and up.

 

[seamnoir]

^Good to hear. Exactly what I need atm.

Caffeine intensifies my workouts. Sources include, but are not limited to: deeply brewed coffee from a press, gunpowder green tea, black tea, and unsweetened dark chocolate.

For those who don't know, caffeine is a stimulant; much like the speed or coke. Like all classes of stimulants, it suppresses the appetite. The more you know...

 

[supermodel]

I heard if you drink caffeine in the morning (coffee), it speeds up the metabolism.

That's just what I heard though! I could be very wrong.

yup, that's true *weight talk*

for me, caffeine is dandy, in moderate amounts of course. keep in mind i drink it black so definitely just one starbucks grande per day!

 

[KateTheGreatest]

I used to drink coffee, but I don't anymore. In my case, it was definitely the foe at the end. Sometimes it would give me energy and make me feel good, other time it was like I had OD'ed on caffeine, so my heart would beat like crazy (one time it lasted 8 hours), my palms would be sweating, I could not stop moving my hands, shaking my legs, so awful ... never knew for sure what I would get. Then I switched to tea. I love peppermint tea, camomile tea and every now and then I have green tea. And thank god I don't miss coffee, as much as I used to love it. But it is kinda random to go from a drink which gives you energy to tea which just calms you down and chills you

 

[Squizree]

Coffee also supposedly helps to reduce Parkinson's Disease

 

[MimiV]

I drink coffee by the liter when I study, whenever I don't. The only time I crave an espresso is after dinner! However, when I have an espresso-maker at home (which I will when I move back to France next year), I drink four cups a day

 

[katherine]

Total coffee fiend. I know it sounds over dramatic, but I can definitely attest to "caffeine withdrawal" symptoms, quite often getting man's worst migraines from lack of it. I love it so much though. Extra cream or milk (until it's light, but not cold) and one sweet 'n low hits the spot just right!

 

[CaitlinC]

I drink one or two cups in the morning to help me wake up. I actually love the taste and smell.
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[matryoshkadoll]

I need caffeine...

Or I'd faint.

I usually have a cup of coffee (black, no sugar) daily and limit my diet coke intake to a few sips.

 

[olpi]

Caffeine usually makes me tired or when I'm using it for late night study sessions, it doesn't give me energy but I can't go to sleep... So I steer away from caffeine unless it's finals

 

[voguetoffee]

Loyal friend! I adore coffee

 

[Erin]

I drink more energy drinks than I should.

 

[Jenna-maria]

^
SAME HERE!!!
they are so addicting because they have so much caffeine in them...
i just do not like the real coffee.

 

[Toccata]

FOE!

I started drinking regular caffeinated drinks seven or eight
years ago in the form of nitrous oxide pre-workout drinks
which do not have to publish the caffeine content (100mg
per scoop, I believe, and you take 3 scoops per serving).
Over the last two years I've had those canned store-bought
energy drinks. They actually control my life! One, two, three
a day or until I get a panic attack or feel sick. My sleep is
very inconsistent and I crash hard, overwhelming tiredness like
nothing else. They stopped giving me energy a long time ago
and serve mainly to suppress the depression that overwhelms
me, caused most ironically, from caffeine withdrawal. I've
stolen money, and scrounged pennies into a baggy to be able
to afford them. If it were a hard drug I'd be in an awful mess.

I'm drinking a Monster Energy Extra Strength Killer-B, one of
the few left I'm not entirely sick of and it's my absolute last!

 

[Margaret24]

Foe, don't like energy drinks much, and really don't like the taste of coffee.

 

[Komodia]

I drink lots of black tea and it doesn't seem to be a problem, but when I drink too much coffee (over 2 cups) or mate my skin goes crazy. I'm actually allergic to (too much) caffeine, I get a rash and all.