First beware the perils of caffeine, then the withdrawal won't seems as bad.
There are a lot of health dangers and risks from caffeine. Coffee growers organizations are spending millions of dollars to convince consumers that coffee and caffeine is not dangerous. They pay university researchers to produce research and claim correlational studies provide evidence that caffeine will keep you from dying from a myriad of diseases.
Researchers such as Dr. Peter Martin, director at Vanderbilt University's Institute for Coffee Studies unethically tell the public all is well, drink more caffeine -- without cautioning about the studies which have proven coffee's hazards to health. The institute receives millions in funding from the Assn of Coffee Producing Countries (Brazil and Columbia), a Coalition of Central American Coffee Producing Nations, the National Coffee Assn of USA and the All-Japan Coffee Assn.
Ethic Soup blog has an excellent series of coffee and caffeine articles at:
http://www.ethicsoup.com/caffeine-the-worlds-most-popular-drug.html
Here is a brief listing of results from scientific studies that indicates the extent of caffeine perils:
-- Caffeine in coffee has been linked to cancer of the liver, bladder, kidney and pancreas.
-- Harvard School of Public Health showed that drinking two cups of coffee a day may double the risk of cancer of the pancreas.
-- Coffee is a complex chemical compound. Researchers have identified more than 300 substances in coffee, of which caffeine is but one. Tar and other chemicals formed when coffee is roasted have caused bladder cancer.
-- A recent study at John Hopkins Medical Institute found people who drank five or more cups of coffee a day had two to three times the risk of coronary heart disease.
-- Osteoporosis: a study of over 80,000 patients showed a relationship between brittle bones and heavy coffee consumption. Caffeine is known to leach calcium from the bones.
--Pregnancy: an increase of miscarriages, still births, breech births and low birth weight have been connected to coffee consumption. Most experts say coffee should be totally avoided during pregnancy.
-- Infertility: coffee appears to slow down the mobility of sperm, plus increase the incidence of abnormal sperm. Research shows that women who drink more than just one cup of coffee a day reduce their fertility by as much as 50 percent.
Check out Ethic Soup's article on how caffeine is in everything:
http://www.ethicsoup.com/2009/02/caffeine-is-in-everything-how-much-is-in-you.html#more
Even though withdrawal from caffeine can be HARD, just think of all the health problems you will no longer have to worry about! It's worth it.
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First beware the perils of caffeine, then the withdrawal won't seems as bad. There are a lot of health dangers and risks from caffeine. Coffee growers organizations are spending millions of dollars to convince consumers that coffee and caffeine is not dangerous. They pay university researchers to produce research and claim correlational studies provide evidence that caffeine will keep you from dying from a myriad of diseases. Researchers such as Dr. Peter Martin, director at Vanderbilt University's Institute for Coffee Studies unethically tell the public all is well, drink more caffeine -- without cautioning about the studies which have proven coffee's hazards to health. The institute receives millions in funding from the Assn of Coffee Producing Countries (Brazil and Columbia), a Coalition of Central American Coffee Producing Nations, the National Coffee Assn of USA and the All-Japan Coffee Assn. Ethic Soup blog has an excellent series of coffee and caffeine articles at: http://www.ethicsoup.com/caffeine-the-worlds-most-popular-drug.html Here is a brief listing of results from scientific studies that indicates the extent of caffeine perils: -- Caffeine in coffee has been linked to cancer of the liver, bladder, kidney and pancreas. -- Harvard School of Public Health showed that drinking two cups of coffee a day may double the risk of cancer of the pancreas. -- Coffee is a complex chemical compound. Researchers have identified more than 300 substances in coffee, of which caffeine is but one. Tar and other chemicals formed when coffee is roasted have caused bladder cancer. -- A recent study at John Hopkins Medical Institute found people who drank five or more cups of coffee a day had two to three times the risk of coronary heart disease. -- Osteoporosis: a study of over 80,000 patients showed a relationship between brittle bones and heavy coffee consumption. Caffeine is known to leach calcium from the bones. --Pregnancy: an increase of miscarriages, still births, breech births and low birth weight have been connected to coffee consumption. Most experts say coffee should be totally avoided during pregnancy. -- Infertility: coffee appears to slow down the mobility of sperm, plus increase the incidence of abnormal sperm. Research shows that women who drink more than just one cup of coffee a day reduce their fertility by as much as 50 percent. Check out Ethic Soup's article on how caffeine is in everything: http://www.ethicsoup.com/2009/02/caffeine-is-in-everything-how-much-is-in-you.html#more Even though withdrawal from caffeine can be HARD, just think of all the health problems you will no longer have to worry about! It's worth it.