Caffeine

Caffeine 

Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant of the methylxanthine class. Caffeine is a mild stimulant, that speed up bodily activities, when it reaches your brain the most noticeable effect is alertness. You'll feel more awake and less tired. So it's a common ingredients in medications to treat or manage drowsiness headaches.

Caffeine is in tea, coffee, chocolate many soft drinks and pain relievers, also in some headache and migraine medications in certain dietary supplements used for weight loss, and in many popular energy drinks  and other over the counter medication, caffeine is a stimulant and the most commonly used drug in the world.

Researchers have shown that caffeine can boost alertness and wakefulness in some consumers. In one study involving 9003  British adults, caffeine was linked to dose dependent improvements in visuospatial reasoning, simple reaction time, choice reaction time and incidental verbal memory.

 Benefits 

Caffeine is most commonly used to improve mental alertness but it has many other uses;

* Caffeine is used by mouth or rectally in combination with painkillers ( such as aspirin and acetaminophen) and a chemical called ergotamine for treating migraine headaches

* Caffeine is used to restore mental alertness or wakefulness during fatigue or drowsiness

 Effects 

* Caffeine may have a negative impact on pregnancy, fertility glucose control and other aspects on health

* Caffeine increase the release of  acid in the stomach, sometimes leading to an upset stomach or heartburn

* It increase heart rate and blood pressure

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Article by;

Adisa Anuoluwapo

Food, Nutrients and Health