Coffee and tea are the most consumed beverages to start the day. Coffee and tea can be made as either a hot or cold beverages. Each of them originates from a form of plant. Coffee comes from the coffee bean. It is then roasted and eventually sent out for consumers across the world to purchase at their pleasure. Tea leaves are gathered and dried and are either packaged in individual bags or are sent out as dried fruit and leaves to be used in a tea infuser. Many people choose to drink either coffee or tea as a personal preference. Now the question becomes, who is actually benefitting from their consumption? While the average coffee lover drinks 23 gallons of coffee every year, a tea enthusiast would generally drink 10.3 gallons a year. With this amount being consumed each year, what effect does it have on the human body?
Coffee is the first thing that people associate with instant energy on a groggy morning. “In the U.S., coffee is king of beverages” (Reinke) Research has been done that has named coffee as an addiction to the people who consume large quantities of it. Coffee was named the top source of antioxidants. This is partly because of the amount consumed each day. Some of the antioxidants that coffee has are quinines and chlorogenic acid. It also contains trigonelline, an antibacterial compound. This is where coffee acquires its delicious aroma. Now let’s step back for a minute and just think about how much caffeine people consume. In an 8oz cup of coffee it has about 85 milligrams of caffeine. This is about double the amount that tea contains. Studies have shown that caffeine stimulates the brain and nervous system. This is where you get that energized feeling. After about the third cup, knees start to bounce, pens are clicking and people start running laps around the office. Caffeine can become addicting if you drink too much. Coffee can become that addictive habit people are unable to shake.
While tea is said to be healthier, it is the second most consumed morning beverage. Why is that? On an average day, only one in five American adults drink tea. The average tea drinker takes in more than twenty times more flavonoid antioxidants per day than non-tea drinkers. So those non-tea drinkers are missing out on their daily helping of flavonoid. Caffeine in tea isn't as much of an issue as it is in coffee.
In the story “Java Man” by Malcolm Gladwell, he talks about how caffeine became what it is today. He starts off his essay by talking about caffeinated drinks. Then Gladwell goes into details talking about tea, soda, and coffee. Gladwell’ s main point in the essay was how caffeine affected our society. Gladwell breaks down the evolution of caffeine over the years. He also talks about coffee houses from the 18th century and how they gave birth to a new era of caffeine drinkers. In my opinion, Gladwell’s arguments and researches are very interesting. For someone to research the effects on the human body of caffeine and research what’s in coffee, tea and soda, and on how each vary from each other is very engaging, also he does a very good in supporting his arguments. Even though I do not drink coffee myself, I agree with him that caffeine can be considered a drug and that it greatly impacts our society today, but I also believe that caffeine can be considered a good thing and people shouldn’t
Well there is actually health problems that can be caused by drinking too much coffee like anxiety and muscle
Scrutiny of caffeine and its effects has increased dramatically in the last 20 years, due in part to an increase in consumption of caffeine. In fact, coffee consumption among young adults rose to 3.2 cups per day in 2008 from 2.4 cups per day in 2005 (Rokerya 1). For instance, in a one hour period, on Richland College’s on-campus Starbucks, the author took note of how many customers arrived and purchased a cup of coffee. Between 8:00 and 9:00 AM, there were 51 customers, implying that – especially at college - many people are dependent on coffee in the mornings. However, the results from these studies are inconclusive and often somewhat contradictory – many studies (such as that by Tetsuya Ohara et al.) show that caffeine is a great boon to
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In conclusion, caffeine in coffee and the consumption Americans drink daily can be an issue for human health, sleep pattern, and physical dependency leading to caffeine withdrawal symptoms from quitting immediately. Caffeine addictions would diminish your health and probably put your life in risk of death and a higher percentage of falling into depression, and other diseases. Lovers of a wide variety of beverages containing caffeine after all the information provided in many studies and research
People around the world honestly do think that coffee has an impact on their lives and impact how they will feel the rest of the day. I personally feel that coffee is overrated because a drink cannot cause you to act differently. I think coffee has a psychological effect of making the person think they are actually getting energized by drinking a cup or two. When I drink coffee,
"Researchers have attempted to find out how much caffeine people consume every day. It was estimated that in the United States, coffee drinkers drink an average of 2.6 cups per day. Total caffeine intake for coffee drinkers was 363.5 mg per day - this includes caffeine from coffee AND other sources like soft drinks, food and drugs. Non-coffee drinkers even get plenty of caffeine: former coffee drinkers get about 107 mg per day and people who have never had coffee get about 91 mg per day." (Schreiber et. Al) It is ironic that with such a large caffeine byproduct industry, ...
As America quickly become the most unhealthy nation with approximately sixty-eight percent of adults over twenty classified as overweight or obese, citizens still choose to not find out what they are consuming and how their eating choices can affect their bodies (United States, Behavioral Effects of Caffeine in Children). When examining health, aspects such as calories, weight, and fitness levels are all inspected. Other factors such as the everyday drug that up to ninety percent of people around the world consume in one form or another need to be addressed in an inspection of the national health (“Caffeine” Health Education). Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant than modifies mood and can be found addictive (“Caffeine” Health Education). American’s average daily intake of caffeine is two hundred and eighty milligrams (“Caffeine” Alcohol and Tobacco). Many people consume much more than that; they are addicted. Caffeine is a drug common in our society that brings negatively affects the the consumer both mentally and physically and the true facts of the substance’s affects stay concealed such as how it affects the heart, brain, and other organs of adults, children, and animals alike.
In general, people usually wonder whether the consumption of caffeine is beneficial or harmful to their health. There some benefits and risk of consuming caffeine but based on the different studies that have been conducted over the years, more importance are given to benefits of caffeine (Hensrud, 2014). According to Gunnars (2013), caffeine is good for health as it contains antioxidants and beneficial nutrients which may improve human health. Plus, Gunnars (2013) also stated that studies show that coffee drinkers have a much lower risk of several serious diseases and have proven to have some health benefits. First and foremost, caffeine help people feel less tired, increases memory and increases energy levels. This is because, when caffeine is consumed, it is absorbed into the bloodstream which then travels to the brain and caffeine blocks an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. Then, the amount of other neurotransmitter such as dopamine and noradrenaline increases which leads to enhanced firing of neurons. Therefore, this improves various aspect of brain function such as memory, mood, reaction time, alertness and energy levels (Gunnars, 2013).
Caffeine is a poison. Every person who drinks coffee or tea is destroying their body because they obviously care more about instant alertness than long-term
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Caffeine is the single most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the United States (Einöther & Giesbrecht, 2013). According to Einöther and Giesbrecht (2013), 80% of the world’s population consumes caffeinated products every day, with coffee and tea being the primary sources. In the recent years, the demand for
Millions of Americans begin each day by consuming the most widely used drug in the United States: Caffeine. Over 90% of United States adults consume caffeinated food or beverages on a daily basis and over 50% take more than the recommended amount. Our innocent daily ritual can turn into an addiction for some because many do not realize that caffeine is even a drug let alone the effects it can have on their bodies. Its use it becoming more and more prominent in our society. It’s not uncommon to walk outside and see a Starbucks or coffee shop on each corner. Innovative foods are coming out infused with coffee, and energy drinks are being pushed at every angle. Caffeine to many is a necessity to wake up in the morning and for others to stay up all night. This is dangerous because people are not only becoming more and more dependent on coffee drinks and energy drinks but they are beginning to ingest more of it each day and are now mixing it with other drugs that can be life threatening. Proper knowledge is important when taking any drug including one that the FDA considers to be a safe multi-purpose food substance and education is the key.
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Coffee people drink coffee with a purpose, they need the caffeine to make them more alert and increase their productivity. On the other hand, tea drinkers usually drink tea because of the enjoyment that tea give them, the relaxations that tea provide. It is typical to imagine that a person holding a cup of coffee is working over night at an office and a tea person is often reading newspaper at Sunday afternoon. Unlike tea drinkers, coffee drinkers are more attached to their drink compared to tea drinkers. A coffee drinker must have his coffee fix every single morning otherwise he or she cannot function without it. However, a tea drinker can easily live without drinking tea for even a few days. Even though they both have caffeine inside their drink, coffee drinkers seem to be more addicted to caffeine and as time goes, they will become more dependent on