I. Legend states that over 1,000 years ago, an ethiopian man found his goats dancing merely after they ate some berries off of a green shrub.
A. The shepherd tried the berries and discovered they gave him a stimulating effect.
i. Soon after the discovery, the coffee craze began.
B. Wether the legend is true or not, there is evidence coffee did originate in the plains of ethiopia.
i. The beans were eventually brought over to Yemen, where the first coffee tree was cultivated shortly after their discovery around 1100 CE.
C. The first coffee shops opened in Constantinople in 1475, followed by Cairo and Mecca around the 1500s.
i. Coffee
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It was later brought over to the Americas with Captain John Smith during his journey to the Americas in 1607.
D. Fast forward to 1970s, the first Starbucks was opened in Seattle, Washington.
i. Starbucks was founded by a history teacher, english teacher and a writer.
ii. Starbucks was named after Captain Ahab’s first mate in the novel Moby Dick. iii. Starbucks is now the world’s biggest coffeehouse company in the world.
E. Today U.S. consumes 25% of the world’s coffee
i. We are the largest coffee consuming country in the world next to Europe, Japan and Italy at 400 million cups a day
ii. Become the 2nd most favored drink in the world (below water)
Transition: Now that I’ve discussed the history of coffee, I will not discuss the effects coffee has on your health.
II. Coffee has many effects on our health both good and bad.
A. Good news health effects
i. Caffeine is the main active chemical in coffee, this blocks adenosine- a chemical that makes you naturally drowsy ii. Caffeine also makes you more alert as well as more concentrated on a given
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According to Harvard University coffee can also lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, increase libido especially in women, improves memory, and reduces risk of Parkinson’s disease
B. Health risks
i. Long term side effects: once stimulation suddenly stops, brain cells start craving caffeine for stimulation and sudden neural slowness starts (addictions/dependence on caffeine)
ii. High coffee consumption can increase the risk of loss of bone mineral, which leads to rapid eventual development of osteoporosis due to the loss of bone mineral.
iii. Harvard University also found that excessive coffee consumption can also lead to an increased heart rate, increased blood pressure and irregular heart beat. iv. Increasing your coffee consumption can increase your tolerance thus you have to consume more to get the same affect as before, when you stop cold turkey you can have headaches and more
Kaminsky, Martin, and Whaley (1998) Caffeine consumption habits do not influence the exercise blood pressure response following caffeine ingestion. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 38, 53-8.
Caffeine raises your blood pressure when you drink/eat it, raising your blood pressure in general is not a good thing but imagine drinking and/or eating caffeine daily, and your blood pressure constantly rising. Another negative aspect is that caffeine can have a disruptive effect on your sleep. The most obvious effect of the caffeine is that it can make it hard for you to fall asleep. It can help you stay awake during the day but can also make you stay awake during the night when you are trying to fall asleep. You can also have withdraws from caffeine, going back to the story “Java Man” the author Malcolm Gladwell considered it a drug and remember you can get addicted to drugs (you can really get addicted to anything). There are plenty more negative ways caffeine can disrupt your lifestyle but you know what they say for every negative thing you can say there can be some
Caffeine is a mild stimulant that occurs naturally in at least 63 plant species. Caffeine can be found in the leaves, stems, seeds, and roots of these various plants. Caffeine is part of the methylxanthine family. It consists of a xanthine molecule with three methyl groups attached to it. Caffeine can be found in many products like sodas, tea, and coffee, but it also occurs in several other products such as prescription medications, diuretics, and pain relievers. Caffeine’s widespread use and popularity have caused many people to view the substance as an addictive drug. Thus making caffeine the most inexpensive and readily available drug known to man. Then on the other hand there are people who view caffeine as a helpful stimulant that increases the individual’s concentration and awareness as well as many other physical traits. The important thing to remember is that caffeine’s affects vary based on the person, the amount ingested, the frequency of consumption, and individual metabolism. (http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/kopykit/caffeine.html)
Caffeine raises adrenaline levels and heavy coffee consumption can lead to a state of adrenal gland exhaustion where the adrenal glands are no longer able to adequately respond to stress by releasing enough adrenaline. Adrenal insufficiency can then lead to a host of other problems, including a weakened immune system response, anxiety and panic attacks.
Secondly, caffeine may lower the risk of type II diabetes in humans. Particularly, type II diabetes is caused by high blood sugars in the context of insulin resistance or the failure to secrete insulin. According to Gunnars (2013), studies illustrate that people who consume caffeine have a 23-50% lower risk of getting type II diabetes while one study showed a reduction as high as 67%. In addition, each daily cup of coffee was associated with a 7% reduced risk of developing type II diabetes based on a massive review that looked at data from 18 studies with a sum of 457 922 individuals...
Smith A, Sturgess W, Gallagher J. (1999) Effects of a Low Dose of Caffeine Given in Different
Since the invention of caffeine, it is continuing to be widely consumed around the world. Caffeine has been used in beverages, foods, and as drugs due to the empowerment it has on the degrading effects on alertness, moodiness, and cognitive performances. With its increasing popularity with majority of the pe...
The idea that coffee stunts growth is a myth; hereditary determines a person 's height, and coffee provided benefits for an individual 's health. Although adding coffee addictions such as sugar and creamer detracts from coffees commendable health effects would not be beneficial. This brown, liquid, hot fresh beverage has proven through various studies and experiments, why individuals must drink coffee everyday. As stated before, over half of all Americans drink coffee everyday, with the population’s height growing every year. Perhaps, as years progress the height will keep getting towering, making the myth
The media fails to project the negative effects of excessive caffeine intake. This literature review will illustrate how excessive caffeine consumption can be detrimental to one’s life, and how problematic caffeine use derives from conditioning by the caffeine industry. 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 coffee has increased, causing the caffeine industry to create an expansion of coffee shops, new caffeinated beverages (Bailey, Saldanha, Gahche, & Dwyer, 2014), and mass-media advertising.
The information about Caffeine is important to know because when having a child there could be side affects to that child or to yourself in general. Some of the effects caffeine can cause are impaired memory and increase the risk of having seizures. It is important to know these facts because having a child you want to make sure that everything will work out for the best. Caffeine can cause just more then seizures and damage in the brain, but it is the most common side effects. How does caffeine affect the body?
As side from that, excess caffeine can also overstimulate the central nervous system, disrupting sleeping patterns. High amounts of caffeine produce negative effect on sleep onset and quality. However, there are large individual differences in the effects of caffeine on sleep. Many people consume coffee during the evening and have no problems falling asleep, while others find that the mild stimulation of caffeine consumed shortly before a bed time delays the time to fall asleep.
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.
Caffeine has been around for thousands of years and can be found in numerous locations around the world. The substance has been mentioned in literature as early as the ninth-eighth century, where Homer, a Greek poet, “…mentioned a drink that was able to help people stay awake…” according to the article, Caffeine: Should people consume caffeine? (2011). According to caffeineandyou.wordpress.com, “Caffeine was first extracted from cocoa beans into its purest form, a white powder, in the 1820s by a German Scientist named Friedrich Ferdinand Runge”.
Ferdman, A. Roberto. (2015, Feb. 21). It’s official: Americans should drink more coffee. The Washington Post.
Coffee can make you feel happier and reduce the rate of suicide. A study carried out by the National Institute of Health Study in the US found that those who drink four or more cups of coffee were about ten percent less likely to be depressed than people who never drink it. And it's not just because of the "caffeine