We all are aware that people can become addicted to various substances, experiences, and so fourth. Someone with a gambling addiction loses all of their money. Someone with an alcohol addiction could possibly have the same consequence as well as other including a declining health. What then of caffeine addiction? Can someone be addicted to coke, pepsi, coffee, or other caffeinated food items? According to University of Vermont College of Medicine and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, you can very much so be addicted to caffeine. The article explains that when a person goes through caffeine withdrawal, there is often a very intense headache, followed by fatigue. You get the headache from increased, rapid blood flow that would have other wise been constricted from the effects of the caffeine. During the study that was conducted, they gave caffeine to a group of people and a placebo to another group (double-blind study). They concluded that even though being addicted to caffeine can make you tired, have a migraine, or even a bit irritable if you do not get the 'drug', there aren't any long term, negative side effects. At least not any that were found in the study.
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Very interesting article, I hardly drink anything with caffeine and i hate the taste of coffee, but my dad drinks a lot of it and i know if he doesn't have a cup in the morning he gets a bad head ache, Hes tried to cut back on his intake which has helped with the head aches.
ReplyDeleteFor years, I have always assumed that coffee beans were on par with nicotine, as far as level of addiction goes. That is no joke either. I have seen some people with a serious coffee jones that could never seem to be fulfilled. Personally, I do not drink coffee because I just don't like the taste of it. However, both my parents and my older brother drink several cups throughout the day, and are extremely irritable in the morning until they have had their morning "fix." I am sure that there are a lot of Americans who behave similarly if their body isn't given what it craves.
ReplyDeleteNow, I am not going to go as far as to say that a person will go through severe withdrawal sickness and have to go to a rehabilitation center to kick the cravings. I would say that if people in the study were suffering headaches, fatigue, and other side effects, that it would be safe to assume that caffeine does have an addicting quality to it.