Caffeine buzz
Vegetarian Times, Nov, 2002
The caffeine that gets into your bloodstream can take its toll on your mind and body until bedtime--and for years to come, according to a study conducted by Duke University Medical Center and reported in the July/August 2002 issue of Psychosomatic Medicine. "The caffeine we drink enhances the effects of the stresses we experience, so if we have a stressful job, drinking coffee makes our bodies respond more to the ordinary stresses we experience," says James D.
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Lane, PhD, associate research professor at Duke's department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and the study's lead author. "The combination of stress and caffeine has a multiplying or synergistically negative effect." The study also found that eliminating coffee and other caffeinated drinks from your diet "could be a way to decrease blood pressure and other stress reactions." Over a long period, caffeine consumption can increase your risk of heart attack and stroke. In layman's terms: Buzz off.
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