• Caffeine Consumption Slows Down Brain Development, Rat Study Shows
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[QUOTE=daijitsu;42294950]how can you even do that like I drink a lot of monster in general but I can't even finish off a [url=http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q108/quartersquare/Blog%20Photos/0monsterbfc.jpg]BFC[/url] without it taking like four hours I remember Jolt Cola getting banned in Illinois because some kid chugged (four?) of them thinking they were normal colas and it wrecked him up. It only came back after they redesigned it so instead of plain looking coke bottles they were those huge battery cans with easily visible warnings[/QUOTE] It says right on each can "Don't drink more than X of these a day", too. I'm thinking maybe the girl had some other medical issues with her that piled on top of it, but I can't recall for certain. [editline]24th September 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Awesomecaek;42295025]Some people inherently have a stronger physiological reaction than others. It's also hugely a social thing, as well as placebo, and once your body gets used to daily caffeine dose (which removes all the positive effects of it, by the way), getting it no more makes you feel like [I]shit[/I] - it's pretty much legitimate withdrawal effects. A cup of something hot in the morning is always nice, too.[/QUOTE] Caffeine withdraw is...quite a terrible experience.
[QUOTE=spiritlol;42294358]Humans have been drinking coffee for 600 years while rats have not. I think there's a difference in caffeine tolerance here.[/QUOTE] I don't think it's that, I think it's cos y'know humans have brains much larger than the size of a peanut.
[QUOTE=AaronTAB;42295009]uh what That's not how biology works...[/QUOTE] Hamsters are more tolerant to alcohol than humans are... They've been consuming it on a daily basis in the wild for like, ever.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42295022]Honestly, I've been trying to get off my caffeine addiction for about a year now to no avail. Quitting cold turkey is impossible, having tried it at least 6 times. The migraines of going without for a while are just unbearable and I envy you not being addicted.[/QUOTE] This. It's easier for me to just keep chugging energy drinks/coffee than it is to face the headaches that come if I don't.
[QUOTE=Alxnotorious;42294632]Because (American) school require us to do way too much homework, and we can't go to bed at a healthy time.[/QUOTE] stop procrastinating and leaving things last minute and you'll find that issue will soon disappear
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42294372]For one, coffee is more well known. For another, it has more caffeine than many soft drinks. I drink coffee literally every single day where as only drink 3-4 soft drinks a week.[/QUOTE] it's on average, only an increase of 30mg of caffiene at most between a coffee and a coke/pop/soda I think if a kids growing up drinking that on a regular basis, if this study is true, they would suffer the consequences not unlike with coffee. I don't think this study is true mind you.
I didn't start seriously drinking coffee until I was 16-17 anyways. And two cups a day can't be that bad. I'll take timidness and slower brain development before wrecked lungs/liver any day, too. It's addictive, and it has side effects, but I wouldn't quit it.
My addiction didn't start until I started going to college. Before that, my parents never kept much soda in the house and I never had much freedom or money to go get coffee. But once I got it, and having a job + full time college, it became something that helped along until it got to the point where I couldn't go a day without it.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42295022]Honestly, I've been trying to get off my caffeine addiction for about a year now to no avail. Quitting cold turkey is impossible, having tried it at least 6 times. The migraines of going without for a while are just unbearable and I envy you not being addicted.[/QUOTE] I replaced my caffinee with Alcohol! YAY. :saddowns:(I wish this still worked)
[QUOTE=Swilly;42295846]I replaced my caffinee with Alcohol! YAY. :saddowns:(I wish this still worked)[/QUOTE] Caffeine in the morning, alcohol at night. Daily diet of the college student.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;42295851]Caffeine in the morning, alcohol at night. Daily diet of the college student.[/QUOTE] Mine is just straight alcohol or water/juice.
I've been drinking a cup every morning for the past ten year (9 yrs old) and I don't want to quit coffee anytime soon, my brains development must've been slowed down incredibly though.
Caffeine addiction is terrible. If I don't have coffee every morning I'll end up with a migraine half way through the day and end up taking Excedrin anyway.
[QUOTE=breakyourfac;42295898]I've been drinking a cup every morning for the past ten year (9 yrs old) and I don't want to quit coffee anytime soon, my brains development must've been slowed down incredibly though.[/QUOTE] Hmmm, I think this study just might be [I]right.[/I]
[QUOTE=Swebonny;42294319]Glad I'm not a rat![/QUOTE] keep tellin yourself that, MOD put the gloves back on don't ban
Quit caffeine last march. My advice to anyone looking to quit: dont quick cold turkey. Ease yourself off it.
Couldn't they run this test on humans to see if it has the same effect?
[QUOTE=Onion836;42296529]Couldn't they run this test on humans to see if it has the same effect?[/QUOTE] yeah i mean they could just grow some people to early development ages and possibly alter their brain chemistry for life totally ethical
[QUOTE=areolop;42296435]Quit caffeine last march. My advice to anyone looking to quit: dont quick cold turkey. Ease yourself off it.[/QUOTE] Take up cigarettes. I've heard it helps the headaches.
[QUOTE=Alxnotorious;42296732]Take up cigarettes. I've heard it helps the headaches.[/QUOTE] next thing you know you're smoking crack to get rid of your cough syrup addiction
Tea is my coffee, and even then I drink only because I like the taste and warmth, caffeine has no noticeable effect one me.
[quote]And even if the rat brain differs clearly from that of humans, the many parallels in how the brains develop raise the question as to whether children's and young adults' caffeine intake really is harmless or whether it might be wiser to abstain from consuming the pick-me-up. "There is still need for research in this area," says Huber.[/quote] When I saw this thread I entertained the thought of quitting coffee, but before long I decided I wanted to know how much it affects the brain so I read the article and I was no wiser. I'll wait untill there is more specific research on what it does to the human brain during teenages and early adulthood before I give up my coffee. [editline]24th September 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=HumanAbyss;42296697]yeah i mean they could just grow some people to early development ages and possibly alter their brain chemistry for life totally ethical[/QUOTE] It would only be unethical if they were to lock kids up and force coffee down their throats every day for like a month or something :v: [quote]Huber's group of researchers administered moderate quantities of caffeine to 30-day-old rats over five days and measured the electrical current generated by their brains. The deep sleep periods, which are characterised by slow waves, were reduced from day 31 until day 42, i.e. well beyond the end of administering caffeine.[/quote] Surely they could do something similar with humans?
I used to drink soda after soda, it just started tasting gross. I got headaches for like one day after I stopped drinking soda and started limiting my caffeine severely via caffeine free juices( and sometimes those juices that have 0% actual juice ) and tea.
[QUOTE=Lethaxx;42294307]caffeine isn't only in coffee, its also in soft drinks, as the article mentions. Dont know why people are only mentioning coffee.[/QUOTE] I've been drinking coke pretty much religiously since I was about 5, I wonder how much that's fucked me up
[QUOTE=MrJazzy;42297068]When I saw this thread I entertained the thought of quitting coffee, but before long I decided I wanted to know how much it affects the brain so I read the article and I was no wiser. I'll wait untill there is more specific research on what it does to the human brain during teenages and early adulthood before I give up my coffee.[/QUOTE] The human brain is more complex and if anything would be more vulnerable not less.
I drink coffee because it tastes fucking good.
I need coffee to not be tired as fuck in the first hours of school everyday. On that note, I am not surprised at all that the Dutch are that high up in the list. We really love coffee over here.
Of course it's on the rise, guys. Kids, especially teenagers, are being saddled with going to school earlier and earlier in the morning than ever before, which forces them to guzzle astronomical amounts of caffiene just so they can stay awake.
[QUOTE=TestECull;42297636]Of course it's on the rise, guys. Kids, especially teenagers, are being saddled with going to school earlier and earlier in the morning than ever before, which forces them to guzzle astronomical amounts of caffiene just so they can stay awake.[/QUOTE] Wait, do kids actually feel the need to consume caffeine daily to stay awake? How about getting a reasonable amount of sleep, doing some exercise and drinking some old water? I'm all for drinking coffee, but relying on it to stay awake is crazy.
[QUOTE=Reshy;42297334]The human brain is more complex and if anything would be more vulnerable not less.[/QUOTE] Yeah but how badly was the rat actually affected? They slept worse, and were not as curious - I'm still not sure how this translates to humans. I mean I understand that it would probably have similar effects, but to which extent?
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