Caffeine

[AspirinE]

Ok, i wanted to discuss with you fellow forumers the not so well publicized caffeine addiction. Discuss where and why they add caffeine, and the excruciating side effects of it.

Firstly, I'm myself a caffeine addict since i was 13 if not younger. I tried it first while livin in a boarding house with no real parental authority and i liked me a cup of coffee with milk every morning and when i did sports before school training that kind of led me to wanting to boost the wake up effect. Im 20 now and i still consume caffeine on the regular and every time, i miss my cup for a day i get terrible headaches and nausea, not easy to stop at all, especially for a student, since u don't have a week to lie down and just survive the withdraw symptoms going cold turkey.

I don't know if some of you know or not, but 90% of soft drinks contain caffeine.

Coca Cola put cocaine in their drink at the turn of the century. It sold extremely well. Some consumers succumbed to the addictive quality of cocaine and started to drink undiluted Cola syrup. When cocaine was banned for use in soft drink the bottlers switched to caffeine. The top selling soft drinks are loaded with caffeine: Coca Cola, 62 mg; Mountain Dew, 49 mg; and TAB, 45 mg. Similarly, instant coffee contains 66 mg per cup.

If u cant live a week without a can of coke, you are too addicted. Imagine the kids that are like 8 and guzzle bottles of that trash everyday, while their mothers think the only reason kids love it is coz it tastes sweet.

The effects of caffeine are nasty too, addiction can get u to a point of mental breakdown and it doesn't have to be heroin, its like overriding your own work pattern against your bodies wish and eventually it'll just backfire at you.


Just some random information for you that can be usefull, avoid that shit like its drugs your moma been talking about as immoral and that will kill you. We live in a generation where commercialism has the right to compromise our health over money ... LEGALLY... and since invention of soft drinks, high consumption of coffee due to a busy way of life... etc, are all the symptoms of the last 50 or so years we don't have a generation to learn from and to study, but the health factors are going to effect our kids and our age at wich we die.

[4D]

I love the taste of Coca-Cola, it's one of those things you taste and go, fuck that's perfect. But, I`m aware of the bad sides of it, besides the caffeine levels, there's something like 8 teaspoons of sugar in every 330ml can, that's fuckin insane. With sugar and caffeine levels so high, it's not surprising that it's so addictive. I know peoople who drink about ten cans a day, that's disgusting. The shit it can do to your teeth is fierce. Do you know, if you put a rusty coin in a jar of coke it can take off the rust, because of the acid in it, or if you put a baby's tooth in a cup of coke, it can completely dissolve the tooth. Now how can something so corrosive, be good for you? The heartburn, indegestion and gas it gives you are not for no reason, that shit has to have an effect on the linen of the stomach.

I try to keep my kids from drinkin it on a regular basis, but at the same time, I don't like bein a hard-ass, on things like that. They might have a few drinks of it per week, nothing more. Only soft drinks we get in our regular shopping are diluted fruit drinks.

Ps. About the caffeine, sometimes I go into work after just an hours sleep or less, and it's amazin the power in a cup of instant coffee, absolutely essential at times. CAffeine in Coffee is also a fat burner if taken before gym or exercise,

[AspirinE]

About the tooth thing in coke, i think i read about it being speculation, but nevertheless the acid can indeed cause you ulcers in your stomach.

As for dentist, I'm highly allergic to sugar so i don't drink much fuzzy drinks, and i make up for it in my coffee consumption, but I've never had probs with teeth in my life.

As for fat burning? how exactly does that work, I've never heard of that? Not been able to experience it since even when im doing heavy exersise to get back in shape or keep in shape i still drink coffee to fullfill the need to drink or eat something.

[yoshi]

i hate coffee myself

but i love Coke. it's kinda scary when i think about the ingredients - phosphoric acid, sugar, caffeine and shit but... don't we all love Coke? i know it ain't healthy, so i try to limit it and drink water instead.

[AspirinE]

i hate coffee myself

but i love Coke. it's kinda scary when i think about the ingredients - phosphoric acid, sugar, caffeine and shit but... don't we all love Coke? i know it ain't healthy, so i try to limit it and drink water instead.

you all love coke cause you are addicted. You can lie to yourself saying u "drink less" but you still need it and someday you're gonna be drinking more, someday when you dont get that coke you gonna get the headache of your life and you're gonna blame it on the weather .... bu the whispers in your head are gonna be saying:


"mmmm COKE, that brown sugary, acidic, shitty aftertaste leaving, drink of glory, you neeeeed to have it now, Do you have 50 cents? ... yes, go look for it ... you know you got 50 cents somewhere, now you can go the shop and buy a cold can with the excuse that you just want to take a walk. "

[yoshi]

you all love coke cause you are addicted. You can lie to yourself saying u "drink less" but you still need it and someday you're gonna be drinking more, someday when you dont get that coke you gonna get the headache of your life and you're gonna blame it on the weather .... bu the whispers in your head are gonna be saying:


"mmmm COKE, that brown sugary, acidic, shitty aftertaste leaving, drink of glory, you neeeeed to have it now, Do you have 50 cents? ... yes, go look for it ... you know you got 50 cents somewhere, now you can go the shop and buy a cold can with the excuse that you just want to take a walk. "

actually no, i've been drinkin it for a long time and there's a point when i can't drink it anymore. you'd better take care of your coffee addiction.

btw. i need 75 cents at least.

[4D]

"mmmm COKE, that brown sugary, acidic, shitty aftertaste leaving, drink of glory, you neeeeed to have it now, Do you have 50 cents? ... yes, go look for it ... you know you got 50 cents somewhere, now you can go the shop and buy a cold can with the excuse that you just want to take a walk. "

Lmao, funny.

I`m really not addicted though, I don't have any dependency on it whatsoever, I can sometimes drink it every day, and sometimes do without for months, it's not that addictive, not for me anyway. One of the affects of it also is, If you stop drinkin it for a while and maybe start drinkin Diet-coke for a couple of months, it's hard to even drink Coke because it's so sweet. Same affects for people who give up taking sugar in their tea for a few years, they say if they even tasted 1 spoon of sugar in their tea, they'd be physically sick.

As for the exercise thing and caffeine, it's true man, not on a monumentally large level, but because it's a stimulant and gives you that extra kick, it also helps you burn fat.

[yoshi]

i think i'ma go and drink some Coke.

[4D]

i think i'ma go and drink some Coke.

You know the fat burning thing doesn't work with coke lol, it's got too much sugar.

[AspirinE]

i think i'ma go and drink some Coke.

I think ima go smoke now while I boil water for coffee and while my diet coke is frozen in the fridge.

[yoshi]

i think i'ma go and drink some Coke.

You know the fat burning thing doesn't work with coke lol, it's got too much sugar.

fat burning thing?



@ Asp: diet Coke tastes like shit.

[4D]

i think i'ma go and drink some Coke.

You know the fat burning thing doesn't work with coke lol, it's got too much sugar.

fat burning thing?



@ Asp: diet Coke tastes like shit.

It does, because you're used to that lovely sugarry taste in normal coke, but I've friends who've said the exact same thing, and then they try Diet-Coke for a few months, and would never go back to normal coke. Try it out for a little while.

[yoshi]

*grabs Coke bottle* but but but



they got ugly cans. lol

[ThomasAguanis]

I'm glad I don't drink soda..at least it's very rare for me to drink soda. I used to when I was younger then realized how horrible for you it is and decided to stop. Now if I take a sip or coke I cringe at how sweet it is, though I may be able to drink other soda but I mainly stick to water.

and about the ulcer and teeth thing.. my chemistry teacher told my class on Friday about it. He said people with ulcers are told by their doctors not to drink coke. And one year someone brought in their old tooth and left it in coke...it was completely dissolved in 3 days.

also, the caffeine addiction among people must be going up these days. Just look at all the energy drinks there are today, that are especially advertised to appeal to children and well people of all ages really. I think it's insane but am guilty of having one every now and than (mostly in the summer when I'm working a full day like 7-4 or sometimes 7-10 on a few days)

[vermin]

Sometimes it's good when I'm tired and I gotta do something, (like when I can't sleep at night, and I gotta go to the school at the next morning) I just put down a couple of Red bulls (I don't know if you know it, it contains more caffeine then coke I guess) it just give me power. But I'm happy cuz caffeine and drugs are the only bad things, what I'm not addicted about. I really use that just some special times. When I went to my high school graduation I putted down 3 Red Bulls, and I was like Popey

So it's like every bad thing what is good for you for a short time. (alcohol, nicotine, caffein etc.). Don't use it every day, and do know when it's time to stop it.