9th video in the series. This one focuses on the addictive drug, caffeine.
Thank you to nanciesweb, for inspiring me to examine this subject more closely.
A link for more information is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine
Duration : 0:9:5
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It’s true that …
It’s true that coffee delivers some benefit along with its dose of highly-addictive, psychoactive drug. The *context* of that truth has been distorted; the overall impression left in your mind is false: “coffee is good for you.”
Likely, coca leaves have anticancer properties. But I wouldn’t recommend running out to lay in a supply of that, either. Get your anticancer substances from safer sources.
The food industry …
The food industry has championed coffee’s possession of anticancer substances, and gotten the media to play the story aggressively and repeatedly. The impression they are leaving in our minds is that coffee is somehow special and unique in its anticancer properties.
Coffee’s properties only look good in comparison to highly-industrialized foods and beverages which lack them. And if you are eating an industrialized diet, drinking coffee won’t do nearly enough to compensate.
Both, I think.
A …
Both, I think.
A very great many plant foods, teas and even coffee have nutritive properties, including the provision of substances with anti-cancer properties.
The rise in cancer tracks not only the rise in industrial production of toxins, but also the switch to industrially-processed foods which mostly lack these substances. More toxic exposure, less protection from diet = more cancer.
Some say that there …
Some say that there is good effects in coffee.. to prevent cancer by giving something to your body.. is this correct or is it a distraction?
I didn’t start …
I didn’t start quite that young. But by the time I reached college, I was swilling caffeinated soft drinks. Coffee came later for me, when I entered the work force.
The information environment in which I was raised treated caffeine as harmless. So my guard was down. And when caffeine-produced symptoms emerged, doctors could not tell me what was causing them. They bought the whole “harmless” story, too.
We need to reshape the information environment… one person at a time, if need be.
Incidentally, there …
Incidentally, there are reports that Coca-cola continues to use cocaine leaves to flavor the syrup used in their signature product. According to these reports, drug alkaloids are first extracted from the leaves for resale on the medical market, then the depleted leaves are used in soft drink syrup manufacturing.
I have no idea if it’s true. It sounds a bit apocryphal.
True or not, it’s water that has been sugared and drugged. Best to avoid it.
I haven’t seen any …
I haven’t seen any convincing scientific basis for ranking the addictivity of various drugs.
Which leaves me to form a subjective – and cautious – opinion. I think caffeine is in the same ballpark as cocaine, so far as addictivity goes. It’s very, very addictive.
Adenosine receptor …
Adenosine receptor antagonists, esp. at
the A2A sites, make us crave GABA-a agonists.
Valerian or Skullcap?
Valium or alcohol?
Pick your poison.
I grew up with coffee. I started
drinking coffee at age 6. YES, SIX YEARS OLD.
My dad condoned it. I ordered it in restaraunts,
and the waiter would give it to my mom.
She would say, “No, it’s his”, while pointing to me. It was hilarious.
Urgelt, YOU ROCK!
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I fat-fingered …
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I fat-fingered the “3″ key.
1933, even.
Spot on, Urgelt.
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Spot on, Urgelt.
FWIW: I have found a link between
caffeine consumption and alcohol dependence.
I am not kidding. I’m still doing research on this.
I also believe that caffeine is even much more addicting than cocaine. Wasn’t cocaine (coca) replaced by caffeine by the beverage industry in 19323, just at the offset of the Great Depression? (pun intended)
You go, man! I love your videos.
Most welcome, SW13, …
Most welcome, SW13, and good luck with your project.
This helped a bunch …
This helped a bunch for my caffeine research project. Watched all your other videos too. Love them. Thanks Urgelt.
One thing to keep …
One thing to keep in mind is that in any population survey of this type, many, many of the people surveyed are consuming industrial foods devoid of adequate nutrients. The bodies of such people are starved for micronutrients, especially antioxidants.
Antioxidants are found in many healthy foods and teas, not just coffee.
My guess is that a person with a healthy diet won’t get much benefit from consuming coffee – his nutritional needs are already met.
The study you’re …
The study you’re citing uses methods which are considered to be the weakest in science: population surveys. There is no light shed on the physiological mechanism by which the correlations appear.
You know it’s an industry-funded study when there are no negative health results reported, only positive.
I don’t ascribe much credibility to industry-funded studies. Which does not mean that there might not be some benefits to coffee, consumed in moderation.
What’s your take on …
What’s your take on the recent findings that coffee can reduce your risk of Alzhimer’s, Parkinson’s and diabetes, along with a number of other health problems.
I suspect it’s a mixed bag, but do you still come down on the no coffee is better for you side of the fence?
I went to high …
I went to high school with a guy like you.
One time, when we were dissecting frogs in biology class, he went around and collected all the frog eyeballs.
Then he showed the girls, one at a time, what he had in his hand.
He got some shrieks out of it. Nobody barfed.
The guys thought he was hilarious. Funny thing, though. He had a terrible time getting dates.
Interesting theory. …
Interesting theory. Probably not true.
Caffeine dilates blood vessels in the brain and reduces blood pressure there. If you are addicted to a large daily dose, your body normalizes this effect: it compensates by altering other blood pressure controls so the blood pressure doesn’t fall too far and produce unconsciousness.
Suddenly remove the caffeine, and the vessels constrict. Instant head pain. Drinking lots of water will not prevent it.
Ahh i watched this …
Ahh i watched this stimulating video over a nice jug of double xxl coffee. Hey i feel alert and ALIVE. Well now i fell restless, and my motor is totally out of control, ow goddamnit my head hurt, and why is the room spinning!
Ok, ok i think its gone… woah i feel intoxified…, woah i just got that feeling like someone is watching me, now im all hyped up, shit, now i cant go to sleep, thats strange my face is flushed, ahh now i gotta pee, holy my arms twitching!
Omygodagggghhhhf;dsfkjsd!
Poison you say? …
Poison you say? It’s poison if you overdose on it. If you consume it -normally-, yeah, it’s fine.
I drink caffeine on, and off. During my coursework deadline, I’ve exceeded the normal “200mg” dose per day, just for me to keep awake.
I didn’t suffer any headaches and such. Do you know why? Because I consumed it via pills, means I’m not cutting water intake when I stop.
People who drink caffeine, and stop drinking it, suffer headaches because their water intake has been reduced!
My dads wife have …
My dads wife have tried to quit drinking coffee which led to severe headaches for 4 days before she started drinking it again and then everything was “fine”. Why are you protecting this poison? It’s an addictive drug. Venom created by plants for their own protection.
Sort of like how …
Sort of like how you’re giving advice for people to read off a webpage?
Hypocrite much?
well at liest he is …
well at liest he is giving information
though, i suppose …
though, i suppose he could have just written notes is glancing at them, considering he is sitting there discussing this topic for 9+ minutes.
Caffeine is just a …
Caffeine is just a simple neurotransmitter inhibitor .
There’s ton’s of organic chemicals like this out there.
Tea have chemicals, which also inhibit the receptors on the post synaptic membrane.
Caffeine isn’t dangerous. Doesn’t effect your lifestyle. Yeah, If you exercise a lot, then caffeine is a +.
But if you sit on your backside all day, then obviously you’re going to increase your LDHs.
All you’re doing is reading off a web page. Rofl.
Thanks, Peg. Peace.
Thanks, Peg. Peace.