Koffeinforscher Roland Griffiths warnt!
Eines meiner Lieblingszitate aus Donald Duck lautet sinngemäss:
"Die Kaffeearbeiter haben so viele Kaffepausen gemacht, dass sie Herzflattern bekamen und die Arbeit niederlegen mussten"
"People get dependent on caffeine," Griffiths says. "The question is: How does the drug do that? What kind of biological mechanism is it hijacking? It becomes this really interesting puzzle to figure out what's going on."
Once consumed, caffeine acts quickly. "This means that, soon after you finish your cup of coffee or tea, caffeine will be present in virtually every cell of your body," Bennett Weinberg and Bonnie Bealer note in "The World of Caffeine: The Science and Culture of the World's Most Popular Drug."
Griffiths' research has shown that people begin to feel caffeine's mood-altering effects after ingesting as little as 10 milligrams.
"Just a sip of coffee," he says.
The drug disappears quickly - typically within 12 hours to 24 hours. This, says Griffiths, explains why coffee is so often a morning ritual: "People are actually waking up in withdrawal." Griffiths and other caffeine researchers insist that they have nothing against the drug, which has undoubtedly saved lives and careers by helping drowsy drivers, soldiers, aviators, students and machine operators stay awake. Recent research even hints that caffeine helps protect against gallstones and Parkinson's disease.
"You don't lose your job, your friends or your money by taking caffeine," says American University psychologist Laura Juliano, who collaborated with Griffiths on the latest review of withdrawal research.
"That's not to say that people don't do pretty extreme things sometimes to get it," she adds.
Some caffeine users want to stop but can't. To understand why, Griffiths launched a program to study and treat caffeine dependence in 2001. His little-publicized clinic may be the only one of its kind in the nation.
The 59 people enrolled in the program keep a diary of caffeine use and have monthly sessions with a therapist. Saliva tests help determine whether they're sticking to the program.
For many, the program works. Nicholson, the Idlewylde nurse, says he's been clean for two years and now guzzles only caffeine-free Coke. "The only thing I take with caffeine now is an occasional piece of chocolate," he says.
But some people find they can't - or don't want to - quit. Griffiths isn't surprised. After all, he says, there's a reason why caffeine has been popular in so many cultures over the centuries. "It's a great drug," he says.
"Die Kaffeearbeiter haben so viele Kaffepausen gemacht, dass sie Herzflattern bekamen und die Arbeit niederlegen mussten"
"People get dependent on caffeine," Griffiths says. "The question is: How does the drug do that? What kind of biological mechanism is it hijacking? It becomes this really interesting puzzle to figure out what's going on."
Once consumed, caffeine acts quickly. "This means that, soon after you finish your cup of coffee or tea, caffeine will be present in virtually every cell of your body," Bennett Weinberg and Bonnie Bealer note in "The World of Caffeine: The Science and Culture of the World's Most Popular Drug."
Griffiths' research has shown that people begin to feel caffeine's mood-altering effects after ingesting as little as 10 milligrams.
"Just a sip of coffee," he says.
The drug disappears quickly - typically within 12 hours to 24 hours. This, says Griffiths, explains why coffee is so often a morning ritual: "People are actually waking up in withdrawal." Griffiths and other caffeine researchers insist that they have nothing against the drug, which has undoubtedly saved lives and careers by helping drowsy drivers, soldiers, aviators, students and machine operators stay awake. Recent research even hints that caffeine helps protect against gallstones and Parkinson's disease.
"You don't lose your job, your friends or your money by taking caffeine," says American University psychologist Laura Juliano, who collaborated with Griffiths on the latest review of withdrawal research.
"That's not to say that people don't do pretty extreme things sometimes to get it," she adds.
Some caffeine users want to stop but can't. To understand why, Griffiths launched a program to study and treat caffeine dependence in 2001. His little-publicized clinic may be the only one of its kind in the nation.
The 59 people enrolled in the program keep a diary of caffeine use and have monthly sessions with a therapist. Saliva tests help determine whether they're sticking to the program.
For many, the program works. Nicholson, the Idlewylde nurse, says he's been clean for two years and now guzzles only caffeine-free Coke. "The only thing I take with caffeine now is an occasional piece of chocolate," he says.
But some people find they can't - or don't want to - quit. Griffiths isn't surprised. After all, he says, there's a reason why caffeine has been popular in so many cultures over the centuries. "It's a great drug," he says.
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