Health Warning: Decaffeinated Coffee = Low Caffeine NOT Zero Caffeine
Filed in archive Studies on October 18, 2006
As a chemist and a coffee addict, it has always been my orientation that decaffeinated coffee is not equal to zero caffeine but low caffeine. I've never switched to decaf though because I primarily need coffee for the caffeine fix, not the healthiest of reasons I know, but that is a different story.
And so a new study by University of Florida researchers documented that almost all decaffeinated coffee contains some measure of caffeine. Therefore coffee addicts who switch to decaf for health reasons will not be free of caffeine like many would think.
Caffeine is the most widely consumed drug in the world and coffee is its major source in the supply line.
According to study co-author Bruce Goldberger, Ph.D., a professor and director of UF's William R. Maples Center for Forensic Medicine:
"If someone drinks five to 10 cups of decaffeinated coffee, the dose of caffeine could easily reach the level present in a cup or two of caffeinated coffee. This could be a concern for people who are advised to cut their caffeine intake, such as those with kidney disease or anxiety disorders."
The UF researchers reported the study results in this month's Journal of Analytical Toxicology.
Find more details from the UFL News.
I guess it is pretty simple: once your doctor, due to health reasons, told you to forgo coffee because caffeine isn't good for you anymore, then stop drinking coffee (and other caffeine-containing drinks) altogether. DO NOT evade the issue with decaf.
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Caffeine is currently of the most consumed substances in the world nowadays, but many people ignore caffeine effects in the body, especially when a person suffers caffeine addiction or abuses of it somehow.
In this article I would like to point out the most negative caffeine effects on your body and what caffeine energy produces on your body, as well as mentioning some special facts about caffeine addiction.
Drinking various cups of coffees in a day is not good at all, especially if we drink it in the late afternoon or night, because the caffeine will stay in our bodies for up to eight hours, which affects our sleep.
Caffeine also affects the levels of cortisol in the body, leading to more cravings for carbohydrates and fats and mass weight onto our stomachs; abdominal fat causes bigger health risks than other kinds of fat. However, if you drink coffee in the morning and exercise straight afterwards, it can help you to burn fat 30 percent more efficiently than without taking it, because it helps to keep blood sugar levels up, making us less hungry.
Caffeine energy is understood as the energy that people usually experience when they consume caffeine. Caffeine energy usually gives our energy levels a temporary increase, but after it disappears we may suffer mild depression and start feeling lethargy, making it harder to exercise. So in other words, caffeine energy causes a quick improvement in our energy levels but it is just temporary and will cause an energy decrease afterwards making it hard for us to exercise.
You can find more info at: http://yourcaffeineaddiction.com/