Are you hooked on Coffee

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By britexpat

If coffee perks you up, you need to STOP drinking it: That pick-me-up shows you're hooked

Regular consumption of tea and coffee leads to dependency

Every morning, millions of people perform an essential daily ritual - having their first cup of tea or coffee. It concentrates the mind and acts as a pick-me-up.

Or does it? The latest research suggests that familiar buzz doesn't so much as give us a lift, but fights the caffeine withdrawal symptoms - fatigue, mental fogginess and a dull headache - that have kicked in since our last cup.

Indeed, experts suggest that this morning ritual is actually a sign of mass drug dependency.

Shaking the habitual: Many can't start the day without a cup of tea or coffee, but it's been proven that caffeine doesn't actually jump start your brain

'People who consume caffeine regularly will become dependent on it - if you take caffeine away from them, they will function below par,' says Peter Rogers, professor of biological psychology at Bristol University and a leading expert on caffeine.

'They just don't function normally without the drug on board. If it's your first tea or coffee of the day, it gets you back to normal, but beyond that you don't get much more of a kick.'

Professor Rogers has studied coffee and its effects for more than 20 years and, as a result, he and other members of his team have given up caffeine.

'On balance, caffeine is not particularly helpful. It triggers withdrawal and increases your blood pressure, which is not a good thing,' he says.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2343424/If-coffee-perks-you-ne...

By lawa• 18 Jun 2013 09:23
lawa

First Things First that is Tea and not only we are addicted for it but many of us having severe damages from this liquid but to do yani............:)

By landloverreview• 18 Jun 2013 08:54
landloverreview

Better a few mins of good morning kisses. :)

By landloverreview• 18 Jun 2013 08:54
landloverreview

Lol Sulie.. even obama watches Al Jazeera.. I am not sure when.. :) dont think too much..it would be disgusting..

By Miss Mimi• 18 Jun 2013 08:53
Miss Mimi

Who cares. Better coffee than cigarettes or booze or anything else.

By Sulieman• 18 Jun 2013 08:52
Sulieman

KR,, Al Jazeera is worse than the Coffee ,,, Lols

By Knight Returns• 18 Jun 2013 08:50
Rating: 4/5
Knight Returns

The first thing in the morning for me is Al Jazeera with a cup of strong tea before I start the ablutions...and that's the only time in the day I ever have tea or any kind of beverage.

By britexpat• 18 Jun 2013 08:45
britexpat

Karak also has caffeine. The Taninine will make your teeth go yyellow - as experienced by rizks.

By Sulieman• 18 Jun 2013 08:41
Sulieman

Guys don't worry

Don't depend on that mean selfish Coffee

I can Kick anybody ,, Just call me on the HOTLINE :O)

By landloverreview• 18 Jun 2013 08:39
Rating: 4/5
landloverreview

Early morning lol it is not early at 8 30 - a cup of green tea

11 - a cup of coffee

2 30 - a cup of green tea

I want to go green totally cheating with a cup of coffee a day is ok for me..

By Khanan• 18 Jun 2013 08:39
Khanan

Nothing beats the early morning 'Karak' to 'kick' start me

By britexpat• 18 Jun 2013 08:34
britexpat

That fresearch says "Although we cannot infer a causal relationship between coffee drinking and lower risk of death, we believe these results do provide some reassurance that coffee drinking does not adversely affect health."

By Humbles• 18 Jun 2013 08:32
Humbles

I'll stop tomorrow.

By Molten Metal• 18 Jun 2013 08:26
Molten Metal

for those who have invested money in coffee producing companies ...

By Sulieman• 18 Jun 2013 08:24
Sulieman

After the Coffee cups failed to wake me up i am thinking to take it as injections ,,

But am not addicted :/

By RADIUS• 18 Jun 2013 08:18
RADIUS

Prof. Rogers didn't realize' in his experiment conclusion that Rizks Emporium is already exist 3 decade ago & its too late to warn those addicted in coffee.

By Rizks• 18 Jun 2013 08:00
Rizks

Nothing can STOP me by selling Karak at my Emporium ! :(

People are addicted to my chai and i will make sure to add more drug in it so tat they are totally addicted to it and come again and again and so on.....:)

By Kareena74• 18 Jun 2013 08:00
Rating: 3/5
Kareena74

I am addicted to coffee and depend on it to get me thru the day.. I drink three cups of black coffee a day, no sugar added. What will it do to me? So far has not done anything and I don' think three cups of zero calorie beverage is going to cause me any harm.

By FathimaH• 18 Jun 2013 07:59
FathimaH

Not anymore..still miss the "kick"!!

By Molten Metal• 18 Jun 2013 07:58
Rating: 2/5
Molten Metal

''People who consume caffeine regularly will become dependent on it ... ''

People who marry & remain that way will become dependent on their spouses !

By RADIUS• 18 Jun 2013 07:56
RADIUS

Rizks must close his karak factory. :)

By Molten Metal• 18 Jun 2013 07:55
Molten Metal

What made him to go so deep after coffee ?

By Molten Metal• 18 Jun 2013 07:54
Molten Metal

he is leading by example ...

By Molten Metal• 18 Jun 2013 07:53
Rating: 4/5
Molten Metal

Good contribution for the society ... by Professor Rogers as he has studied coffee and its effects for more than 20 years ...

By Strom• 18 Jun 2013 07:41
Strom

OMG I am an addict ... and i have a tendency to be a drug addict ...

more coffee plzzzzzzzz !!!!

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