Ready for a Jolt? Caffeine Brings Benefits and Risks

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Ready for a Jolt? Caffeine Brings Benefits and Risks
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Coffee consumption may reduce the risk of developing high blood pressure but increase cholesterol levels.

Coffee and tea are among the plants that are highest in caffeine. Their use as beverages makes caffeine the most consumed psychoactive agent in the world.to increase alertness and work productivity. Synthetic caffeine is added to soft drinks, energy drinks, and products intended to reduce fatigue or promote weight loss.

Caffeine passes the blood-brain barrier and, having an adenosine-like structure, inhibits adenosine's effects by binding to adenosine receptors. In the brain, caffeine reduces fatigue, increases alertness, reduces reaction times, may reduce the risk for depression, and increases the effectiveness of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in treating headaches and other types of pain.The evidence available on the relationship between caffeine and health has several methodological limitations.

Yet, the moderate and usual consumption of coffee does not increase, but may even reduce, the risk of developing high BP. In contrast, occasional coffee consumption can have hypertensive effects, and moderate and usual consumption in patients with high BP does not appear to increase the risk forand can reduce the risk for death from any cause.

High caffeine intake can stimulate diuresis, but without causing damaging effects on hydration when taking moderate doses of caffeine for long periods. Stopping caffeine suddenly, in a regular consumer, can lead to withdrawal symptoms such as headache, asthenia, decreased attention, depressed mood, and flulike symptoms.

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