The Dangers Of Caffeine In Coffee

Coffee is the second most consumed beverage in the world, behind water. There are many people consume it everyday. They consume coffee at least 1 or more cups of coffee per a day. In addition, coffee is not only popular among adults but teenagers also drink it. In fact, there are caffeine and sugar in coffee that has pros and cons which affects consumers’ health such as physical health or mental health: increasing heart rate, obesity, headaches, blood pressure, etc. So, customer should be aware of the danger of consuming too much coffee, especially teenagers should reduce the amount coffee in their diet.

From past to present coffee is a beverage that many people usually drink it along side breakfast, lunch or dinner. For example, Americans

Caffeine is not only in coffee, but also many soft drinks and chocolate. Research from University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India (2015) said that Caffeine is the most widely used psychotropic , affecting the mind or mental processes, stimulant among people of all ages and from assorted cultural backgrounds. In general recognized as safe by the Food and Drug Administration, excess caffeine intake can result in serious health hazards and, in rare cases, death. This may also enhance the preference for sweet foods and an overall greater incidence of overweight, obesity apart from the direct effects of caffeine on neural (of or relating to the nervous system), cardiovascular (pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels), gastrointestinal (pertaining to the stomach and intestines), and renal functions. They had researched about caffeine among teenagers (age 15 years). From 300 participants, there are 97 percent of them consuming caffeine and 6 percent consuming caffeine more than 300 mg per day. There are more than 50 percent consume caffeine from coffee and tea. The rest of percent are from chocolate and soft drink. It is evident that drinking coffee is very popular among teenagers. Caffeine in coffee impacts on costumers’ health. It impacts on their physical health cause caffeine. Caffeine energize adrenaline and dopamine that effect of heartbeat and hypertension (The disease or disorder of abnormally high blood pressure). Moreover, coffee had added too much cream and sugar that have more calories which causes obesity. For example, Latte has 46 calories, Cappuccino has 134 calories, iced coffee has 294 calories, etc. Wikipedia (2016) said that Obesity is a kind of disease that is a medical condition in which excess body fat has amassed to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health. At an individual level, a combination of excessive food energy intake and a lack of