Coffee is known as the magical cure that solves all problems and headaches in the morning. However, it doesn’t come without a cost, and there is nothing such as ‘free energy’.
Coffee what somebody said something about coffee ? hello and welcome back to my channel if you’re engineer living in paris and in today’s video impacts of caffeine consumption this video might go against the widespread opinion about coffee and you might be wondering why you should listen to me well first good question
You can still listen to me and you decide for yourself whether you want to continue drinking coffee or not and second i did major in biomedical engineering at university so i know how to read a scientific paper and third i’m not gonna be inventing anything all i will papers articles or books all the resources
Will be linked in the description box so you can check them out and make your own opinion you know i always encourage you to do your own research and this is only my findings after research i’ve done so please do your own and always follow your instincts because we are all different with that being said let’s get
Started like many people i used to live for coffee i remember in the lockdown the main reason i used to wake up early is to enjoy my cup of coffee in the morning before starting work however i’ve never been a heavy drinker i only drink one cup of coffee every day and this before 11 a.m because i’m very sensitive
To caffeine and if i drink too much i cannot sleep at night so every morning i would skip breakfast and replace it with a cup of black coffee to feel energized and alert and i used to do intermittent fasting and without a cup of coffee i would feel very hungry and cannot make it until lunch so because i was having
Just one cup of coffee every day and i thought it was not interfering with my life since all doctors said that coffee is zero calories so it was basically free energy so why not have it every day the problem is the days that i didn’t have coffee i would feel very tired very depressed and i would like the motivation
To do anything and that’s when i start questioning how addicted am i to caffeine so even when i start questioning my addiction to caffeine i made all the possible excuses to justify this to myself not your favorite and i know i’m making no friends by saying this but please hear me out until the end and you
Can judge for yourself caffeine makes us feel alert focused happy and energetic even when it’s actually not the case it acts as a stimulant for the central nervous system it gives us weight by inhibiting the work of a molecule called adenosine this molecule is formed from the breakdown of atp which is the
High energy molecule the work of adenosine is to slow down your body through different action like muscle relaxation or decreasing your heart rate so what caffeine does is blocking adenosine from locking to your brain receptor so it activates its work that’s why sometimes when you drink coffee you might notice that your
Heart rate or your blood pressure might increase okay enough with the science i hope it includes some of you watching in conclusion caffeine inhibits the inhibitor which makes it a stimulant caffeine will also boost your energy by increasing your levels of cortisol which is the stress hormone cortisol is usually
Released when you are in danger so all your senses will be in alert mode when your stress is high your brain is sending a message to your body that it needs energy and alertness to escape the danger while that might be okay once in a while if you are if you didn’t have enough sleep or maybe you’re jet liked it cannot be
The case every day by drinking coffee every day your body is on alert mode all the time so you are damaging your body’s natural responses and you can no longer trust your symptoms another thing is that coffee boosts your positive feelings by increasing your dopamine levels dopamine is the hormone responsible
For feeling pleasure and that’s exactly what was happening to me every morning when i had to drink my cup of coffee to feel happy the way we feel and the way our body reacts are mainly linked to our lifestyle so if you feel tired sad or you can’t concentrate most of the time you need to find out why this is scary and i
Totally get it addressing certain problems might lead you to question everything about your life your job your family your friends how happy are you with your life out why and address the root of the problem along with increasing your cortisol level caffeine even in small doses interrupts the production of
Melatonin aka the sleep hormone you might say now and that’s exactly what i used to say but i only drink coffee in the morning well even if you drink coffee in the morning a significant amount of caffeine will still be in your blood by bedtime in fact the half-life of caffeine is six hours so for instance a 200 milligram
Cup of coffee by 9 a.m will still leave you with 50 milligrams of caffeine in your blood by 9 pm and you should also count for other foods that contain caffeine such as tea or chocolate you might be saying now yes but i fall asleep very easily i have absolutely no problem to sleep at night well yes even if you
Succeed to fall asleep at night it won’t be a quality sleep meaning it won’t be restful and deep and then it’s a vicious circle because you wake up tired so you reach for coffee to have a quick fix and then at night you have a poor quality sleep to go for two weeks without caffeine and see how it will improve your
Sleep quality and your energy levels in the morning your brain adapts to regular consumption of caffeine which decreases its stimulating effect that’s why you might find that over time you need to consume more and more coffee to feel as energetic and alert and if you suddenly quit coffee you might experience some
Withdrawal symptoms such as headache depressed mood or fatigue but in few days or weeks your body will adjust and you will feel energetic again as i said before caffeine puts your body in a fight or flight mode by increasing the levels of hormones causes the liver to release sugar into the blood for energy since your
Body thinks it is in danger it needs energy to escape and run and if you add to this that you are probably stressed for your daily life then your blood sugar levels must be all over the roof the problem is when your blood sugar is very high this is called a hyperglycemia your body will secrete insulin that will trigger a
Rapid crash so you will find yourself reaching for more coffee or more sugar when you understand this mechanism you can’t tell me that coffee or tea are accepted during periods of fasting because that demonstrates a poor understanding of the human body as a whole and that also explains what i said in the beginning that i
Couldn’t do intermittent fasting without drinking coffee so even though you have eaten nothing drinking coffee will increase your cortisol level which makes your body undergoes gluconeogenesis meaning it turns your protein aka muscle into glucose and this of course contradicts the whole idea behind fasting which
Is to keep your blood sugar low your body doesn’t know that you are self-inflicting this stress all it know that it is in danger and it needs glucose so if you had to make glucose from your muscle then of course it will studies have shown that caffeine consumption is linked to the development of cysts in women especially
Those with pre-existing hormonal imbalances think pms pco and endometriosis it also affects fertility and reproduction because of the constant stress in her book beyond the pill dr jolene brighton says that caffeine interrupts hormonal balance and stress she recommends going caffeine free for 30 days noticing
The changes and then reintroducing coffee slowly and noticing how maybe it’s not for you usually when a woman is pregnant the doctor recommends she stops drinking coffee and alcohol but research has even shown that consuming coffee before the conception period increases the risk of early pregnancy loss by 74
And this applies to men as well caffeine is also linked to hormonal imbalance low libido and weight issues so not good for us ladies that’s it for me guys i hope you enjoyed this video i tried to keep it light there is a lot more to say about coffee but i couldn’t put it all in one video called the coffee cult and i’ll
Link it in the description box if i couldn’t convince you to quit coffee i’m sure this article will as i said in the beginning this video is absolutely not here to judge you i still drink coffee once in a long time maybe if i’m traveling and i need that boost of energy so please if you make this decision do
It from inform plates and also buy organic this is non-negotiable i will leave you with more articles and videos so check the description box if you want to further your knowledge about coffee and caffeine as always if you made it so far thank you so much for watching question everything do your own research and follow your instincts
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Why You Should Quit Coffee ? – The Health Benefits of Quitting Caffeine By Soukaina Kanice