Most coffee drinkers dont realize it, but your morning cups of coffee set your body up for a rollercoaster day of highs and lows, only to bottom out at the point of exhaustion. Just a few hours after consumption, when the artificial high dies down, many people may reach for more coffee or something sugary to get another lift, leading to daily fluctuations in energy and alertness, and possibly to eventual chronic adrenal exhaustion. Just one caffeinated drink – whether its a soft drink, caffeinated tea or coffee – will put your body on the caffeine rollercoaster. When you consume caffeine, the drug begins its effects by initiating uncontrolled neuron firing in your brain.This excess neuron activity triggers your pituitary gland to secrete a hormone that tells your adrenal glands to produce adrenalin. Adrenalin is what gives athletes that winning burst of energy and Good Samaritans the ability to rescue people by lifting cars. Adrenalin is also the source of our fight-or-flight response, which enabled our prehistoric ancestors to escape from saber-toothed tigers and other predators. By stimulating your adrenal glands to produce adrenalin, caffeine puts your body in this fight-or-flight state. When this adrenal high wears off later, you feel the drop in terms of fatigue, irritability, headache or confusion. At this point, you may reach for another hit of caffeine, followed by another, and another and maybe even one more. If you constantly keep your body on a caffeine high, youre constantly keeping your body in flight-or-flight mode. Your bodys constant state of alert caffeinism, is characterized by fatigue, anxiety, mood swings, sleep disturbance, irritability and depression. After prolonged caffeinism, your body enters a state of adrenal exhaustion. Your caffeine consumption has simply pushed your adrenal glands so much that theyve burned out. In other words, caffeine affects your body just like any drug. You start taking it slowly, but as your body develops a tolerance to it, you need more and more to feel the same effects. Eventually, your body reaches a point where it cant be without it; otherwise, you will start to experience withdrawal symptoms. Yes, caffeine is a drug, even though its something that you ingested in your beloved chocolate bars and colas since early childhood. Instead of reaching for your morning cup of coffee, you can do your body a big favor by eating a healthy breakfast instead. A good breakfast, maintained by a healthy lunch, will keep you energetic all day. Whatever you do, dont wash it down with a cup of coffee.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 08:57:06 +0000
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