Mal12345
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I know that there is much touting and wonking in the news media and advertising these days regarding the physical benefits of eating healthy and not eating junk food. Of course it's true, although when you are young you can generally absorb more of the bad effects. However, caffeine, one of the chemicals found not only in coffee but also in sodas and chocolate, energy drinks, energy pills, caffeinated gum, as well as weight-reducing drugs and some pain killers, can and will cause insomnia and mood swings. Like amphetamine, caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant, and that's not always a good thing. It's a matter of whether or not the pros outweigh the cons. And as we all know, when it comes to making money, producers of these products will hype the benefits and downplay or ignore the risks.
But that's not even the end of the story. Caffeine is just a very well-known drug. We take it for granted to the extent that we don't even see it as a drug but just something that "makes me feel more energetic." And that's what we're told to think. There is also a great deal of hype in social media addressing the chemical additives found in things we eat and drink. Among these targeted are preservatives. Whether that's right or wrong, they ignore the hazards of chemicals found naturally in these products.
Unfortunately, one of the most desired and pleasant products on the market, and also one of the most chemically hazardous, is plain old-fashioned chocolate (not white chocolate). People sometimes avoid it because it contains sugar and makes you fat. But sugar doesn't make you fat, your biological and psychological response to sugar makes you fat. Worse yet, chocolate, by itself, contains four natural, mentally stimulating chemicals that can and will hurt you. These four chemicals are caffeine, theobromine, AEA, and PEA.
Theobromine is a known poison and is famous for being the chemical in chocolate that will kill your dogs. And it can kill you if you eat enough chocolate, or even pure theobromine which is available on the market. (But don't even think about committing suicide this way, because your death will be protracted and very unpleasant, consisting of severe nausea and headache, convulsions, and then eventual death by heart attack.) With humans I'm (mostly) not even regarding this chemical as a poison but as a stimulant much like caffeine and amphetamines that can and will cause insomnia and irritability. Again, it's a matter of whether or not the benefits outweigh the risks for you personally.
Caffeine has been shown to increase the number of adenosine receptors in the brain, eventually leading to chronic insomnia and associated issues such as depression, anxiety, and even aggression. These effects take decades to be noticeable, and studies on humans, notoriously, use only young subjects because they don't have as many health issues to confound the results of the study. It would be necessary to follow the lives of these young people for decades to create any observable result. Decades of theobromine and caffeine usage stimulate the brain to cycles of aggression followed naturally by depression.
But that's not even the end of the story. Caffeine is just a very well-known drug. We take it for granted to the extent that we don't even see it as a drug but just something that "makes me feel more energetic." And that's what we're told to think. There is also a great deal of hype in social media addressing the chemical additives found in things we eat and drink. Among these targeted are preservatives. Whether that's right or wrong, they ignore the hazards of chemicals found naturally in these products.
Unfortunately, one of the most desired and pleasant products on the market, and also one of the most chemically hazardous, is plain old-fashioned chocolate (not white chocolate). People sometimes avoid it because it contains sugar and makes you fat. But sugar doesn't make you fat, your biological and psychological response to sugar makes you fat. Worse yet, chocolate, by itself, contains four natural, mentally stimulating chemicals that can and will hurt you. These four chemicals are caffeine, theobromine, AEA, and PEA.
Theobromine is a known poison and is famous for being the chemical in chocolate that will kill your dogs. And it can kill you if you eat enough chocolate, or even pure theobromine which is available on the market. (But don't even think about committing suicide this way, because your death will be protracted and very unpleasant, consisting of severe nausea and headache, convulsions, and then eventual death by heart attack.) With humans I'm (mostly) not even regarding this chemical as a poison but as a stimulant much like caffeine and amphetamines that can and will cause insomnia and irritability. Again, it's a matter of whether or not the benefits outweigh the risks for you personally.
Caffeine has been shown to increase the number of adenosine receptors in the brain, eventually leading to chronic insomnia and associated issues such as depression, anxiety, and even aggression. These effects take decades to be noticeable, and studies on humans, notoriously, use only young subjects because they don't have as many health issues to confound the results of the study. It would be necessary to follow the lives of these young people for decades to create any observable result. Decades of theobromine and caffeine usage stimulate the brain to cycles of aggression followed naturally by depression.