Posted by willyee on May 26, 2006, at 4:34:11
In reply to Re: People With Anxiety- Coffee Good..or Coffee Ba, posted by yxibow on May 26, 2006, at 0:15:10
I dont have the time to dig up where i looked but i remeber seeing somewhere that the reason people have coffee,and will say i am a wreck until i have my cup of coffee,as opposed to a moutain due is this.......
-- Caffiene is of course a stimulant,and most people will avoid strong soda drinks like mountain dew as its packed with caffiene and sugar,a double whammy,not to many people run to the Moutain Dew in the monring.
--- Coffe grind however,i know has a lot of constitutes in it,i know u mentioned some,but if i remeber correctly coffee has some calming prperties as well,the coffee not the caffiene,i believe they said certain compounds kinda resemble opiods,so the user gets the benifit of the Caffiene which is clearing up morning fog and turning on there brain switch,but they also get the calming effects of some of the compounds in the coffee itself,this being users who dont pound the drink with sugar.Im not a coffee drinker,so icouldent confirm this either way,but i do remeber that stuck out when i read it.
-- As a side note,Red Bull for example,mentions taruine often,and i notice due to that a lot of people with anxiety kinda take a step back when taurine is mentioned,and the first thing i hear is "taurine,are you crazy thats whats in red bull"Correct,however its in there along with tons of caffiene,sugar,and a few other stimulants.Taurine is the inhibatory ingredient that keeps the drink from making people jump out windows.
Its very common for a stimulant/sedative combo to be a drug of choice,it seems to the user as the best of both worlds,as you know a very popular drink is a redbull with VODKA,so u have taurine and alcholol,two strong inhibitors and a ton of stimulants,ur mind is open and on but ur body for the moment is calm.
Taurine also has a stablizing effect which for some people helps them think clearly because of it,taurine is one of the mentioned "smart nutrients".I dont believe traurine is in the drink to be a part of the rush experance,good ole caffiene and sugar will always provide that,just look at ur hard core soda driks and any weight loss product on the market,u pick that product up and along with all the CRAP thrown in various vitamins etc,you will surly see some form of caffiene there.
To answer your question,i have saved an article that speaks on caffiene,making note it is not toxic to the brain,and some actualy consider it somewhat protective as there are studies that show caffiene users are less likly to devolp certain brain abnormalites like alzhiemers etc......BUT we all know the value of studies.I do believe however aside from the fact u have to decide if its pyhsicaly making ur anxiety worse,one less worry is ur not actualy toxicating ur brain,the lethal dose of caffiene is very high,but i do understand the annoyance of trying to find out if a drug,herb or nutrient is either helping or a culprit since we read so many views since the age of the net........good luck.
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