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Sunday, July 4, 2010

CAFFEINE


From the childhood I do not drink coffee or tea, no reasons why, my parents never taken chances to offered tea or coffee while they drink. Till my age of early forties my parents lived with me, if I offered when I visits to friends and relatives house, often I refuse to take, most of my friends and relatives knows that I do not like to drink coffee or tea.

For personal reasons
my night sleep was disturbed middle thirties, naturally at day, when I have work to complete I felt sleep, as I couldn't control sleep, I thought to drink a cup of tea instant alert from sleep, but that leads me to lose of sleep at nights more and more. I had only solution to diagnosis what is going wrong to my health, as doctors advised I had to take tablets for sound sleep at night regularly. People advised me not to addict for sleeping pill, but I find it very difficult to sleep at nights without sleeping pill and therefore no other choices.


Initially I felt free from insomnia, slept nicely if I take tablets regularly. Most of the mornings I felt still want to sleep more, again I started drink a cup of tea as I had tablets for night sleep drowsiness keeps me sober. Already I started drinking a cup of tea regularly, and now I started drink coffee instead of tea also. As I know coffee contains caffeine it is not good for health, but not in detail, I thought to know about these facts in detail. Am able to maintain dosage of sleeping pill and tea or coffee as same as more than fifteen years.

Caffeine is an additive alkaloid. Consuming it in excessive amounts can be addictive.
An excess of caffeine dose everyday can be the cause of panic attacks, depression,
restlessness in the mind, nervous breakdown and many other complications. Caffeine is a stimulant
which keeps the sleep away and hence being addictive to it can cause insomnia.
It also causes improper digestion associated with abnormal fluctuations of the heart beats.

Caffeine is a stimulant, which temporarily speeds up the metabolism to help mobilize energy stores in order to fuel work. Caffeine stimulates brain activity, helping to be more alert and productive during the day. Caffeine is a natural diuretic, which can easily cause to become dehydrated. Dehydration is a very dangerous state. Caffeine use can contribute to insomnia, poor quality of sleep, anxiety, irritability, and the jitters.

Above said reasons are common side effects of caffeine, but some of the researches says just opposite results of caffeine. Moderate intake of any drinks may not affect health, addiction to any form of habits damages important parts like ulcer in small intestine, heartburn, high blood pressure, miscarriage of pregnancy, damages in renal. If these habit cannot be suddenly stop, if try to stop in a day may trigger headache, nausea, irritation.

The interesting part which I studied about coffee and tea, the history, here I would like to share in short note,

c 850
First known discovery of coffee berries. Legend of goat herder Kaldi of Ethiopia who notices goats are friskier after eating red berries of a local shrub. Experiments with the berries himself and begins to feel happier.

c 1100
The coffee first trees are cultivated on the Arabian peninsula. Coffee is first roasted and boiled by Arabs making "qahwa" --- a beverage made from plants.

1475
The worlds first coffee shop opens in Constantinople. It is followed by the establishment of two coffee houses in 1554.

1607
Coffee is introduced to the New World by Captain John Smith, founder of Virginia at Jamestown... Some Canadian historians claim it arrived in previously settled Canada.

1652
The first coffeehouse opens in England. Coffeehouses are called "penny universities" (a penny is charged for admission and a cup of coffee). Edward Lloyd's coffeehouse opens in 1688. It eventually becomes Lloyd's of London, the world's best known insurance company. The word “TIPS” is coined in an English coffee house: A sign reading “To Insure Prompt Service” (TIPS) was place by a cup. Those desiring prompt service and better seating threw a coin into a tin.

History of tea

People first became enchanted with tea in ancient China more than 5,000 years ago.


According to the legend, skilled early emperor Shen Nung — a scientist and arts patron — dictated that all drinking water be boiled as a hygienic precaution. One summer day while visiting a distant province, his servants began boiling the water. Dried leaves from a nearby bush fell into the pot, and a brown liquid was infused. As a scientist, Shen Nung was intrigued. He drank some of the strange liquid and found it refreshing. Legend says the drinking of tea was therefore born. This myth shows such a practical narrative, many mythologists believe it may be close to actual events now lost in ancient history.

In modern world it is a traditional set ups of coffee time, tea time, tea party, and also in India it become custom of offering tea or coffee for visitors at any place.

Modern technology has proved its advancement in filtering the caffeine from coffee bean and the tea leaves, after two to three stages of these process, coffee or tea 97% of caffeine free, soften sent to market to consume. I am not aware whether this caffeine free coffee or tea is available in our country (India). Which is safe to intake more than two cups everyday.