Caffeine is a stimulating substance that is found naturally not only when drinking coffee, but also in many other natural products, such as tea leaves, cocoa, maté grass ... etc.
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After its intake, it is absorbed quickly and caffeine begins to take effect in the body, so it is normal to feel almost immediately a feeling of well-being, which increases as it stimulates the secretion of dopamine. In addition to offering benefits at a psychic level and filling us with energy when we need it, our body obtains other benefits from caffeine, namely:
- Coffee makes us produce more saliva and gastric juices, thus facilitating digestion.
- It is an excellent antioxidant, attacking free radicals that can damage our healthy cells.
- It seems that caffeine can alleviate some symptoms to Parkinson's patients.
But beware of excessive consumption or the time of day when we drink a cup of coffee, because when consumed as a drink to not sleep, we can exceed the amount that is recommended to take a day (about 300 mg a day / 2 cups), with the consequent damage: anxiety, insomnia, nervousness, headache ... In addition, the consumption of caffeine can lead to tolerance and dependence (we want more and we have less effect).
Drinking caffeine affects our sleep
Caffeine crosses the blood- brain barrier and, by means of a complex cerebral blocking mechanism, inhibits the action of a series of neurotransmitters and substances that control the waking sleep cycle (especially adenosine), according to some studies.
Although it begins to take effect around 10 minutes after having consumed the dose, its maximum effect is 45 minutes after having taken it.
However there are some tips that we want to offer from Grupo Lo Monaco, so that you can enjoy the pleasures that this substance offers us without affecting us that affects us to sleep:
You should never exceed 300 mg of caffeine per day (how curious to note that the intake of 10 grams of caffeine would cause certain death). For the calculation, the following table can serve as a guide:
- 1 cup of coffee 120 mg.
- 1 cup of tea 30-70 mg.
- 1 cup of decaffeinated 0.3 mg
- 33cl tails 30-40 mg.
- 1 chocolate bar 70mg.
Avoid caffeinated beverages after 3:00 in the afternoon: A coffee for tea is not the best option, if we take into account that caffeine takes about half an hour to an hour, and that its average life in the body is 5 hours. hours.
Remember that not only coffee contains caffeine: chocolate, tea and even mate too, so it balances the amount you drink throughout the day.