CAFFEINE

CAFFEINE

• Is a analeptic or stimulat
• Scientific name "purine"
• Found in tropics
• Can be injested, chewed, smoked or in drinks
• #1 selling drug in the world

History
Caffeine was found by farmers in 850ce, when they went to check on their goats and found them hyperactive. This was cause by a little red berry they had eaten. That berry was caffeine

When it was first found it was used for medicine, then later used as an alternative to alcohol.

WHERE ITS FOUND

• Coffee
• Tea
• Chocolate
• Pain releivers
• Energy drinks

HEALTH BENEFITS

• Can lower risk of heart and lung diease
• Can lower risk of stroke
• Can lower risk of accidents and injurys
• May lower risk of glioma ( brain tumor)
• May lower risk of aquiring a degenitive diease

HEALTH BENEFITS CONTINUED

• Can lower the risk of diabetes
• Caffeine boost metabolism
• Better use of energy with less exertion
• People who consume it are less likely to be depressed
• Helps treat epliepsy

EFFECTS

• "Kick" lasts 2-7hrs
• Inhances alertness
• Increases streghth of neural transmitters
• Happy feeling
• Can cause chemical dependence

WITHDRAWL

• Anxious/nerious feeling
• Headache
• Irribility , depressed mood
• Difficulty concentrating
• Fatigue

IF ABUSED

• Can cause hip fractures
• Od with +400mg
• Acute toxicity >1+g
• 5-10g is lethal
• 80-100cups of coffee

Legal aspects
Caffeine is legal as long as it's labeled correctly . Like in chocolate or any other type of caffeinated food

ODD FACTS

• Caffeine dos not stunt your growth
• 40 sea gulls od in canada this year
• Caffeine was never intended for young people
• 82-92% of americans drink 800 cups of coffee per yr.
• Alternitive to caffeine is 10min of exercise

QUIZ

• Name 2 side effects
• What is the scientific name
• What is an alternitive to caffeine
• How much id leathal
• Name 3 health benefits