Caffeine Teachback

CAFFEINEDanielle HooverFebruary 2, 2016

What Is It

Caffeine occurs naturally in more than 60 plants (coffee beans, tea leaves, kola nuts) that are used to:

-Flavor soft drinks -Make chocolate Man-made caffeine is added to

foods, drinks and medicines.Source: http://www.fda.gov/downloads/UCM200805.pdf

Recommended Use

It varies from person to person, but the recommended daily use is a maximum of 400mg per day for most healthy adults.

That’s equivalent to four cups of coffee

Source: http://www.fda.gov/downloads/UCM200805.pdf

Who Uses

90% of the world uses in some form 80% in the U.S. consume caffeine

everyday A study of 7th, 8th, and 9th grade

students in Ohio found that students took in an average:

-53 mg of caffeine per day -Almost 1/5 students took in more than 100mg of caffeine a day


Effects

Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant (brain, spinal cord, and the other nerves in your body)

Caffeine’s main effect on your body is to make you feel more awake and alert for a while, but it can also cause problems.


Problems

Make you jittery and shaky Make it hard to fall asleep, stay asleep, or get a good

night’s sleep Make your heart beat faster and cause an uneven heart

rhythm Raise your blood pressure Cause headaches, nervousness, and/or dizziness Make you dehydrated especially after a workout Make you dependent on it so you need to take more of it

(withdrawal)


Quote that Jumped Out

“Ninety percent of people in the world use caffeine in one form or another.”


Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuJOhpNS0IY

Question for Facebook Discussion

How much caffeine do you think you consume a day, verses how much caffeine do you actually consume a day?

Work Cited

Food and Drug Administration. (2007, September). Medicines in my Home: Caffeine and Your Body. Retrieved January 31, 2016, from http://www.fda.gov/downloads/UCM200805.pdf

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Caffeine Teachback