dangers of coffee

Including coffee drinks favored by men and women. Drinks supposedly can reduce drowsiness is very common in Indonesian society. In fact, coffee outlets are mushrooming in different corners of the city, until at the mall.

    Caffeine works in the body to take over the adenosine receptors in the nerve cells that will spur the production of adrenal hormones.
In the coffee contained caffeine, which is an alkaloid chemical compound known as trimetilsantin with the molecular formula C8H10N4O2. Total content of caffeine in coffee is 1 to 1.5%, while the tea from 1 to 4.8%.
Coffee Benefits In the world of medicine, caffeine is often used as a stimulant of the heart and increase the production of urine. In low doses of caffeine can serve as a generator of stamina and pain relievers.

    Mechanism of action of caffeine in the body is to compete with adenosine function (one of the compounds in brain cells can make people fall asleep faster.)
Where is that caffeine does not slow movement of the body's cells, but the caffeine would reverse all of adenosine so that the body no longer sleepy, but emerged feeling fresh, a little excited, eyes wide open, the heart beat faster, blood pressure rises, muscles contract and liver will release glucose into the blood stream which will form the extra energy.
That is why various types of plant stamina drinks generally contain caffeine as its main ingredient.
Coffee Dangers In addition to health benefits turned out to coffee also has disadvantages. One is the effect of dependence.
Drinking coffee was an increased risk of stroke. A study published in the journal of neurology, neurosurgry and Psychiatry in 2002 concluded that drinking more than 5 cups of coffee per day increases the risk of damage to the blood vessel wall.

    Caffeine can also cause insomnia, nervous, headache, feeling tense and irritable.
In pregnant women are also advised not to consume coffee and foods containing caffeine. This is because caffeine can increase heart rate. In the fetus can attack the placenta and enter the fetal blood circulation. The worst impact, can cause miscarriage.