This Is The Devastating Connection Between Caffeine and Stress Levels (You’ll Never Drink Coffee Again)
by Carly Fraser
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I used to be a huge coffee fan. I loved my green tea, I loved my coffee and I loved my chocolate, largely for the taste, but also for the boost in stimulation.
In the short term, these treats give us a boost in our alertness, but in the long term you’ll find that these products cause fatigue. I was reading up on how to relieve stress because I was concerned about how anxious I was getting at work and found that there’s a huge link between caffeine and stress levels.
You see, caffeine actually reduces our ability to deal with stress, as opposed to improving it. Quite the contrarian effect to what you think it does. It also works as a diuretic which means that we urinate more, expelling minerals as we do, including minerals like magnesium – a tranquilizer-like mineral that helps with stress.
Caffeine works as a stimulant to the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system, the part of the body that triggers the fight or flight response which is a response aimed to deal with stressors. When this is stimulated, it causes the adrenal glands to release hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, which filters into the blood and exacerbates our already worked bodies (not to mention causes weight gain around the waist).
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2015/12/this-is-devastating-connection-between.html
