Spiritual Dimension

Coffee Culture

The culture that surrounds coffee rests on relaxation, openness, and conversation. These aspects of the coffee-setting are incredibly beneficial to the spiritual well-being of coffee drinkers, even if one tends to drink a little too much!

Social Dimension

• Excessive caffeine often boosts energy and may assist in the strengthening of social ties
• "Coffee culture" centers around the consumption of coffee and often time evokes a sense of community 
• Increased levels of energy associated with high caffeine levels can facilitate gregarious behavior in social settings

Emotional Dimension

 At high doses, typically greater than 300 mg, caffeine can both cause and worsen anxiety or, rarely, trigger mania or psychosis. 

Intellectual Dimension

Though moderate amounts of caffeine can supplement and enhance cognitive functioning, an excess renders individuals scatter-brained and hyper. Intellectual drive is diminished by headache, irritability, and inability to concentrate

Physical Dimension

Caffeinism

 Occurs with consumption of large amounts of caffeine – usually more than 250 mg per day, and usually combines caffeine dependency with a wide range of unpleasant physical and mental conditions 

-Caffeine Jitters

-Withdraws 

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September 29TH ~

NATIONAL COFFEE DAY!

Psychological Effects and Sleep Changes

Many coffee drinkers are familiar with "coffee jitters", a nervous condition that occurs when one has had too much caffeine. It can also cause anxiety, irritability, and withdrawal symptom

A study from Johns Hopkins Medical School suggests that the perceived psychological benefits of caffeine are merely the result of eliminating withdrawal symptoms.

Step aside, alcohol ...

College students ingest excessive and often times dangerous levels of caffeine.  They reported that adverse biological and psychological side effects, such as muscle tremors, insomnia, stomach disorders, and fatigue, were being experience by high caffeine users.

Not Just for Staying Up, but Staying ALIVE

A May 2012 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that coffee drinkers "who drank at least two or three cups a day were about 10 percent or 15 percent less likely to die for any reason during the 13 years of the study." 

Coffee Consumer Breakdown: 

Low: 1-2 cups/day

Moderate 3-5 cups/day

Excessive 6+ cups/day

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Psychotropic Nature of the Bean

Psychotropic Drugs (impact mood and behavior): 

 a chemical substance that crosses the blood–brain barrier and acts primarily upon the central nervous system, where it affects brain function

Psychoactive Chemical: 

Caffeine