Too Much Coffee Can Induce Aggression And Paranoia

Independent (UK) ^ | 10-26-2003 | Roger Dobson

[blam]

Too much coffee can induce aggression and paranoia

By Roger Dobson
26 October 2003

People who drink too much coffee are at risk of caffeine psychosis, according to a new report. It found that too much caffeine can lead to marked changes in personality and make drinkers more aggressive, anxious and temperamental.

"Caffeinism" puts sufferers at further risk of anxiety neurosis, irregular heart beats, insomnia, muscle twitches, and nervous irritability.

The warning comes a week after Tony Blair suffered an irregular heart beat, which he reportedly blamed on too much strong continental coffee at the European Union summit in Brussels. The supraventricular tachycardia, or SVT, that he suffered can be triggered by caffeine.

In the new report, on the potential effects of caffeine on police hostage negotiators, Professor Wayman Mullins of Southwest Texas State University warns: "Tachycardia could be anxiety-producing and lead to the negotiator's stress level rising to abnormal levels,'' he says in the Journal of Police Crisis Negotiations. "The negotiator would likely become overly anxious, nervous, frightened, and concentrate on what was occurring physiologically and not on the hostage-taker."

Caffeine has also been linked to other health problems: other research has blamed too much coffee with the increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis,miscarriages and epilepsy. Research also shows that drinking four or five cups of coffee a day makes the body behave as if it is under constant stress by increasing the levels of stress hormones. That can raise blood pressure, with a risk of long-term heart disease.

But it is not all bad news for coffee lovers. Researchers have shown that drinking two to four cups a day can lower the risk of colon cancer, gallstones, cirrhosis of the liver and Parkinson's disease. It can also increase male fertility.

[Cate]

YAH!!!!! WHAT HE SAID.... I AGREE!!!

[Cate]

Aren't konas plural? Oh, my mistake, I was thinking of something else.. hahahaaha..

[isthisnickcool]

COFFEE!!!!

TWEEKS

(Audio File)

[Prime Choice]

Too much coffee can induce aggression and paranoia

YEAH? WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!?!

;)

[varon]

For anyone who doubts the psychoactive power of caffiene, quit the drug completely for a few months, then have an 8oz cup of strong joe.

The thing is, it is a drug that creates a tolerance quickly.

I agree. It happened to me just after a 30 day caffeine free period. After my first cup I would have made Don Knotts look like he was in slow motion

[Focault's Pendulum]

So, I'm back to smoking cigs and drinking coffee and the body count has dropped dramatically...

Coffee is one the six major food groups.

They are...in no order of importance:
25 year old Scotch
16 ounce cut of Prime Rib Roast
Coffee
All New Jersey Diner Food
An Egg Cream sans the Seltzer
Two Eggs over easy with bacon, sausage, Taylor Ham and Home Fries. Home Fries is really a subgroup....but can usually carry it's own weight if done properly with butter.
And the recipe for my late grandmother's Chicken soup...which can alleviate just about any ill effects...except those caused by the first five food groups.

[mystery-ak]

....AND HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH COFFEE I DRINK, HAVE YOU BEEN SPYING ON ME!

[metesky]

The warning comes a week after Tony Blair suffered an irregular heart beat, which he reportedly blamed on too much strong continental coffee at the European Union summit in Brussels.

Tony Blair, A.A.D. - Almost A Doctor.

[Rainmist]

Hmmm, this makes me glad that I hate coffee ! LOL

[andy58-in-nh]

Surely there will soon be pending legislation mandating a seven-day waiting period for Jamaica Blue Mountain. WHEN COFFEE IS OUTLAWED, ONLY OUTLAWS WILL BE NERVOUS!!!

[vetvetdoug]

Just last week they were touting coffee because it could make one's sperm crawl down one's leg and jump on women. I wish the medical researchers would come to some final agreement as whether coffee is good for you or bad.

[Ches]

WOD! High time they went after your favorite pusher.

[Prime Choice]

You drink coffee in a mug?! Oh, the humanity...

[FreedomCalls]

You left out real vine-ripened tomatoes picked while they are red in the July sun and eaten before they get cool.

Also chocolate.

[sweetliberty]

This looks like a fun break. Well, of course...Chad's here. Now all we need is Nully and we have a party.

.

[sweetliberty]

Shall I put on another pot?

.

[Valin]

Me?

[Valin]

chocolate!! More proof that there is a God..and He loves me.

[pointsal]

Has anyone shared this study with the Cambodian donut shop owners association?

My goodness this is serious............

[cryptical]

Remember the old SNL fake commercial, where Juan Valdez and his mule are getting mocked for still being in the coffee business by the neighbors driving by in their new Mercedes convertibles? I think it was in the early 80's.

Heh.