Too Much Coffee Can Induce Aggression And Paranoia

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

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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.

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Due to increasing products liability litigation, American beer Brewers have accepted the FDA's suggestion that the following warning labels be placed immediately on all beer containers:


WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra or you socks. (Apparently this has happened to several people?!)
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you are whispering when you are not.
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard.
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them.
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing.
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe that ex-lovers are really dying for you to telephone them at four in the morning.
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you can logically converse with members of the opposite sex without spitting.
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you have mystical Kung Fu powers, resulting in you getting your butt kicked.
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to roll over in the morning and see something really scary (whose species and/or name you can't remember).
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is the leading cause of inexplicable rug burns on the forehead.
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster, sexier, and better looking than most people.
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to believe you are invisible.
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause a disturbance in the time-space continuum, whereby small (and sometimes large) gaps of time may seem to literally disappear.

[sweetliberty]

[Ken H]

I'll be Bach...

Aria Lieschen

Mm! how sweet the coffee tastes,
more delicious than a thousand kisses,
mellower than muscatel wine.

Coffee, coffee I must have,
and if someone wishes to give me a treat,
ah, then pour me out some coffee!

--From the Coffee Cantata by JS Bach

[Chad Fairbanks]

I just put on ANOTHER pot of coffee... The cats came back in, so I started crankin out some old punk riffs and they left again... Meanwhile, the pot of coffee was emptied so another one went on - as long as there is fresh coffee made when the wife gets home, she won't really mind if I spet the day scaring small animals...

Life is good... ;0)

[sweetliberty]

They'll get you back one of these days, you know that don't you?

[sweetliberty]

Nic, you gotta read this thread when you get back! ROTFL!

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[Chad Fairbanks]

I wouldn't expect anything less... ;0)

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

[fml]

LOL....beer and coffee spewed all over my desk.

[sweetliberty]

FP, darlin', I don't quite know how to tell you this, but you've obviously been deprived of some seriesly important nutrients if your basic food groups do not include chocolate! Get help fast, before it becomes a hugh probem!

[Ches]

Ah yeah, I remember. That was a good one. Back when Saturday Night Live was funny ... or was my state of consciousness different?

[BobS]

If that's such a problem, just buy some Ativan from one of those spam emails and return to your normal, horny state.

[Genesis defender]

Have you tried giving the cats coffee to drink? That could be more fun than giving them a bag of fresh wild catnip.

[b4its2late]

Too Much Coffee Can Induce Aggression And Paranoia

And not enough causes people not to show up to work.....

[Chad Fairbanks]

Not good for them though. Or me. I got caught, and well, let's just say the wife was NOT a happy camper... apparently, the cats running across the roof back and forth all night kept her awake or some such nonsense...

[Solamente]

This is what I drink, except I grind it as regular coffee and brew it in a "french press," which was actually invented by an Italian! 3 scoops per 18 ounce mug. Awesome!

[nicmarlo]

Thanks for the ping.....and cheers~

[sweetliberty]

Hey....this looks like your kind of thread.

[FatherOfLiberty]

Hey....this looks like your kind of thread.

Would that be because of the "aggression and paranoia" theme or because the tread is about coffee? ;-)

[sweetliberty]

Hehe....use your imagination.

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