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Think about it
You are pulling an all-nighter. How are
you going to stay awake?

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Caffeine
A natural chemical found in tea leaves, coffee beans,
cocoa beans, and kola nuts

Found in many common foods

and drinks including:

Coffee
Soft drinks
Tea
Chocolate
Energy drinks
Medicines

Classified as a drug
Caffeine is a stimulant and can
be addictive

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Caffeinated Candy
Chocolate naturally has caffeine
Companies creating caffeinated candy:
Breath mints
Gum
Chocolate covered coffee beans

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Caffeine:
How Does it Work?
Absorbed in the stomach and the intestine
Stimulates brain activity
Physiologic effects:
Increase blood pressure
Increase pulse
Increase stomach acid production
Fat stores break down
Fatty acids released into
blood stream

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Too Much Caffeine

Insomnia
Restlessness
Increased heart rate
Increased blood
pressure

Abnormal heart
rhythm

Anxiety/

nervousness

Irritability
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Caffeine Sensitivity
Several factors influence
sensitivity:

Body Mass
History of caffeine use
Stress

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Caffeine Withdrawal
Withdrawal symptoms:

Headache
Tiredness
Mood swings
Jittery feeling
Difficulty concentrating

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Prevent Withdrawal
Symptoms
Taper your caffeine intake
Eat small, frequent meals
Exercise
Get enough
sleep

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Caffeine Comparison
Drink
Brewed
coffee
Energy drink

Caffeine
134 - 240 mg
72 - 150 mg

Tea

48 - 175 mg

Soft drink

22 - 46 mg

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Alternatives to Caffeine
Carbonated Beverages:
Lemon-lime soda
Orange soda
Root beer
Decaffeinated coffee and tea
Candies:
Caramels
Licorice
Gum drops

CAFFEINE

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Caffeine and Health

Studies have found no substantial
evidence linking caffeine
to these conditions:

Blood Pressure
Cardiac Arrhythmias
Pregnancy
Osteoporosis
Cancer
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Caffeine and
Hyperactivity
Average intake ages 5-18: 35-40
mg/day

No evidence caffeine contributes to

hyperactivity

May have calming effect

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What about fluid

balance?
Fluid balance
Fluid loss = fluid taken in
Does caffeine influence fluid balance?
No dehydration and GI upset
Slow re-hydration after exercise

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Caffeine: Ergogenic
Aid?
Ergogenic: increases muscular work
capacity
and overall performance

Caffeine can be ergogenic at low to

moderate doses

Caffeine may increase endurance time

Individual variation,
try in training first

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Would you drink a

beverage that claims
to
improve performance?
increase
concentration?

improve
reaction speed?

increase
metabolism?

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Statistics
7.6 million (approximately 31%) of U.S.
teenagers say they drink energy drinks.

In 2006, $2.3 billion

was spent by teens
and young adults
on energy drinks

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Energy Drinks
Canned or bottled carbonated beverages with
high amounts of sugar, caffeine, herbal
stimulants and supplements

Marketed with claims of:

Increased endurance
Strength and power
Weight loss
Feelings of euphoria

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History of Energy
Drinks
Originated in Asia and
Europe in the 1960s

First appeared in the U.S. in

the 1980s with Jolt Cola

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A Common
Misconception
Sports drinks and energy drinks
are not the same.
Energy Drinks
Caffeine filled
High concentration of sugar
Contain herbal stimulants
Sports Drinks
Fluid balance
Electrolyte concentration
Provide energy
Isotonic
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Energy Drinks and the

Athlete
No energy drink can make
you a better athlete

Sugar, caffeine, and

stimulants may cause

an athlete to crash

There is no substitute
for hard work, good
training, healthy diet,
and adequate rest

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Do you know what you

are drinking?

Taurine
Guarana
B-Vitamins

??
? ?

Glucuronolactone
Ginseng
Yerba Mate
Green Tea
Cordyceps

Aloe Vera Leaf

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Carnitine
Creatine
Inositol

?
?
?
??
?

Ginkgo Biloba
Bitter Orange
Milk Thistle
Goji Berries

Garcinia Cambogina Rind

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Whats inside?
Guarana
A shrub that grows
in South America

Extracts of the plant,

fruit, or seed

A stimulant and flavoring

1 gram of guarana contains
as much caffeine (40 mg)
as a medium strength
cup of coffee

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Whats inside?
Taurine
Believed to enhance the effects of
caffeine

Involved in a number of physiological

processes including neuronal excitability

Energy drinks contain up to 10 times the

usual
intake from diet

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Whats inside?
Glucuronolactone
Increases feelings of wellbeing

A normal, human metabolite

formed from glucose

When glucuronolactone is

taken orally, it is rapidly

absorbed, metabolized, and
excreted

600mg/can, normal human

intake 250mg/day

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Whats inside?
B-Group Vitamins
B-vitamins include:

Thiamine (B1)
Riboflavin (B2)
Niacin (B3)
Pyrodoxine (B6)
Claims to burn fat
Excess B-vitamins

are excreted in urine

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Energy Drink
Regulation
Energy drinks are currently unregulated in the
United States

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

requires beverage manufacturers to list the
presence of caffeine on the label, but not the
amount of caffeine in the product

Herbs and supplements added to energy drinks

are not strictly regulated by the FDA

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Review
What factors influence caffeine
sensitivity?

Body mass, history of caffeine use,

stress level

Name some beverages that are caffeine

free.

Lemon-lime soda, orange soda, root

beer, water, milk, fruit juice, etc.
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Review
What are some marketing claims of
energy drinks?

Increased endurance, strength and

power, weight loss, feelings of euphoria

Why are energy drinks not a good choice

for athletic events?

The amount of caffeine in energy drinks

is dehydrating and the high sugar
content can cause an athlete to crash

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Review
Caffeine stimulates the central nervous
system which makes us feel more awake
and alert

Energy drinks have a high caffeine

and sugar content

Herbal supplements in energy drinks are

not regulated and are not guaranteed
safe

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Web Resources
Caffeine Awareness:

www.caffeineawareness.org

American Beverage Association:

www.ameribev.org

Energy Drinks and Food Bars: Power or Hype?:

http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nut
rition/energy.html
Caffeine:
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/nutrition/genera
l/caffeine.html

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