Can middle school students drink coffee?

Coffee has long become a favorite drink among people. Everyone knows that drinking coffee can refresh the mind, so many people who often stay up late to work like to drink coffee. Today's students are under great academic pressure and often have to stay up late to study. It is very uncomfortable when they feel sleepy during study at night. However, since middle school students are in the TCM stage of physical growth, they cannot refresh themselves by drinking coffee.

Can middle school students drink coffee?

You can drink it but don't drink it often. It is harmful for the physical and mental development of teenage students to drink coffee frequently.

First of all, drinking coffee will affect the quality of sleep. Coffee contains a very high amount of caffeine, which can reach 0.4 grams to 1 gram per 100 grams. The role of caffeine is now clear: it can excite the nerves.

This is because the chemical structure of caffeine is very similar to that of a chemical substance in the human brain that causes brain excitation, which can put the brain in an excited state and thus cause insomnia. If this continues, it will affect the growth and development of children.

Health Benefits of Coffee

Coffee can boost your energy

Drinking a cup of black coffee an hour before a workout can improve your performance by 11-12%. Caffeine increases adrenaline levels in your blood. Adrenaline is your body's "fight or takeoff" hormone that helps you prepare for physical activity.

Coffee can help you lose weight

Many people have this question: will drinking coffee make you fat? Coffee contains magnesium and potassium, which help the body use insulin, regulate blood sugar levels, and reduce cravings for sweets and snacks. Coffee can help you burn fat. Caffeine helps fat cells break down body fat and use it as fuel for your workout.

Coffee can help you focus and stay alert

Moderate consumption of 1-6 cups of coffee a day can help you focus and increase mental alertness.

Coffee reduces risk of death

Studies have shown that coffee drinkers have a 25% lower overall risk of premature death than non-coffee drinkers.

Coffee reduces cancer risk

One study showed that coffee could reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men by 20% and endometrial cancer in women by 25%. People in the experimental group drank four cups of coffee per day. Caffeine may also prevent the spread of basal cell carcinoma, the most common type of skin cancer.

Disadvantages and risks of coffee

Bad coffee can be toxic

Poor quality coffee contains a lot of impurities that can cause sickness, headaches or general discomfort. This can happen if your coffee beans are made from broken or damaged ones. Even one bad bean can make your cup of coffee toxic. If you buy high-quality specialty coffee, you don't have to worry about this.

Coffee may kill you

Yes, if you drink 80-100 glasses (about 23 liters) in a short period of time. This would put 10-13 grams of caffeine in your body, a dose that is lethal. However, you will vomit most of it before you reach that dose because 23 liters of fluid is too much. Even drinking 23 liters of water can kill you.

Coffee can cause insomnia

It’s caffeine again. The maximum amount of caffeine we recommend is 400 mg, which is about 4 cups of coffee. If you are sensitive to caffeine, use coffee with caution. You probably already know what dosages and what kind of coffee is or isn’t right for you. The safe dose of caffeine for humans is actually determined by our DNA.