♪ ♪ Kristine: EVERY THURSDAY, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT HEALTH ISSUE OR CONCERN AFFECTING MANY BREAK. TELLING YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP YOU HEALTHY. DR. KALANI BRADY FROM THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE JOINS US NOW WITH THIS WEEK'S GOOD MORNING. WELCOME BACK INTEREST BRADY. GOOD MORNING KRISTINE. Kristine: A LOT OF PEOPLE DRINK COFFEE AN A DAILY BASIS MYSELF INCLUDED. WHAT ARE THE STATISTICS OF THIS? ABOUT 90% OF THE ADULTS IN WORLD CONSUME CAFFEINE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
MOSTLY COFFEE OR TEA. Kristine: SODA INCLUDED IN THAT. SODA IS INCLUDED IN THAT. FAR LIGHTER DOSE OF CAFFEINE. 150 MILLION AMERICANS ADULTS DRINK COFFEE EVERY DAY. Kristine: IT'S SO ACCESSIBLE NOW AT COFFEE Kristine: IS IT SAFE TO DRINK COFFEE THAT OFTEN? IT GENERALLY IS SAFE. UP TO 3 TO 4 CUPS A DAY. SHOWS BENEFITS IN ONE STUDY. BASICALLY, COUPLE OF CUPS A DAY ARE GENERALLY SAFE IN ALL SITUATIONS. EXCEPT WITH ULCER DISEASE. AND YOU CAN MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF CAFFEINE IN COFFEE PRETTY VARIABLE. SO WE ESTIMATE 200 MILL GAMBLES PER CUP. BUT SOME COFFEES THAT ARE REALLY STRONG ARE 300 MILL GAMBLES PER CUP. Kristine: IT IS OKAY EVERY DAY. WHAT ABOUT FOR WOMEN WHAT ARE PREGNANT? PROBABLY SHOULD REALLY LIMIT COFFEE IF NOT DISCONTINUE IT ALL TOGETHER. IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOW BABY WEIGHT. EARLY LABOR. PRETERM LABOR. AND LOSS OF PREGNANCY. IF YOU DON'T REALLY REALLY NEED IT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD HAVE WHEN YOU'RE PREGNANT OR TRYING TO GET PREGNANT.
Kristine: SOME PEOPLE THINK MAYBE ORDERING DECAF WILL HELP. EVEN DECAF HAS SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT OF CAFFEINE IN IT. RIGHT UP TO ABOUT 30-MILLIGRAMS PER CUP. A LOT DIFFERENT THAN 2 TO 300-MILLIGRAMS PER CUP, BUT STILL SOMETHING. Kristine: YOU SAY CAFFEINE IS OKAY, COUPLE OF CUPS OF COFFEE A DAY OKAY. CAFFEINE, DOES HAVE SOME BENEFITS. DEFINITELY HAS BENEFITS. Kristine: NOT JUST MAKES US MORE LETTER. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT YOU IMPORTANT BETTER ON MENTAL TESTS. BASICALLY NEED LESS SLEEP. ALTHOUGH IT SHOULD NOT BE USE PRIMARILY AS A SLEEP SUBSTITUTE. BASICALLY, THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF UP SYMPTOMS THAT YOU GET WITH COFFEE IN MODERATE BENEFITS. YEP. Kristine: NEGATIVE BENEFITS FOR CAFFEINE. ANXIETY, IRRITABILITY, TREMOR OF YOUR HAND, THOSE ARE SOME THEM SHALL AND THEN THE SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS CAN BE SEIZURES, OR IRREGULARITIES OF THE HEART.
SO THESE THINGS BASICALLY GO WHEN YOU GET REALLY HIGH DOSES OF CAFFEINE. YOU KNOW THOSE POWER DRINKS THAT HAVE CAFFEINE CONTAINING, THAT'S UP TO 500 MILLIGRAMS PER BOTTLE. YOU REALLY HAVE TO WATCH HOW MANY OF THOSE YOU HAVE AS OPPOSED TO JUST CUPS OF COFFEE. Kristine: WHAT IF YOU WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM CAFFEINE EITHER WEAN OFF OF IT OR GET OFF OF IT ALL TOGETHER? WHAT DO YOU REMWHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND SIDE TREATMENT FOR HEADACHES LIKE TENSION AN MIGRAINE. WITHDRAWALS FROM CAFFEINE CAN CAUSE HEADACHES YOU UNTO TO TESTIFY S TH HEADACHES CAN BE REALLY SEVERE IN ADDITION TO FEELING SOMNOLENT WITHOUT ENERGY AND EVERYTHING. SO TAPERING OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS IS PROBABLY A WISE MOVED AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME SIDE EFFECTS AS YOU TAPER.
BUT THEN YOU CAN BE CAFFEINE FREE. YOU'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK THURSDAY. AND WE'LL TALKING ABOUT? STATIN. SIDE EFFECT OF THOSE CHOLESTEROL BUSTING AGENTS CALLED THE STATINS. K( THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. WADE YOU TOO. Kristine: COMINGá.
