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The FDA is investigating potentially regulating added caffeine.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Logan Stiner was just days from high school graduation when his brother found him unresponsive in their family’s home southwest of Cleveland in May 2014. Stiner, 18, died of cardiac arrhythmia and seizure from acute caffeine toxicity, a coroner ruled. He had more than 70 micrograms of caffeine per milliliter of […]

Caffeine is the world's most popular drug, but what is it and how does our body respond to its presence? Watch this clip to see the chemical structure of caffeine and the three compounds it metabolises into. Find out which receptor in the brain caffeine binds to, and the overall impacts it has on brain function and activity.

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Fetus and infants until 3 months of age are unable to metabolize caffeine, which crosses the placenta and in adults has a somnolytic effect. Little is known about the effect of caffeine consumption by pregnant or nursing mothers over infant sleeping.

In this setting where caffeine is largely consumed in pregnancy and by nursing mothers, heavy consumption (≥300 mg/day) did not increase the number of nighttime awakenings by their 3-month-old infants. (Read the full article)

In humans, evidence for an association between maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and alterations in fetal brain development with persistent alterations in the offspring’s brain and behavior in later life is inconclusive.

Prenatal caffeine intake is not associated with a higher risk for behavior problems in young children. Results do not provide evidence to advise pregnant women to reduce their caffeine intake to prevent problem behavior in their children. (Read the full article)

The majority of caffeine intake among children and adolescents is due to soda and tea consumption. Energy drinks, which provide a potent source of caffeine, have increased in availability in the United States in recent years.

This analysis presents trends in caffeine intake between 1999 and 2010, which have previously not been described in the United States, and reveals the impact of increasing energy drink use, also previously not described, on these trends among children and adolescents. (Read the full article)

Caffeine has predictable effects on cardiovascular function in both adults and children. Our previous work has shown that there are gender differences in this cardiovascular response, with boys having a greater change in heart rate and blood pressure than girls.

This study shows that the gender differences in cardiovascular response to caffeine emerge after puberty and there are some differences in postpubertal girls across the menstrual cycle. (Read the full article)

Title: Health Tip: Avoid Concentrated Caffeine
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2018 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/30/2018 12:00:00 AM

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A recent study looking at the effects of caffeine on brief, high intensity exercise found the substance improved performance, regardless of genetic variations in how subjects metabolized caffeine.

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With the amount of caffeine per cup differing drastically across the UK high street, the hit coffee drinkers get from their morning pick-me-up can vary hugely, research has revealed.

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