Problems With Caffeine

The Caffeine Web

In 1995, Dr. David Noever and other NASA researchers at Marshall Flight Center, studied the effects of certain drugs on common household spiders. LSD, marijuana, benzedrine, choral hydrate and caffeine were given to the spiders and then the webs were studied. The below graphic demonstrates the results of each drug-induced spider's web.

• The spider given marijuana drifted off before finishing the job.
• The spider on benzedrine, an upper, worked feverishly but without any planning.
• The spider dosed with chloral hydrate, a downer, soon fell asleep.
• The spider given caffeine, was the biggest surprise. The spider was unable to create a single organized web cell. The caffeine spider's web lacked the fundamental hub and spokes common to conventional web design.



Thousands in mental institutions due to caffeine

"Thousands are in mental institutions today because of no greater matter than that of the use of caffeine. Psychiatrists are now publishing articles indicating that there are numerous cases of depression and anxiety in mental institutions who need no other treatment than to be taken off caffeine. It would seem that with such a simple remedy available, many thousands of people could be returned to their full usefulness promptly.

"However, the use of caffeine is so traditional and firmly entrenched that it is almost impossible to remove caffeinated drinks from the diet of patients in the mental institutions. Soft drink machines, coffee dispensers, and the traditional coffee break are common pastimes in mental institutions, and with those who are mentally ill at home."
Calvin Thrash, M.D., Author, Food Allergies Made Simple




Material Safety Data Sheet on caffeine:

CAFFEINE:
TOXIC.
ACUTE EXPOSURE- Ingestion of large amounts may result in headache, lightheadedness, dizziness, chills, fever, excitement, restlessness, nervousness, insomnia, mild delirium, hallucinations, tinnitus, constricted pupils, decreased visual fields, amblyopia,diplopia, photophobia, and scintillating scotoma. Neurologic symptoms may persist for several days. Other effects may include alternating states of consciousness and muscle twitching, tremors, hyperesthesia, hypertonicity or hypotonicity, trismus, opisthotonus and convulsions. Seizures generally precede death.
CHRONIC EXPOSURE- In addition to the effects detailed in acute exposure, agitation, disturbed sleep, caffeine-induced psychosis, heartburn and hyperventilation may occur. Prolonged use of high doses may result in tolerence, physical and psychological dependence. Symptoms of withdrawal may occur following abrupt cessation.

University of California Material Safety Data Sheet




Biochemist Discovers 50% of Anxiety Cases Are Caffeine-Induced

"If a person were injected with 500 milligrams of caffeine [less than the dosage recently discovered in some 16-ounce Starbucks brews], within about an hour he or she would exhibit symptoms of severe mental illness, among them hallucinations, paranoia, panic, mania, and depression. But the same amount of caffeine administered over the course of a day only produces the milder forms of insanity for which we take tranquilizers and antidepressants."
"For five years I worked in a team practice with physicians and psychotherapists. Often, the psychological evaluation would include one or more anxiety syndromes, and the recommendation was for counseling. I would point out that the person was consuming excessive amounts of caffeine and request a trial month off caffeine prior to therapy sessions. In about 50% of cases, the anxiety syndrome would resolve with caffeine withdrawal alone."

Nutritional biochemist Stephen Cherniske, Author, Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Dangers of America's #1 Drug




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