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I always suspected that caffeine and nicotine were much more dangerous than how are they perceived in general. Now there's this studies using brain scanners showing that caffeine and nicotine wreck the brain and cause holes due to the lack of oxigenation. The pictures are shocking.
So I wonder, have you noticed it yourself? Do you feel "slower" after a long period of drinking coffee and smoking cigaretes? Do you feel you brain clears up qhen you quit?
We certainly all know the many dangers of smoking. One of them is the increased amount of carbon monoxide levels in the cells of a smoker's body. Carbon monoxide destroys cells - especially brain cells. Maybe that's why we smokers are still smoking - we've become too dumb to quit!
I've never heard anything about coffee (caffeine) "wrecking the brain", though. I used to drink gallons of coffee. Now I just have two cups or so in the morning to help me wake up. I'm sleepy all day and get terrible headaches without my coffee fix. I think it makes me smarter, not dumber.
We certainly all know the many dangers of smoking. One of them is the increased amount of carbon monoxide levels in the cells of a smoker's body. Carbon monoxide destroys cells - especially brain cells. Maybe that's why we smokers are still smoking - we've become too dumb to quit!
I've never heard anything about coffee (caffeine) "wrecking the brain", though. I used to drink gallons of coffee. Now I just have two cups or so in the morning to help me wake up. I'm sleepy all day and get terrible headaches without my coffee fix. I think it makes me smarter, not dumber.
The whole article is an advertisement for a doctor's book which is soon to be in print This is not a scienticifc study published by any esteemed medical school, but just one person's opinion. etc.
Also, the article is in the the Daily Mail. It's the British version of the National Enquirer or other such ilk.
If you have time on your hands, you can do some reading on the possible positive effects of caffeine on the brain.
I haven't looked at the links, but I'm aware of how caffeine and nicotine can progress dementia in people who already have dementia. It has to do with not enough blood flow getting to the brain. It makes perfect sense. I don't think it's likely that it causes dementia though. I just think that people with dementia need to change lifestyles to halt or stall progression, that includes increasing exercise, better diet, and all sorts of things.
I take in way too much caffeine, and probably killing my what is left of my IQ. I would love to kick this bad habit, but it is hard.
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