Caffinated beverages, should I stop drinking them?

**Tahmer**

All my life I've been a pop drinker, and ever since AMP energy drinks came out I've been drinking all kinds of energy drinks. Lately I've been trying to not drink any caffiene. Why? Because I recently read that nervousness was a side effect of it. I am easily made nervous, so I decided to see if caffiene was the reason to this. So far I haven't had any caffiene for probably 4-5 days now, and I don't really notice anything different with me as I still get nervous easily.

Basically I'm wondering if there is any real reason I should quit drinking caffinated beverages, or if I should just go ahead and enjoy my life and drink whatever the hell I want? I know there are other reasons I could always feel nervous, but I just want to maybe rule a few things out, since certain medication never seemed to help. Also is there any other bad side effects to being a caffiene addict that I should know about?
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**No1ButU** · Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 477 Location: Sudbury, Ontario

I'd personally be much more concerned with the massive amounts of sugar associated with most of the energy drinks/cola... Caffeine isn't exactly good for you but the amount you get in one or two colas a day won't really hurt you... The sugar, on the other hand, from one or two colas/energy drinks a day is enough to replace a meal... Problem is most people don't 'replace' a meal with them, they just wind up eating 500+ extra calories a day, which isn't good for your liver or waistline... Other problem is the sugar will wreak havok with your glucose levels... So if your family has ANY history of diabetes, I might try and cut back on the sugars...

But the caffeine itself.. Yeah, I wouldn't be overly concerned unless you're drinking like 3+ energy drinks a day and/or a ridiculous amount of cola or coffee.
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**fcedyourmom** · Joined: 20 Mar 2008 Posts: 1008 Location: Zebulon, NC

You can have up to 500 milligrams of caffeine in a day without any harm, but you can take over a gram with out serious effects if you've developed a tolerance. For reference, a can of dew has about 45 mg, an amp has about 140 and a Redline has about 250.
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**xtremecarbon** · Joined: 29 Mar 2008 Posts: 3998 Location: Columbia, SC

Just learn to drink in moderation, and you'll do fine. I have a 24oz Monster maybe once every month or so, it's like weight watchers, learn to eat/drink right. Start off slow and you'll get there.
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**Eastwinn** · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 1:48 am Post subject:

This is only semi-relevant. If you do decide to quit, you should try mixing extraneous-sugar free fruit juices with seltzer water. Same taste (sort of) without caffeine or large amounts of sugar. Pomegranate Soda? GENIUS.
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**grenamuhnades** · Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 133 Location: Twin Cities, MN

I stopped drinking caffeine about a month ago, because I couldn't fall asleep at night, and boy do I love it! I literally fall asleep within a minute of putting my head down, and I sleep way better. I used to fall asleep every day in every class at school, and I haven't even once since I stopped drinking it. Also, I used to have headaches everyday because I would get cravings for the caffeine, and now I barely get headaches at all. You might not be addicted like I was, but I would strongly advise anyone to stop drinking caffeine. Hell, even my favorite pop (Mountain Dew) tastes EXACTLY the same in the caffeine free version.

**MetalheadNorm** · Joined: 21 May 2008 Posts: 1041 Location: Michigan

It sounds like a stupid idea. Why would you want to deprive yourself of Mountain Dew?
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**Tahmer** · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:03 am Post subject:

I know I can stop drinking it, that's not a problem, I usually drink other things like Flavored water and non caffiene pop now, but No1ButU brings up a good point. I should probably be more worried about my sugar intake, since I have gained quite a bit of weight in the past 4 years. I'm sure the nervousness thing is just a side effect of my crappy childhood... but that's another story.
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**FreeXBird** · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 2485

I have a question. I just turned 14 early March, and I want to know if this is healthy. I'm about 5'5", 105 lbs, and am quite skinny. I don't have that much energy either. Doing like 10 seconds of running in basketball can cause me to somewhat lose my breath. I drink about 2-5 cans of pop a day, and little water. Maybe a 1 or 2 glasses worth. I get around 6 hours of sleep, and am usually constantly tired. So I'm wondering if all that pop compared to that little of water is that bad for me.

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**DualHazzarD** · Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 516 Location: Wisconsin

I drink loads of soda, however I'v been leaning more towards Juices like Gatorade and such these past 2/3 weeks for whatever reason.

Also I drink an energy drink once every 3 weeks on a Friday, so it doesn't really hurt me in any way. =]
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