Ever have days like that? I think I have had too many lately. Darn school. Heh heh
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Caffeeeeeeeeine anyone?
Posted by Sean on February 7, 2011
Another post from Scrubs Magazine I wrote that I thought was worth sharing. How much is too much?
Amplify’d from scrubsmag.com
A glutton for caffeinated punishment
How thirsty are you? How much coffee does one need in one sitting? It seems the land of over-abundance has struck again.
Starbucks = caffeine.
Am I wrong? We all know that Starbucks is the vacation get-away for all things caffeinated. I only know ‘of’ it since I don’t frequent their stores. My coffee drinking repertoire is simple and bland, so a mocha-latte-choco-espresso-whipped-not-stirred-slightly-steamed-with-ice phenomena still escapes me.
It seems that we not only need as much variety as possible in our coffee-diet, but we need more of it. Lots and lots of it to be frank. It seems that the latest serving size offered by the coffee-bean connoisseur is also a wine lover of sorts?
The ‘Trenta’ serving size cup holds the equivalent fluid amount in a bottle of wine. Yes, you can drink an entire bottle of wine.. err coffee in one serving.
I guess my question to all my fellow caffeinated colleagues is why? In what scenario would we NEED to carry around that much coffee in one trip/station/sitting?
I’ll admit it. I’m addicted to coffee, or the caffeine, or the taste, or something. I really don’t know what, I just know I can down some serious coffee while I’m at work (or at home if we’re laying it all out on the table).
But I can’t see myself needing / wanting / utilizing this new serving size in any capacity of my day. First of all you have a full bottle of wine.. sorry coffee. You have OVER 750 ml of coffee in your hand. According to the graphics I’ve seen Trenta cups actually holds 916 ml!!
916 ml!
So you either drink a lot of coffee very fast, or you have a cold cup of coffee by the time you actually drink all of it.
The ramifications of this have a type of domino effect. Do you remember the suggestion I made about over eating? Psychology experts have suggested that when using a smaller plate / bowl you actually will subconsciously eat less. Eating less will curb the excess calories.
So what do you think this gargantuan sized serving of coffee is doing? It’s subconsciously convincing you that you not only need to finish the entire amount in the cup, but that you actually need that much coffee in one serving!
I’m not disputing the positive or negative health effects of coffee. That’s been discussed at great lengths lately, and there still is no definitive answer. What is definitive is the idea of ‘everything in moderation’. Moderation is the key to maintaining a healthier you.
How much ‘moderation’ is in this Trenta cup?
Things that make you go hmm.
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Super-duper size my coffee and ME
Posted by Sean on January 26, 2011
This reminds me of that movie ‘Super-Size Me’ – Morgan Spurlock(?). Who do you want to go first, you or them?
Bigger is not better folks.
Amplify’d from www.medicalnewstoday.com
Bigger Beverages Mean Bigger Americans
“An extra 200 calories per day will lead to a potential weight gain of about 2 pounds per month, or potentially 21 pounds per year,” said Jessica Bartfield, MD, internal medicine and medical weight-loss specialist at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, part of the Loyola University Health System.
According to the Starbucks web site, a Trenta plain iced coffee, with sweetener, has the following:
Trenta (31 ounces iced coffee) with non-fat milk – 190 calories
Trenta (31 ounces iced coffee) with 2% milk or soy milk – 220 calories
Trenta (31 ounces iced coffee) with whole milk – 230 calories
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How Safe Is Coffee??
Posted by Sean on November 5, 2010
I read just recently that drinking coffee was good for you – or at least not bad for you?
Now this article tells me drinking coffee will up my risk of having a stroke??!
Geesh.
The only thing I can take comfort is, is that this study talked about infrequent coffee drinkers, and I’m far from an infrequent coffee consumer (as I sip on another cup).
Amplify’d from www.medscape.com
Coffee Boosts Stroke Risk, Study Finds
November 5, 2010 — A cup of coffee can heighten the risk for ischemic stroke, particularly among infrequent drinkers, report researchers. Their study provides new information that may be useful in stroke prevention and is in line with what is already known about the physiologic effects of coffee.
Investigators led by Elizabeth Mostofsky, MPH, from Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, found a 2-fold increased stroke risk in the hour after drinking a cup of coffee. The increased risk returned to baseline within a 2-hour window, which investigators say strengthens the possibility of a causal relationship.
The work appears in the November 2 issue of Neurology.
The risk was highest in the hour after drinking coffee. Previous studies evaluating the effect of coffee on cardiovascular diseases have provided conflicting results. Case-control studies have shown an increase in risk, but prospective cohort studies have suggested no harmful effects. Coffee has been shown to have a negative effect on cardiovascular biomarkers increasing serum cholesterol, insulin resistance, and plasma homocysteine. However, several studies have shown that coffee intake decreases the risk for type 2 diabetes.
In this new multicenter crossover study, researchers interviewed 390 people with ischemic stroke. They compared each person’s coffee intake the hour before stroke symptoms to his or her usual consumption.
Most people, 78%, said they drank coffee the prior year. More than half of these had a cup of coffee within 24 hours of stroke. Close to 9% of patients had coffee within 1 hour of stroke onset.
Although an increase in stroke risk was seen with coffee, there was no apparent increase in risk in the hour after a cup of caffeinated tea or cola.
The association between ischemic stroke in the hour after coffee consumption was only apparent among those consuming 1 cup or less per day and not for those who drank coffee more regularly (P for trend = .002). Relative risks remained similar when researchers restricted the sample to those who were not simultaneously exposed to other potential triggers, and the results remained significant after stratifying by time of day.
“Elegant Study Design”
In an accompanying editorial, Giancarlo Logroscino, MD, from University of Bari in Italy, and Tobias Kurth, MD, from the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale in Paris, France, say “the authors used an elegant study design” and they call this “an important addition to the ‘coffee paradox’.”
But they add clinicians will need further evidence to properly advise people about coffee intake, especially when other risk factors for stroke are present.
“Even if coffee contains other substances that may be responsible for the observed effect, caffeine is the most likely candidate for pulling the trigger,” they note.
The peak plasma concentration of caffeine is usually less than 2 hours and has several systemic effects, including rapidly increasing epinephrine release, blood pressure, and insulin sensitivity, they explain. “Caffeine has both systemic and cerebral vasoconstrictive effects.”
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My Weekly Weak Sense of Humor
Posted by Sean on October 22, 2008
How much coffee do you drink?
I think I beat the average.
Have a great day.
Carpe Diem
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