At what age can I have coffee?

I was stupefied for a moment and took the book to read. It turns out that this book lists all the potentially toxic chemicals in children's lives, such as correction liquids, laundry detergent, camphor balls, disinfectants, and so on, warning children to stay away from them. Interestingly, coffee, beer and chocolate are also listed and painted neatly next to the toilet clean. no wonder the child is afraid.

A follow-up study of 191 14-year-old 16-year-olds who drank coffee at the University of Ohio showed that caffeine did have a negative effect on minors who were in the most vigorous stage of growth and development. The caffeine in coffee can excite the central nervous system of children, interfere with their memory and cause ADHD. Minors' liver and kidney are not fully developed, and their detoxification ability is poor, so the half-life of caffeine metabolism will be prolonged, that is to say, it will last longer in their bodies.

So children and teenagers who drink more coffee not only increase their sleep interruptions, but also take longer to get up after waking up, they are more likely to stay in bed, and they are easy to doze off during the day. Obviously, drinking coffee will affect the quality of children's sleep, which is bad for their health and mental development. Especially in China, the examination-oriented education system often gives birth to many candidates who are used to burning the midnight oil at an early age. Although drinking coffee has a refreshing effect, but as candidates are in the stage of physical growth and great learning pressure, drinking more coffee is not only harmful to their health, but also gradually lose their refreshing effect if they drink it frequently.

In order to review their lessons and drink coffee at night, some middle school students find that coffee becomes more and more ineffective over a long period of time, so they continue to increase the dose of coffee, resulting in a terrible phenomenon of mental hyperactivity, as if they were suffering from severe insomnia. I can't sleep for three days and three nights in a row. Therefore, teenagers and children had better avoid contact with coffee as much as possible.

Similarly, drinks that contain a lot of caffeine, such as cola and tea, can be avoided. In addition to the adverse effects of caffeine on children's brains, the close link between cola and childhood diabetes is well known. To be exact, children under the age of 12 need to ban caffeine. Even for Europeans and Americans who drink coffee as boiled water all day, there are very strict restrictions on children drinking coffee.

So at least wait until your child goes to college before you go to the cafe and make an appointment with him for a delicious cup of coffee. Coffee has a great impact on children, as well as for us adults.