I heard that stimulation of the nerves help your child learn better in the future. So, since coffee stimulates the nerves, does that mean feeding your child coffee helps with learning when they get older?
Will Coffee Help Your Child Become A Better Learner In The Future, Since It Stimulates The Nerves?
Sun, Aug 30, 2009
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August 30th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
I know the study you are talking about .. I read about it very recently.
Well the study that was done was talking about taking small amounts of coffee. i hope you are not thinking of giving expresso shots or large amounts of coffee to your child or it could have adverse effects on a child since most studies have been done in adult systems. Even in adults large amounts of coffee is bad. I am a PhD student and I am constantly taking coffee to stay awake and keep me stimulated. And I am realizing that it is not doing anything to me and large amounts make me shake and lose track of things I am doing or makes me forget …
unless ….
I take it in small amounts. So I’d buy a coffee and take sips out of it through out the day and that makes me stay up and focus wayy better. So the study you are talking about can be true
Here’s what they found “Swiss scientists studying caffeine’s effects in a small group of people report markedly elevated blood pressure and increased nervous system activity when occasional coffee drinkers drank a triple espresso, regardless of whether or not it contained caffeine. ”
The study also says that “Surprisingly, people who drank coffee on a regular basis showed increased stimulation of sympathetic nerve pathways but no increase in blood pressure. ” So it looks like coffee seems to be having some long term effect.
However, how it effects a small child I don’t know. You have to realize the adult and young systems can differ and coffee could have adverse effects on a child .. you never know (all these studies have been done using adults) … But since the study is observing this effect in small amounts of coffee … I think it will be ok to give him a small amount of coffee to drink per day (though remember his dose should be half your dose). But I’d wait till he is at least 14 years old.
But do not try this in a baby. This is completely adult based study and could have adverse effects on babies or very young children.
The interesting thing about study is that … the scientists think it might be something other than caffiene thats doing this work. It states “The results suggest that some unknown ingredient or ingredients in coffee not caffeine is responsible for cardiovascular activation, he explains. Coffee contains several hundred different substances. ”
Here’s another study that has been done … it says that tea is good for memeory. Not coffee. Interesting because I am starting to drink tea from now.http://news.bio-medicine.org/medicine-ne…
One study that interested me was “Studies examine coffee drinking and risk of liver and colorectal cancers” (http://news.bio-medicine.org/medicine-ne…
Here’s a good site on coffee and its affects. http://news.bio-medicine.org/tag-3/Coffe…
August 30th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Absolutely not! That is ridiculous. Think about what coffee does to adults. It wakes us up and gets us completely energized. Children are already naturally energized, so giving them coffee will just cause them to have double the amount of energy and bounce off the walls. Caffeine is a drug for children with side effects like nervousness, upset stomach, headache, increased heart rate and blood pressure, it is in no way helping the child. It’s actually doing the opposite, causing the child to have difficulty concentrating. My little cousin who is 8 is allowed to have coffee with his breakfast and I have never once seen him sit down content enough to want to learn. In fact, he doesn’t sit still at all. He runs around, talks a mile a minute and acts like a child half his age. It’s horrible. I think, if anything, feeding the child DE-CAF coffee would be the best bet to help them with learning.
August 31st, 2009 at 1:47 am
I’ve been drinking coffee since I was 7. I don’t know my phone number, my checking number, or my card number, I forget how to spell words after looking them up & instructions after I read them. It took me 3 months to memorize my address & one month to remember my coworker’s names. My therapist said I was smarter in Jr. High & in Highschool I started getting all Cs. I can’t remember anyone’s name from that school. I’m also incapable of learning how to drive a car without confusing left & right.
Of course, that might not be the caffeine’s fault, my mother put me on a lot of mediations with ill side effects.
My pediatrician reccommended coffee for kids with ADHD…makes em tired. & that thing about stunted growth is a lie; I’m the tallest women on the family tree.
August 31st, 2009 at 3:36 am
I would never give a child coffee,is coffee is a stimulant, yes, but it will not make your child cleverer in the future. What it will do is make the child very hyperactive and probably cloud its inability to concentrate at the present time.