5 negative effects of excessive coffee intake

This is the most consumed beverage in the world and highly effective for mental alertness.

Mostly taken in the mornings, coffee is a widely loved drink that helps in relieving mental fatigue but taking too much can have negative effects.

Here are 5 common defects of excess coffee intake:

1. Increased agitation

You know how the body naturally responds to high adrenalin or threatening situations? That’s how excess coffee intake causes the body to react as it is stimulated by the caffeine in it. It is therefore advisable to avoid excessive intake.

2. Incessant headache

Drinking coffee makes the blood vessels around the brain narrow hence stalling blood flow. Once coffee consumption is cut or reduced, the vessels reopen causing blood to rush to the brain. When this happens, one experiences what we call caffeine withdrawal headache.

3. Caffeine dependence

Excessive intake of coffee which contains caffeine will cause you to develop a sort of dependence on it or even an addiction. In extreme cases, consumers are not able to go a day or two without coffee and may end up getting headaches, fatigue and generally feeling miserable because of its absence in the body.

4. Insomnia

Coffee contains caffeine which makes it difficult for you to sleep. Excessive consumption of coffee can result in a disruption of your sleep pattern. When this occurs frequently, it results in insomnia which affects your mental health, physical fitness, amongst others.

5. Increased heartbeat and breathing rate

Caffeine from the excess coffee can increase the calcium in the heart cells. It is this calcium that regulates all the heart cells responsible for its beating and pumping, hence an increase will distort the normal beating of the heart hence affecting the breathing rate.