Caffeine is consumed by 9 out of 10 people and produced at over 4 million tons per year globally. While it provides instant energy, it can also negatively impact mood, behavior, and health. Caffeine is addictive and can cause withdrawal symptoms like headaches and fatigue when quitting. It is associated with increased risks of various cancers, heart disease, miscarriage, low birth weight, and calcium loss. Reducing or quitting caffeine intake requires willpower but symptoms subside after a few days with strategies like exercise and herbal teas.

1. A Legal
Drug That Hurts

2. Caffeine
• Coffee
• Tea
• Chocolate
• Pain relievers
• Soft drinks

3. 9of 10people
4,000,000
tons peryear

4. Why is caffeine
so popular?

5. Instant
energy

6. Letdown

9. Alters mood
and behavior

10. Brain and Nervous System

17. 48 hours

18. 96 hours

20. Poorsleep

21. • Hostility
• Depression
• Fatigue

22. Physical Impact of Caffeine

24. Stomach ulcers

26. • Stomach
• Kidney
• Lung
• Rectal
• Esophageal cancer
Increases riskof
• Doubles bladder
cancerriskin
women

27. • 250% increased
colon cancerrisk
• Doubles fatal
bladdercancer
• Increases
ovarian and
pancreatic
cancer

28. Elevates blood pressure

29. 300%
increased risk
of heart disease

30. Caffeine may
• Increase heart rate
• Cause irregularbeats
• Raise cholesterol
• Accelerate blood
clotting

31. Caffeine and Pregnancy

32. Doubles risk of miscarriage

33. • Lower birth weight
• Bone problems
• Slower fetal growth

34. Caffeine in breast milk
80
hours

35. Vitamin and Mineral
Deficiency
• Calcium
• Bvitamins
• Iron

36. Calciumloss

37. 2x
calciumloss

40. Study of 460 teenage girls

41. 5x
higherrisk

42. Caffeine is addictive

43. Withdrawal Symptoms
• Headache
• Fatigue
• Apathy
• Anxiety
• Nervousness

44. Don’t give up!
Symptoms
improve after
36 hours

45. Seven Steps for
Quitting Caffeine

46. 1. Hot shower

47. 2. Eat a good breakfast

48. 3. Avoid all tobacco

49. 4. Drinklots
of water

50. 5. Keep herb
teas nearby

51. 6. Exercise

52. 7. Trust in
Divine power
“I amthe ...
God of all flesh.
Is there anything
too hard forMe?”
Jeremiah 32:27

54. “Therefore,
whetheryou
eat ordrink,
orwhatever
you do, do all
to the glory
of God.”
1 Cor. 10:31