I’ve been consuming caffeine daily since I was 5 but I never had any bad experience with it. I turned out to be fine. I discovered a few days ago that Caffeine is considered to be bad for children and Honestly I was surprised. Does the negative effects of caffeine like anxiety and sleep disturbance not apply to adults? Do people turn 18 and suddenly caffeine becomes healthy for them?
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A child’s brain’s plasticity is much higher than an adult’s and while caffeine is a mild drug, it’s a drug nonetheless, so it is advised to keep it away from children, even though the risks might be low.
Some of the effects of caffeine on adults are neither “healthy” nor unhealthy. What one might call anxiety, someone else might call “focus”. One’s sleep disturbance is someone else’s need to work while sleepy.
Also, your example is a sample size of one AND it’s a self-observed outcome with no peer review.
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