{"id":7405,"date":"2019-02-14T19:08:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T19:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/?p=7405"},"modified":"2019-02-14T19:48:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T19:48:59","slug":"could-drinking-coffee-be-hurting-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/?p=7405","title":{"rendered":"Could drinking coffee be hurting your health?"},"content":{"rendered":"D<\/span>rinking coffee has become a ritual for Guelph-Humber students, fuelling them through the exam season and getting them through the day. But many aren\u2019t aware of how it could be affecting their long-term health.<\/p>\n

University of Guelph nutrition professor David Ma says two or three cups of coffee per day is not as harmful as most assume, and is acceptable for most young adults.<\/p>\n

The university research leadership chair and director of the Guelph Family Health Study says it depends on whether the consumer has a fast or slow metabolism, with slower metabolisms more susceptible to heart problems in the future.<\/p>\n

Ma himself drinks one to two cups of coffee each day but says his overall advice would be to take

\u201ceverything in moderation in terms of caffeine and coffee.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

He explained that while the effects may not show in the beginning, it could be causing long-term harm to your heart.<\/p>\n

The Awake Chocolate bars sold at Guelph-Humber and Humber College raised some concerns with Ma.<\/p>\n

The bar boasts that it contains the caffeine equivalent of two cups of coffee. They are currently sold on campus at the GH Caf\u00e9, Java Jazz and the Humber Food Emporium.<\/p>\n

Ma cautions that the issue with eating the Awake bars could be the body \u201cconsuming too much caffeine too quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Julia Tran, third year business student and part-time Starbucks barista, says that over 85 per cent of her customers are students, with exam and midterm season being the busiest time of year.<\/p>\n

“Students need to stay up and study so they would add more caffeine into their drinks, so instead of two espresso shots they add an extra,\u201d she remarks.<\/p>\n

Tran says that there\u2019s one drink in particular that concerns her.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes they would want a venti nitro cold brew, and I would have to inform them that we can\u2019t offer a venti because of the amount of caffeine it has.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

Customers would then order a grande, the next size down, says Tran<\/p>\n

She finds that she doesn\u2019t need caffeine to function, instead relying on her full eight hours of sleep to get her through the day.<\/p>\n

First year media studies student Nicole Panacci is an avid coffee consumer. She says she drinks coffee at least \u201ctwice a day, every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Panacci says that coffee is a must for university students.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost students rely on coffee to give them energy throughout the day,\u201d says Panacci. \u201cI can\u2019t go a day without coffee, I\u2019ve tried and I got a head ache.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marie Ferguson, fourth year interior design student agrees, saying that she also drinks multiple cups of coffee every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wakes me up and makes me more active for sure so I can focus more on my school work,\u201d Ferguson says. \u201cI feel like my body is so used to it that I\u2019m immune to it, I don\u2019t feel it much but I know I sort of depend on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ferguson also argued that \u201cit\u2019s more a need than a want\u201d and that a healthy alternative would be better but because of a busy schedule most students turn to coffee as first resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The culture of drinking coffee on campus and how caffeine effects student health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":7406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[141,62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gh360.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}