1. Addictions
Oral presentation #2
Romain Sylvian

5. Summary
1. Description
2. Causes
3. Symptoms and side effects
4. Treatments

6. History
• 13th century : cultivated by
Arabs.
• 17th century : cultivated by
Europeans.
• 18th century : reached the New
World.

7. Coffee Today
• Drinked by 130 M Americans
every day.
• 2.25 billion cups of coffee
consumed worldwide / day.
• 2nd most traded commodities
before oil.
• A $30 billion industry just in US.

8. Caffeine, how does it works?
• 1) Adenosine made you sleepy.

9. Caffeine, how does it works?
• 1) Adenosine made you sleepy.
• 2) Caffeine blocks adenosine
receptors.

10. Caffeine, how does it works?
• 1) Adenosine made you sleepy.
• 2) Caffeine blocks adenosine
receptors.
• 3) Pituitary gland produce
adrenaline.

11. Causes
How and Why?

12. Some facts

13. Some facts
=
Physical dependence

14. Some facts
=
Physical dependence
=
addict

15. Caffeine is everywhere

16. Caffeine is everywhere

17. Tolerance
• For heavy coffee and energy
drink consumers.

18. Why becoming an addict?
• Coffee culture.
• Professional and familial factors.
• No genetic factors.

19. Symptoms and side effects
What are the signs?
What are the effects ?

20. 6 signs of caffeine addiction.
• Headache
• Lethargy
• Depression
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Muscle pain

21. Health effect of caffeine
Positive and negative.

22. Treatments
Natural ways to cure.
Medical assistance.
Withdrawal process.

23. Natural way to cure
• Fruits juices.
• Sport.
• Caffeine-free replacements.

24. Medical assistance
• No treatments center.
• Help for caffeine intoxication.

25. Withdrawal process.
• Sleepiness
• Irritability
• Insomnia
• Quick process : 9 days in
average.

26. Sources
•
Crawford, J. (1852). History of coffee. Journal of the Statistical Society of London, 15(1),
50-58. Print
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Anonymous, . (2012). Signs of caffeine addiction. U.S. News & World Report, 1.
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Rivers, A. (2012, July 16). Caffeine Overdose. Healthline. Retrieved November 18, 2013,
http://www.healthline.com/health/caffeine-overdose
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Pohler, H. (2010). Caffeine intoxication and addiction. The Journal for Nurse
Practitioners, 6(1), 49-52.