Lemond also recommends steering clear of foods with added caffeine such as energy drinks, jellybeans, gum, and breath fresheners. Because coffee, tea, and soft drinks contribute more caffeine to the diet than other foods and beverages, limiting these is a good place to start. If your kids act jittery or anxious, or if they have trouble sleeping, reducing their caffeine intake is a smart idea. The Canadian government, however, recommends the following daily caffeine limits.Īges 4 – 6 years: 45 mg, about the amount in one can of colaĪccording to a study in the Journal of Pediatrics, American children consume more than the recommended limit in Canada. The Food and Drug Administration has not set guidelines for safe caffeine consumption. Unfortunately, this can push the teen into a cycle of being unable to sleep due to caffeine’s effects–consuming more caffeine to fight fatigue from lack of sleep and then having trouble falling asleep again. If your teen carries a heavy academic load, he or she may reach for caffeine-containing foods and beverages to improve concentration during school and then again at night to stay up late studying.
Some teens find that caffeine helps them perform better in school and on tests, says pediatric specialist Angela Lemond, RDN, CSP, LD, spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Teens often deliberately consume large amounts. In fact, one study found that kids who consumed the most caffeine slept the fewest hours.īecause caffeine is in common beverages like sodas and teas, parents and others may unwittingly offer excessive amounts of caffeine to children.
But what if you have more than just a little? In large doses, caffeine may cause irritability, impaired calcium metabolism, anxiety, rapid heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and sleep problems. In small doses, caffeine may help people of all ages feel more alert, awake, or energetic. Approximately 75 percent of children, adolescents, and young adults in the United States consume caffeine, a compound that stimulates the central nervous system. She isn't just being ignorant at this stage, its downright negligent.Sodas, coffee, tea, and energy drinks. Thankfully, I am healthy and functioning, but if I, at 14, on the other side of the world and only watching her on YT was so viscerally impacted by her behaviour, what the hell is the damage going to be to her (even younger), completely obsessed fanbase, and worse, her own children?! I sincerely hope she gets some help, not just for herself but for the sakes of all the people who are impacted by her actions.
OVER CAFFEINATED PROFESSIONAL
Now at 24 (and after years of professional help) I've realised how much of what she does is disordered and I no longer compare myself to her. Again, super disheartening and messed with my head big time.
It was again super comforting to me and made my own weight gain less daunting, only to see her turn around and lose the weight dangerously quickly after F was born. In 2018 when she was pregnant I was coming out of an ED relapse and was gaining weight at the same time as her. I was too young to realise that what you see on camera isn't the whole truth, so when I started eating junk food in my recovery and didn't stay tiny like her, it REALLY messed with my head. I thought 'oh hey here is a really skinny person who eats junk food all the time, maybe that can be me and all my troubles will go away'. I started watching C when I was 14 and literally in hospital with an ED. I truly can't overstate how damaging her behaviour has been to me in my own ED recovery since 2013, and how grateful I am that this subreddit brought it to my own attention.
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