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Caffeine and Your Health
Part Three: How does caffeine affect your health?
 More of this Feature

• Cola Drinks and Caffeine
• Common Sources of Caffeine
• Caffeine and Your Health
 

 Related Resources
• Is Decaff Coffee and Non Alcoholic Beer Okay?
• LDS Basic Beliefs
• LDS Glossary
 
 From Other Guides
• Mental Health: Caffeine Allergy
• Pregnancy: Caffeine and Miscarriages
 
 Elsewhere on the Web
• Is the Church against cola drinks? (Scroll Down)
• Caffeine-The Subtle Addiction
 

Not only is caffeine a drug, a mild stimulant, but it can affect your health in many different ways. It can cause many of the following health problems:

Allergic Reactions: About Mental Health, "CAFFEINE ALLERGY: Past Disorder or Present Epidemic?"

Arrhythmias: About Senior Health, "What causes arrhythmias?"

Breast Cysts: About Alternative Medicine, "Caffeine, Chocolate, and Breast Cysts"

Impairs Fertility: About Pregnancy/Birth, "Caffeine: Pregnancy & Fertility"

Increases Risk of Heart Disease: About Biology, "Caffeine: The Moderate Killer"

Increases Risk of Miscarriages: About Pregnancy/Birth, "Caffeine Increases Risk of Miscarriages"

Worsens Symptoms of Thyroid Disease: About Thyroid Disease, "Caffeine, Calcium and the Thyroid"

To learn how much caffeine there is in coffee, cola drinks, chocolate, medications, and diet pills see Part Two: Common Sources of Caffeine

To learn what the Church has published about cola drinks and caffeine see Part One: Cola Drinks and Caffeine

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