Depression refers to a group of conditions associated with the elevation or lowering of a person's mood.
The most common types include Clinical depression, Persistent depressive disorder and
Bipolar disorder.
According to WHO, depression is a common mental disorder. It is estimated that 5% of adults suffer from depression worldwide. And that more women are affected by depression than men.
Depression results from a complex interaction of social, psychological, and biological factors. However, people who have gone through traumatic events and all other such sad life events are more likely to develop depression.
Depression is usually characterized by feelings sadness, irritation, emptyness, difficulty concentrating or loss of interest in activities. This often lasts for most of the day, nearly every day, for at least two weeks.
Depression can lead to more stress, dysfunction or even suicide.
There are also interrelationships between depression and physical health.
Fortunately, There are effective treatment for mild, moderate, and severe depression.
In this light, it would interest you to know the fact that coffee is an antidepressant and it can be both short-term and long-term treatment for symptoms of depression.
Decades-long research suggests that coffee intake is linked to reduced risk of depression. The research found that there is a connection between lower risks for depression and coffee consumption.
However reference is made to caffeinated coffee in particular.
Caffeine is a stimulant naturally found in the seeds, nuts, or leaves of certain plants.
Caffeine in more recent times have become a prominent ingredient in food and beverages like coffee, tea, cocoa beverage, soft drinks, chocolate milk and energy drinks.
With caffeinated coffee containing one of the highest milligrams of caffeine by ounce.
Moreso, because of the caffeine in coffee, studies suggests that in low-to-moderate doses, coffee can stimulate your brain to feel more alert, more energized with improved psychomotor coordination.
These effects are in counteraction to the symptoms so depression.
Caffeine exerts its effects on your nervous system, the brain in particular.
It stimulates the brain by interacting with a molecule, adenosine, responsible for making one drowsy or feeling tired. Caffeine prevents the adenosine from binding with your receptors.
Also, caffeine causes increased turnover of several neurotransmitters, like serotonin and dopamine, which are somewhat "feel good" hormones.
Consequently, you don't feel as tired as you would have been without the caffeine in your system and you're more alert.
Too much caffeine however can have negative effects on you, like anxiety, insomnia, headaches and increased heart rate.
Research shows that anything above 4 cups of coffee per day is too much caffeine.
Also, the amount of caffeine found in one cup of coffee can take as little as 20 minutes to enter the bloodstream from the liver and about 1 hour to take effect.
In addition, a study found that there should be at least 8hours between in take of coffee as anything short of that would produce no further benefits.
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