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« on: Jun 30th, 2003, 10:38am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Caffeine hidden in many foods
Friday, June 27, 2003 Posted: 1:24 PM EDT (1724 GMT)
 
 
(CNN) -- The July issue of "Consumer Reports" magazine reveals some of the foods and drinks that contain high levels of caffeine can be surprising.  
 
CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talked about the findings with anchor Daryn Kagan.  
 
GUPTA: ...People are a little surprised sometimes when they hear where caffeine is actually located. For example, half a cup of this coffee ice cream from Haagen-Dazs has actually more caffeine than a Coke. Most people are surprised by that.  
 
Kids, in particular, are vulnerable to some of these effects. Too much caffeine certainly can leave them jittery and nervous and maybe with some tension. They say about 100 milligrams of caffeine in a day is probably the limit for most kids. And to give you an example again, if you drink a Coke, you have a cup of caffeinated ice cream, and a half a cup of M&M's ... that's 128 milligrams of caffeine.  
 
KAGAN: That it is.  
 
GUPTA: And that's probably too much for most kids.  
 
If you look at all of the other sources of caffeine out there, again, you'd be a little bit surprised -- like Sunkist orange soda, for example. People thought that was not a source of caffeine; in fact, it is. Chocolate or coffee-flavored ice cream. Vitamin waters, too, sort of surprising, but the vitamin waters also sometimes with significant amounts of caffeine, and energy drinks.  
 
Now, one thing important to point out as well, Daryn, is that the U.S.D.A., which regulates this, does not require that specific products actually have caffeine listed on their product labels. So, if you really want to get the information, you've got to go to the Internet or somewhere or call the company to find out about the product information, specifically how much caffeine is in the particular products.  
 
And, again, with kids, there are all sorts of symptoms that might result from too much caffeine, if you take a look at some of the symptoms. Again, we're talking about anxiety, insomnia, tension, and in extreme cases nausea and upset stomach. So, too much caffeine is obviously something to look out for. Be careful what you eat. Look at the product labels if you can find them.  
 
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« Reply #1 on: Jun 30th, 2003, 11:42am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Rhune, I had this article on my desk all weekend trying to make time to post some of it on here.  Just could not find the time this weekend.  The article is awesome.  
 
Just another reason to consider buying this month's issue of consumer reports.
 
For example, I would not serve children any coffee flavoured ice creams having read this.  Some orange pop has more caffeine than some cola's.  minute maid orange however has zero.
 
The problem is that there is no requirement to list the amount of caffeine in products.  I think there should be.
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« Reply #2 on: Jun 30th, 2003, 11:59am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
a co worker of mine is pregnant and obviously only allowed minimal caffeine, for a little while she was drinking orange soda, figuring it to be caffeine free (soda is a craving of hers, she normally does not drink it at all, or very seldomly)  she was in my office one day and just was staring at her can of soda-- Shockedhas a much higher percentage of caffeine.  
 
Gotta admit I didn't know this.
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« Reply #3 on: Jun 30th, 2003, 2:24pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
it's not all orange drinks.  That's the problem without labels we can't know.  
 
Minute Maid orange has none according to the article.  
 
I will try to get a post up with the amounts for at least the sodas.  CJL
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« Reply #4 on: Jun 30th, 2003, 2:51pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I'd definitely be interested in seeing that...
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