Why are teens trying them?

Increasingly a number of US young people are using caffeine bags to rush an energy, says experts who are concerned that the trend can soon appear in the UK.

Small tea bag -like bags placed between the lip and gum provide a quick caffeine kick directly to the bloodstream.

Some social media impressers push the products and recommend them to athletes or students who want to be awake for exams.

Dr. George from the University of Washington. Rob Van Dam sells many brands and flavors that can appeal to young people.

However, it can be easy to take too much with a single pouch containing caffeine as much as normal coffee and to achieve bad side effects.

There is already increasing concern in the UK Nicotine bags or young people using Snus.

Caffeine bags are also common sense – you may not be able to say if someone has one in the mouth – it makes it easier to hide from parents and teachers.

Some fans of the product boast of “buzzing” for using two bags at the same time for an extra big caffeine.

Since the caffeine is rapidly absorbed, the effects can start a few minutes after swallowing and may take several hours. Levels can come out of control.

Dr. Van Dam said to BBC News: “Young people may have less tolerance to caffeine, and if there is too much, there is a chance to enter the emergency room.”

Caffeine is a stimulus that can make you feel more vigilant and less sleepy due to its effect on the brain and nervous system.

Lewis James from the University of Loughborough, Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences, says good evidence that caffeine can help make exercise more easily.

It has become one of the most regularly used supplements among athletes.

When exercising, your body produces a chemical called adenocin that makes you feel tired. Caffeine blocks adenocin receptors in your nerves so that your brain detects less pain and fatigue.

However, it also affects other parts of the body, including the cardiovascular system that may be risky.

High levels can cause rapid heart rate, abnormal heart rhythms and seizures.

Although rare, there are deaths documented from excessive caffeine.

Some people are more sensitive to caffeine than others, and nausea may feel anxious and angry, and may get headache even at lower doses.

Usually up to 400mg Caffeine on a day Most of them look safe for healthy adults – these four cups of instant coffee.

Tea contains a little less, so five glasses per day is usually good.

Pregnant women are advised to reduce their daily purchases up to 200 mg or less.

Children and young people are also more sensitive to overdose risks and potential.

Therefore, for example, energy drinks containing more than 150 mg caffeine should carry labels by the EU law that says “high caffeine content. Children or pregnant or nursing women”.

Dr Van Dam says it might be easy to overload. Caffeine is found in many drinks and some foods, so it is important to check how much you consume.

“Although it is more difficult to stay in excessive doses of coffee, it is easier if these products, especially young people use energy drinks.”

Some products say that when you check them in the laboratory, they contain more caffeine than they claim to label.

• Coffee: A cup contains about 100-140 mg caffeine, but it may change to a great extent
• Tea: A cup contains about 75 mg
• Energy drinks: Usually contains 80 mg in a box of 250 ml
• Non -alcoholic beverages: Typically contains about 40 mg per box
• Chocolate: 50g bar dark chocolate about 25 mg caffeine and 50g bar milk chocolate has about 10 mg.

Dentists say that using them over time can irritate their gums – similar to Snus. Nicotine bags.

Some experts worry that caffeine bags may be a gateway to use them.

Bini Surresh is Cleveland Clinic, President of the Dietetics in London and a spokesman for the British Dietetics Association.

He says that using bags may feel “fashionable” or harmless, but there is a risk of normalizing stimulants in young people and young adults and creating potentially addiction patterns.

“Caffeine can give a temporary support, especially in children and young people who are more sensitive to their effects and deteriorate fatigue over time.”

If you are going to have caffeines of young people, BDA and NHS are both careful.

The European Food Safety Authority recommends 3mg/kg body weight as the upper limit for children and adolescents, ie a child weighing 30 kg should not be more than 90 mg per day.

Instead of reaching caffeine, Mrs Suresh says it is much better to focus on normal dishes, hydration and food -rich foods that support fixed energy levels throughout the day.

He says that a healthy diet with sufficient iron, protein and slowly released carbohydrates should do the job.