Doctors Debunk 13 Caffeine Myths | Debunked

"Caffeine will make up for lost sleep."

Hm.

"Caffeine detoxes your body."

Oh, please, no.

"Caffeine is addictive."

Both: Ooh, this is a good one.

[both laugh]

Hi, my name is Dr. Sophie Balzora.

I'm a gastroenterologist at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Hi, my name is Dr. Ugo Iroku.

I'm a gastroenterologist at Mount Sinai Hospital.

And today, we'll be debunking myths about caffeine.

"Caffeine is bad for you."

Caffeine is not bad for you.

So, there was a time where I must admit

I had bought the hype that caffeine was bad for you,

but when you do the research,

you find out that a lot of the concerns

really don't hold up.

There are concerns about caffeine causing osteoporosis,

but when you look at it,

the amount of milligrams that you need to consume

to cause that are excessive of 700 milligrams a day.

The amount of caffeine that's being consumed daily

is usually on the order of less than 300 milligrams a day.

And so a lot of these concerns

really don't apply at those levels.

There's actually a lot of benefit to caffeine and coffee.

So, there have been studies showing

decrease in cancers like colon cancer,

head and neck cancers, breast cancer,

chronic liver disease, a lot of other

kind of inflammatory conditions that we worry about.

So chemicals that are able to act upon that

and reduce inflammatory processes,

and caffeine's one of those compounds that can do that.

Balzora: Three cups of coffee is seen

to lower your risk of stroke in certain studies.

Tea can do the same by lowering the risk by 20%,