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With well over 200 Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks and other types of coffee shop locations in Nassau County it’s unusual that the issue of the negative way coffee affects the body isn’t address more often. There have been recent studies done showing that coffee may have good effects on the brain but what about the rest of the body?

Caffeine is a stimulant sometimes used to treat headaches but more often it’s the main ingredient central ingredient in coffee. It’s also addictive and it allows your body over time to become dependant on it. The caffeine in coffee is what causes the most concern. A study done and published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology showed that coffee increases the chances for men to have a stroke.

Samantha Kaufman, an employee at Starbucks Coffee agrees that “people who come into the store multiple times a day don’t realize the health risk…wow I didn’t even realize them!” She also adds that regulars who come into the coffee shop are normally the ones who ask for the double shots of espresso. This adds a lot more caffeine to your beverage which is where the risk of your health becomes a little bit more threatened.

The American Dietetic Association met and discussed the issue of drinking too much coffee. Within that, they discussed how studies have been done showing that drinking more that three cups of coffee a day can affect a woman’s fertility. It can also increase a pregnant woman’s chance of early delivery. Lastly they also discussed that studies are currently being done testing whether coffee causes birth defects.

Nassau County holds countless numbers of coffee shops and people more than willing to use them. Hofstra University is located in Nassau County where students study hard and drink plenty of coffee for those rough nights of studying and hard mornings of class. Dewayne Whitaker, a student at Hofstra University used to average 5-6 cups of coffee a day. “I began to have stomach aches and I became very irritable whenever I didn’t drink my necessary amount of coffee per day,” Whitaker states.

Coffee and caffeine has its negative and positive effects but it’s only fair to the public for everyone to know both sides.