1 - Is Caffeine Useful For Athletes?
The sports practitioners carried caffeine for several years as a way of increasing the power and the endurance during the toughest sports and exercises. Such As: jogging, swimming and riding bikes.But It has been proved that if you consume caffeine in a daily basis you will have some serious problems in the future like : stomach problems, dizziness, headache and Sleep Disorders.
2 - The Quantities Of Caffeine In Some Drinks And Food
- Coffee :
- Coffee Beans : (170 gsm) has 100 mg of caffeine, While the same cup of decaffeinated coffee has 2 mg only.
- Nescafe : (170 gsm) has 57 mg of caffeine complied with water .
- Espresso Coffee : (28 gsm) has 40 mg of caffeine.
- Tea :
- Black Tea : (170gsm) has 36 mg of caffeine .
- Ice Tea : (225gsm) has 25 to 35 mg of caffeine .
- Green Tea : (225gsm) has 20 to 30 mg of caffeine .
- Chocolate :
- Hot Chocolate : (170gsm) has 4 mg of caffeine .
- Milk Chocolate : (225gsm) has 9 mg of caffeine .
- Sugar-free Chocolate : (28gsm) has 58 mg if caffeine .
- Black Chocolate : (28gsm) has 8 to 20 mg of caffeine .
- Soda Drinks :
- 1 Diet Coke has 35 to 50 mg of caffeine .
- 1 Mountain Dew has about 54 mg of caffeine .
The caffeine commonly used by allot of athletes in all kind of sports activities but we must keep in mind that's it could be illegal if the athlete consume it in big quantities he may get penalized .
