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ReviewNutrients2018

Caffeine in the Diet: Country-Level Consumption and Guidelines.

Celine Marie Reyes, Marilyn C Cornelis

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Review in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

109 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Celine Marie ReyesDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. celine.reyes@northwestern.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9116-2002
Marilyn C CornelisDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Marilyn.cornelis@northwestern.edu.

Funding

National Institute on Aging K01AG053477NIA NIH HHS K01 AG053477
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coffee, tea, caffeinated soda, and energy drinks are important sources of caffeine in the diet but each present with other unique nutritional properties. We review how our increased knowledge and concern with regard to caffeine in the diet and its impact on human health has been translated into food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG). Using the Food and Agriculture Organization list of 90 countries with FBDG as a starting point, we found reference to caffeine or caffeine-containing beverages (CCB) in 81 FBDG and CCB consumption data (volume sales) for 56 of these countries. Tea and soda are the leading CCB sold in African and Asian/Pacific countries while coffee and soda are preferred in Europe, North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Key themes observed across FBDG include (i) caffeine-intake upper limits to avoid risks, (ii) CCB as replacements for plain water, (iii) CCB as added-sugar sources, and (iv) health benefits of CCB consumption. In summary, FBDG provide an unfavorable view of CCB by noting their potential adverse/unknown effects on special populations and their high sugar content, as well as their diuretic, psycho-stimulating, and nutrient inhibitory properties. Few FBDG balanced these messages with recent data supporting potential benefits of specific beverage types.

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Nutrition PolicyAsiaBeveragesCaffeineCarbonated BeveragesCoffeeCommerceDietEnergy DrinksEuropeHumansNorth AmericaTeaCaffeineCoffeeTeacaffeinecoffeeconsumptioncountryenergy drinksguidelinesmatepopulationpublic policysodatea

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PMID30445721
PMCPMC6266969

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