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Adderall and Caffeine Are Not Food Groups?
Adderall and caffeine are not food groups. Right now 10% of children and 2.5 million adults are on some form of ADHD medication. In today’s episode, hosts Vince and Erica discuss the overuse of Adderall and caffeine in today’s society.
Using Adderall and caffeine too frequently messes up your hormones and can cause issues like weight gain and depression. Even if you aren’t one of the millions of adults and children prescribed Adderall, you’re likely consuming enough caffeine to have a similar effect on your central nervous system. Just two drinks from Starbucks is enough to put you over the FDA’s daily recommendation for caffeine intake. People become reliant on Adderall and caffeine for the dopamine boost without really understanding the full dangers.
Tune into this week’s episode to learn about the true dangers of caffeine and Adderall use. Learn about the impact of stimulants on cortisol, dopamine, and serotonin levels and how that affects your overall health.
Quotes
• “Your appetite is primarily controlled by not the calories in and calories out, it’s controlled by your hormones and your stress levels. So people, when they say intuitively eat, I’d be careful with that. Because you don’t eat based on what you actually need. You primarily eat based on where your hormones are at. So if you can modify and modulate that, then you won’t over and under eat.” (11:19-11:46 | Vince)
• “The key problem is that we’re trying to do more in one lifetime than is probably normal or we’re not being organized enough or efficient enough or investing in parts of our lives that could probably give us more output.” (19:43-20:00 | Vince)
• “I say The Biggest Loser got me caffeine-addicted. I liked it before, but I really loved it on set because we were so busy. My routine was I had to get up super early to work out before I filmed all day, so I was getting up at 4:30/5 o’clock. The only familiar thing to me in New Mexico was Speedway, so every morning I would be habitual. I would get a cotton candy Bang, I would get a Quest protein bar. What a shit storm to eat to fuel yourself for a workout. That just kind of carried over from when I came home.” (21:14-21:52 | Erica)
• “I find myself, even though I know how bad they are for me, I still find myself craving them. Because they are so addictive. It is such an addictive chemical in your brain. That dopamine right? I want it.” (23:07-23:19 | Erica)
• “When you spike cortisol, you spike dopamine. Adderall is exactly that. I want everyone to know that 10% of kids are on an amphetamine. Adderall is essentially cocaine, ladies and gentlemen. It’s cocaine. I’m not saying some kids don’t need it. Let’s not get all offended. But sure as hell 10% of kids in the country and 2.5 million Americans if they got honest with themselves, and in fact we get people off Adderall all the time. So I know people don’t need it. They just get themselves into a really stressed state. They exhibit signs of ADHD, which is common. Most of us have signs of ADHD.” (27:42-28:25 | Vince)
• “When you overstimulate dopamine, it overfires your central nervous system, your stress response, your fight or flight. That makes your body induce stress hormones. Then when you try to come off the medication, cortisol will shoot up. And then cortisol can only stay high for so long…then after that, you’ll just go into burnout. Your adrenals are shot, you can’t make dopamine and you feel like you wanna die. You’ll have weird thoughts of maybe even suicide, possibly. You’ll feel this and you’ll go into a severe depression. It messes up your metabolisms. Adderall indefinitely will make people overweight in long term studies. Past 6 or 7 years. At first, they’ll lose weight. We see that with all stimulants.” (35:51-37:11 | Vince)
Links
Follow Erica on IG: https://instagram.com/ericafitlove?utm_medium=copy_link
Follow Vince on IG: https://instagram.com/vince_pitstick?utm_medium=copy_link
Learn more about the E3 Podcast: https://instagram.com/e3_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link
Check out our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/BtZjWT9VYv8
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By Vince Pitstick & Erica LugoAdderall and caffeine are not food groups. Right now 10% of children and 2.5 million adults are on some form of ADHD medication. In today’s episode, hosts Vince and Erica discuss the overuse of Adderall and caffeine in today’s society.
Using Adderall and caffeine too frequently messes up your hormones and can cause issues like weight gain and depression. Even if you aren’t one of the millions of adults and children prescribed Adderall, you’re likely consuming enough caffeine to have a similar effect on your central nervous system. Just two drinks from Starbucks is enough to put you over the FDA’s daily recommendation for caffeine intake. People become reliant on Adderall and caffeine for the dopamine boost without really understanding the full dangers.
Tune into this week’s episode to learn about the true dangers of caffeine and Adderall use. Learn about the impact of stimulants on cortisol, dopamine, and serotonin levels and how that affects your overall health.
Quotes
• “Your appetite is primarily controlled by not the calories in and calories out, it’s controlled by your hormones and your stress levels. So people, when they say intuitively eat, I’d be careful with that. Because you don’t eat based on what you actually need. You primarily eat based on where your hormones are at. So if you can modify and modulate that, then you won’t over and under eat.” (11:19-11:46 | Vince)
• “The key problem is that we’re trying to do more in one lifetime than is probably normal or we’re not being organized enough or efficient enough or investing in parts of our lives that could probably give us more output.” (19:43-20:00 | Vince)
• “I say The Biggest Loser got me caffeine-addicted. I liked it before, but I really loved it on set because we were so busy. My routine was I had to get up super early to work out before I filmed all day, so I was getting up at 4:30/5 o’clock. The only familiar thing to me in New Mexico was Speedway, so every morning I would be habitual. I would get a cotton candy Bang, I would get a Quest protein bar. What a shit storm to eat to fuel yourself for a workout. That just kind of carried over from when I came home.” (21:14-21:52 | Erica)
• “I find myself, even though I know how bad they are for me, I still find myself craving them. Because they are so addictive. It is such an addictive chemical in your brain. That dopamine right? I want it.” (23:07-23:19 | Erica)
• “When you spike cortisol, you spike dopamine. Adderall is exactly that. I want everyone to know that 10% of kids are on an amphetamine. Adderall is essentially cocaine, ladies and gentlemen. It’s cocaine. I’m not saying some kids don’t need it. Let’s not get all offended. But sure as hell 10% of kids in the country and 2.5 million Americans if they got honest with themselves, and in fact we get people off Adderall all the time. So I know people don’t need it. They just get themselves into a really stressed state. They exhibit signs of ADHD, which is common. Most of us have signs of ADHD.” (27:42-28:25 | Vince)
• “When you overstimulate dopamine, it overfires your central nervous system, your stress response, your fight or flight. That makes your body induce stress hormones. Then when you try to come off the medication, cortisol will shoot up. And then cortisol can only stay high for so long…then after that, you’ll just go into burnout. Your adrenals are shot, you can’t make dopamine and you feel like you wanna die. You’ll have weird thoughts of maybe even suicide, possibly. You’ll feel this and you’ll go into a severe depression. It messes up your metabolisms. Adderall indefinitely will make people overweight in long term studies. Past 6 or 7 years. At first, they’ll lose weight. We see that with all stimulants.” (35:51-37:11 | Vince)
Links
Follow Erica on IG: https://instagram.com/ericafitlove?utm_medium=copy_link
Follow Vince on IG: https://instagram.com/vince_pitstick?utm_medium=copy_link
Learn more about the E3 Podcast: https://instagram.com/e3_podcast?utm_medium=copy_link
Check out our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/BtZjWT9VYv8