GENERAL CARE OF THE BODY: COFFEE AND TEA
Both coffee and tea contain caffeine, which is a stimulating compound. Coffee and tea in moderate amounts are not harmful. The use of more than three to four cups of coffee or tea per day may lead to restlessness, over-activity, nervousness, insomnia, and excessive urination. Each person needs to find the correct amount for his own particular system and habits of life. Some people can drink coffee or tea shortly before going to bed without any resulting loss of sleep; others find that the caffeine in these beverages keeps them awake for several hours.
Coffee and tea should not be given to children. Even when so much water is added that there is practically no caffeine present in a cup of these beverages, they should not be substituted for nutritious drinks such as milk and fruit juices, which growing children and adolescents need even more than adults. (The caffeine in cocoa is negligible.)
Most cola drinks contain approximately the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee. Obviously, the cola-drink habit can be serious.
Always think of cola drinks as though they were coffee. Your children are better off without them, and you yourself should set a daily quota which does not make you suffer from any of the symptoms caused by too much caffeine.
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