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People get their kick from caffeine the moment they start their drink even though it obviously takes much longer for caffeine to actually work. There's a little
by vorotato 11y ago
People get their kick from caffeine the moment they start their drink even though it obviously takes much longer for caffeine to actually work. There's a little something there, but I don't know how MUCH of something.
- Jtsummers 11y agoYou'd have to see how persistent it is. There have probably been studies, but give people decaf when they expect caffeine and compare against a control who expects and receives caffeine (ok, perhaps not in coffee, but a pill for measured and consistent dosage). Then you'll know how much of something it is.
- 2muchcoffeeman 11y agoI experimented with decaf beans once. Normally I need my normal coffee, or I get a headache. I knowingly substituted decaf and went a few days with no headache. Good decaf is hard to come by though.
- HillaryBriss 11y agoI'm definitely not trying to be argumentative. But it's interesting to look at what seems like an opposing viewpoint on this. Here's a psychologist who said that the body reacts by developing an _increased tolerance_ to drugs like caffeine and heroin, based on the time of day and situation in which those drugs are taken: http://blog.sethroberts.net/2014/02/04/philip-seymour-hoffmans-death-from-heroin-why/ http://blog.sethroberts.net/2014/02/04/philip-seymour-hoffma... Again, I don't doubt what you're saying about the effects of caffeine on you. Not at all. I bring this up because it's an interesting counterpoint and I don't know how to resolve it. I don't know how to think about this. The original article focuses on specific immune suppressing drugs. Maybe the body behaves differently in the face of drugs like caffeine or heroin? Maybe the body reacts in one direction sometimes and the other at other times for some reason (?)