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Research summary: When and how to use caffeine to be more productive
- Semiapies 16y agoA grab-bag of study links ending in "But the issue is convoluted enough that I'm unsure."
- bryanlarsen 16y agoTo take advantage of caffeine, it must be used sparingly. If you drink 5 cups a day, that extra cup will do very little. OTOH, if you drink 1 a week, that single cup provides an amazing boost. Remember, a single cup of coffee a day is enough to addict most people. If you're addicted, that cup of joe you drink in the morning isn't "waking you up", it's eliminating your caffeine withdrawal symptoms. The other benefit of caffeine is that it provides a significant effectiveness booster to many other drugs, like ASA, ibuprofen and acetaminophen.