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> but nobody's up in arms about our caffeine dependence, precisely because it has very little in the way of social harms associated with it. Caffeine is associ
by lev99 8y ago
> but nobody's up in arms about our caffeine dependence, precisely because it has very little in the way of social harms associated with it.
Caffeine is associated with reducing the amount of sleep[0], which is associated with almost all illnesses [1].
[0] https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/sleep-newzzz/201312/new-details-caffeine-s-sleep-disrupting-effects https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/sleep-newzzz/20131...
[1] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/10/16/558058812/sleep-scientist-warns-against-walking-through-life-in-an-underslept-state https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/10/16/5580588...