Sigh. Coffee contains so much more than just caffeine; chiefly, large amounts of monoamine oxidase inhibitors. These have effects on our brains, but they are ra

Sigh. Coffee contains so much more than just caffeine; chiefly, large amounts of monoamine oxidase inhibitors. These have effects on our brains, but they are rarely investigated in coffee studies. The same applies for tobacco and nicotine — in fact, tobacco smoke contains large amounts of many of the same monoamine oxidase inhibitors found in coffee.