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From what I've read, when you block your adenosine receptors with caffeine, your body responds by creating more receptors and more adenosine. Hence why you need
by xhrpost 14y ago
From what I've read, when you block your adenosine receptors with caffeine, your body responds by creating more receptors and more adenosine. Hence why you need to drink more coffee to get that 'kick' over time. I would think you would have to look up at what point your adenosine maxes out and what amount of daily caffeine intake that requires. I still get crazy tired later in the day despite my large caffeine intake, so, for me, it seems the adenosine has won. Need to go cold turkey soon and reset everything :)
- hammock 14y agoThat's a long-term adaptive effect (you almost make it sound as if caffeine is ineffective at blocking adenosine, which is obviously false). I'm interested in the immediate effect.
- xhrpost 14y agoThat's what I was getting at though, the "immediate" effect could be non-existent because you already have adapted a tolerance (early as 10 days by some studies). If not, you should be able to test easily just by judging your mood about 45 minutes after your coffee.
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