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davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The primary effect of caffeine is to block adenosine from getting to the adenosine receptors, and that hormone is generally associated with sleepiness. So it’s kind of like caffeine creates an illusion that removes our awareness of sleepiness.

  However this also has a cascade of secondary effects on the central nervous system that leead to things like blood pressure changes, improved lung function, increased cortisol and adrenaline levels, etc. Taken together, these things quite objectively generally result in greater feelings of alertness and energy. And anxiety.

  As others have noted one case where it can have more of a calming effect is in people with adhd. It should also be noted that overconsumption of caffeine combined with other poor lifestyle choices quickly leads to chronic fatigue system, at which point no amount of additional caffeine is going to continue being helpful and it just becomes a slog of continuing to take it for no other reason than relief from withdrawal symptoms.

  One dose a day is all that should be necessary - ideally taken as early as possible. It should also be noted that for most people in industrialized countries, coffee or tea might be their most significant and pretty much only reliable source of polyphenols.

  And lastly don’t forget the most important reason for drinking caffeinated beverages: the pooping!

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  • SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    ^that.

    …Also worth pointing out: caffeine gets added to a lot of analgesic meds. So it’s very possible to have a background caffeine load and not even realize it, whether that’s from taking a couple of caffeine-containing painkillers or eating dark chocolate.

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• SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The whole ‘giving you energy’ thing is a myth, all it does it make you tired without it.

  Absolute nonsense. I don’t drink coffee or tea, and if I drink a couple cups of coffee I end up with a hundred more tabs in the browser, two programming projects started and abandoned, a hundred notes tagged and reorganized, and a bunch of unnecessary and vaguely mean comments on Reddit and Lemmy. Possibly also a sore leg or shoulder from impromptu exercise.

  You need to take control of your caffeine addiction.

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  • RamenJunkie@midwest.social ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Personally, I just want to take a nap after drinking coffee.

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    • HrabiaVulpes@europe.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Check yourself for ADHD.

      One of symptoms is that supposed stimulants have calming effect

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    • fracture@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      alternatively… try hydrating. i thought it was the whole ADHD thing til i realized i get sleepy when i’m dehydrated…

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  • davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Placebo effect entirely

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    • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh really? And are the whooshing of blood in my ears and the cranked-up muscle tone also from the placebo effect? And the fact that the shoulder muscles are jacked up for several days afterwards, pulling my neck forward while the back muscles pull it back?

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      • davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Sounds like quite a serious reaction. Have you seen a doctor about it?

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    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nope. I can instantly tell when the wife has a Celsius or other “energy” drink because she doesn’t normally. I’ll full on addicted and it sucks trying to get off it, massive headaches, loss of focus. When she’s on it, kitchens get destroyed and other random things when she goes on a “cleaning spree”.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Absolute nonsense

    No, science. (first result) mindbodygreen.com/…/does-caffeine-actually-give-u…

    The other one, sounds like caffeine effect on ADHD.

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    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      By Josey Murray

      Josey Murray is a freelance writer focused on inclusive wellness, joyful movement, mental health, and the like.

      :-/

      Indeed, “the cognitive and physical energy is a temporary gift that instant-release caffeine gives,”* shares Ashley Jordan Ferira, Ph.D., RDN

      tc.netlify.mindbodygreen.com/about

      Ashley Jordan Ferira, Ph.D., RDN, mbg Vice President of Scientific Affairs

      :-|

      Citation Ouroboros

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      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Like i said, first result. You find 10 better after 10 seconds googling.

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    • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thanks for your speculation as to what it might be, but I don’t need it. Unless you totally abstain from coffee, tea and fizzy drinks, you have no idea what caffeine is like after not consuming it.

      Especially, seeing as another guy here speculates that taking a nap after drinking coffee is a caffeine effect on ADHD, perhaps you two might want to speculate against each other whose speculation is more correct, speculatively speaking.

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      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        1. Yes, i have. And do you really think, you’re the first and only, geting off coffee?
        2. coffeine is known to have the whole fucking range of effects on neurodiverse, from worsening their symptoms over having no effect at all to making them sleepy.

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    • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Let’s also consult Wikipedia:

      Stimulants (also known as central nervous system stimulants, or psychostimulants, or colloquially as uppers) are a class of psychoactive drugs that increase alertness. They are used for various purposes, such as enhancing attention, motivation, cognition, mood, and physical performance. Some stimulants occur naturally, while others are exclusively synthetic. Common stimulants include caffeine, nicotine, cocaine (including crack cocaine), amphetamine/methamphetamine, methylphenidate, and modafinil. Most stimulants are highly addictive and damage health when addicted.

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  most normalised and profitable drug addiction

  Found the Mormon.

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• gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  well caffeine mostly makes me pee. it’s a diuretic which means it makes you pee. that’s the thing it’s most effective for for me. other side effects include having an easier time shitting because it increases bowel movements. apart from that it is a mild stimulant that maybe makes me a bit more creative. i’ve observed it a couple of times but it’s inconsistent.

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• Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you’re not already addicted, caffeine can definitely pep you up quite a lot. Not in a comfortable way, though, in my opinion

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• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’ll be that guy: SUGAR. Just try cutting it out of your life and tell me we’re not all hopeless fiends.

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  • Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If you cut out sugar completely, your brain/central nervous system/red blood cells would break down.

    We definitely consume too much sugar, but caffeine is not needed for anything.

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    • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      False. The liver can synthesise over 100 grams of glycose per day, enough for the brain and the rest.

      It’s hard and crashy to withdraw from sugars, and it’s hard because it’s in all processed food and wherever they can stick it, but you can absolutely do it.

      But if you pull through you’ll feel way better because the body upregulates the fat to atp cycle instead of using sugar, so instead of getting hungry all the time when the body needs energy (and you are supposed to eat a donut) it just uses fat from our fat cells.

      And if you eat a lot of sugar, as sugar is toxic to the body, it’s used up ASAP and triggers insulin spikes etc. not exactly good for you in the long run.

      Now, I guess you should try to figure out a good diet around all this of course, but sugar is just a toxic drug.

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      • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Sugar is only toxic when you get it from refined sources. When you consume whole, intact foods, in a balanced diet, sugar is totally fine and literally our primary fuel source. Our metabolic system prefers sugar as fuel so greatly that it 1) will use it over fat if available, and 2) will break down proteins in the body to get more glucose if deprived of it.

        How’s that acetone breath by the way?

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      • Daemnyz@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The sugar reserves in your liver are like a last resort of your body when it can’t burn any carbohydrates in the cells. As a type 1 diabetic I can tell you that you shouldn’t fuck with that at all. Messing up your hormones (like insulin) is a really bad idea. Apart from that we obviously consume too much sugar. When your liver dumps all the sugar it saved up it also dumps a heap of the shit it is supposed to filter out. When you get hypoglycemic and your liver takes over, you gonna have a really bad time. When your body burns fat it produces Ketone, which is similar to acetone (or nail polish). In small concentration that’s not a concern, but in higher concentration, like when you don’t consume any carbohydrates, it fucks you up big time. Ketone is the reason why diabetics get blind, lose their legs and develop nerve damage.

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    • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think they mean the bullshit that is in everything and causing major issues, high fructose corn syrup. Everything in moderation, but easier said than done sometimes with addictive substances.

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    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      i think they mean sugar intake, not sugar metabolism

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    SUGAR. Just try cutting it out of your life

    dies

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    • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      See what I mean!?

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• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  all it does it make you tired without it.

  Maybe if you’re already taking it regularly this is true, but we know that it blocks some adenosine receptors, preventing the buildup of adenosine, which is one component in making us feel sleepy.

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  • colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes it makes you feel less sleepy/tired but it doesn’t ’give you energy’ - just tricks the body into thinking it’s less tired than it actually is

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    • dmention7@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This feels like grammar nitpicking.

      If someone is feeling sleepy/tired which interferes with them doing whatever, and something got rid of that sleepy/tired feeling, most people would say that thing gave them more energy.

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    • Rooskie91@discuss.online ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s not true. It sounds like you’re confusing nicotine with caffeine. Nicotine is often credited with “taking the edge off” when in reality, that “edge” is a result of nicotine withdrawal.

      Caffeine blocks the receptors that react to a chemical the body releases when it’s tired. You’re right that it doesn’t give you more energy, but it does stop you from feeling by tired.

      Out of all the common legal drugs (nicotine, alcohol, THC) caffeine actually provides some of the best benefits with least intrusive drawbacks.

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  • davetortoise@reddthat.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Making you not sleep isn’t really the same as giving you energy, and since most people take it in the morning anyway it doesn’t really matter

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    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I know you said “gives you energy” originally, but is that how most people think of coffee? I tend to think of it as “When I drink this I’ll be less tired.”

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• AffineConnection@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Caffeine is not addictive in the technical sense.

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