Study Suggests the ‘Alert’ Feeling From Drinking Coffee May Not Be Real

As a nation that consumes a large amount of caffeine, we thought this article from WebMD by Tim Locke, was fitting and applicable for many of our readers.  After reading, let us know what you think.  Is your caffeine fix essential to your everyday function at a high level? –Can’t start your day without a coffee? It’s all in your mind, according to University of Bristol, U.K. researchers who’ve found the stimulating effects of caffeine may be just an illusion. Their study involved 379 brave volunteers who went coffee “cold turkey” for 16 hours before being given a caffeine capsule or a placebo capsule containing corn flour. They were then tested for a range of responses, but there was little variation between the real- caffeine group and the placebo group in levels of alertness. Around half of the study participants were … Continue reading →