Caffeine and your body. - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

  „Caffeine is an addictive drug, affecting 90% of all Americans, which alters the brain's natural state, and stimulates it in a manner similar to the amphetamines cocaine and heroin. The mechanisms employed by caffeine, cocaine, and heroin, are to close blood vessels in the brain, so the brain and body cannot sleep, to cause the release of adrenaline into the body, so the body remains active and alert, and to manipulate dopamine production in the brain, so the person experiences a temporary "high." Caffeine may be found in its natural state in many plants, including tea leaves, coffee beans, and cocoa nuts. The pure form of caffeine is a bitter, white, crystalline powder derived from the decaffeinating process of coffee and tea. The vast number of products in which caffeine comes, range from coffee, to tea, to colas, to milk chocolate, and to pain relievers, just to mention a few.“

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CoffeeGeek - Members: General Off Topics, So is this crappy day over yet? :)

  „An abomination I tell you! I wanna impeach the moron bureauocrat who decided Mountain Dew can't have caffeine!!!“

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Indian coffee board- monthly magazine- Cover Story- The New Health Food?

  „Terry Graham, PhD, of the University of Guelph in Canada. So powerful, in fact, that until recently, caffeine in coffee or other forms was deemed a "controlled" substance by the Olympic Games Committee, meaning that it could be consumed only in small, designated amounts by competing athletes.“

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- Coffee Science Information Centre

  „A No. Coffee drinkers do not require increasing amounts of caffeine over prolonged periods of time (characteristics of addictive substances), and they can moderate or change their consumption with no difficulty. Moreover, coffee consumption does not cause psychosocial effects.“

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The fast facts behind the fat in your beverage.. - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada

  „Everything in moderation can be a good thing. In fact, black coffee, in moderation, is fine. By itself it offers no food value. The caffeine may or may not keep you awake or give you the jitters.“

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