Caffeine 101 | National Geographic

Nearly 90% of the United States population has at least one caffeinated beverage every day. Learn about the chemistry of caffeine, how it causes increased alertness and focus, and how caffeine is capable of causing overdoses.

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[akashmann]

"75 cups of coffee can be very lethal to health."
So, 74 is the limit. Good to know.

[Oystein]

I can drink alot of coffee and go to sleep🤷‍♂️
Quality sleep.

[leneez]

Why end just as it started getting interesting?

[lineikatabs]

"UGH! I don't do drugs!", she said while taking a drag off her cigarette and sipping a coffee, "Anyway, are we still up for drinks tonight?"

[rea]

Caffeine helps with migraines but a lack of caffeine causes migraines. It's like cigarettes that are "distressing" because the lack of nicotine stresses.


Except that coffee is delicious and smells amazing ☕

[hopps]

It would have been nice if you included the withdrawal time and effects too.

[tccandler]

Save Some Time: Humans have been drinking coffee for a long time. It stimulates your brain.

[FRMASN]

Caffeine also likes to bind to calcium which can have a leaching effect on your body. It is a good idea to add some milk or take a calcium supplement if you consume alot of caffinated drinks.

[SmartSula]

I only came here for the slow-motion shots of coffee being poured

[alialqallafq]

I've been on and off coffee for years. I'm always struggling whether it has more benefits or negatives effect on me physically, mentally and spiritually and I don't mind tea and soft drinks but I always feel a great want for coffee. that's really annoying ^^

[chrisklugh]

I'm part of the 10%!
And I get up and function just fine without caffeine.

[anwarmustafa]

Forget to mention... smells and tasts soooo

[tonyp]

About 20 years ago or so National Geographic had an article about all the powdered caffeine that was removed while making decaffeinated coffee and the environmental risk that this posed. Nobody knew what to do with it all.
Shortly after that all kinds of super caffeinated soft drinks started appearing for sale... regardless of laws that stipulated how much caffeine could be put into them.

[dewdrops]

Nothing has been said about "decaffeinated coffee ". People frequently ask for it in big restaurants. That is costlier than normal coffee.

[jefkoele-wijn]

I drink one cup of coffee a day, made with self grounded coffee beans

[gnarmarmilla]

I wish people knew how good coca leaf is for energy. Lots of people like me would prefer it over coffee. It keeps working all day where as coffee builds up a tolerance.
Tell your law makers, “coca is not cocaine.”

[leoncampa]

I once wrote a thesis about how caffeine may have been the direct biggest responsible factor in the evolution of our civilization.


How many engineering, medical and literal breakthroughs have been made under the consumption of caffeine? Keeping the geniuses awake was a necessity in order for them to have the production output and results their brains would otherwise not have the energy for.

[kingmontero]

Flourine, Oxygen, Beryllium, Neon... (every element of the periodic table) 101 please!!!

[StrongFives]

recently experienced a caffeine overdose when my local roaster increased the amount of robusta cut into the Arabica he sold as Sumatra without mentioning it. Amazing difference between caffeine levels as robusta has at least twice the amount as Arabica. Symptoms = severe headache and insomnia.

[imambux]

I withdrew from caffeine for 2 months now.. It was very difficult but now I feel much more active and sleep better than ever. Leave caffeine, live healthy.