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Study: Small Doses of Caffeine Best to Stay Awake
Ralph writes "This study concludes that smaller doses of caffeine throughout the day are more effective in keeping awake for long hours, rather than the traditional morning mug of coffee. However, in many cases, myself included, the problem isn't staying awake for long hours, but rather using uptime efficiently. Any known cures for the "laziness disorder" out there?"
If caffeine was just discovered today, it would be illegal to use in the USA.
It would be a Schedule 1 drug, right next to heroin, cocaine, pot, and peyote.
It satisfies the requirements of addiction, acute withdrawal, and abnormal body functions while partaking of it, along with long-term physiological affects.
When you say you need your fix, you are closer to the truth than you think!
Note-I don't necessarily agree with the above, but that's the way it is.
(1) Adequate sleep.
(2) Daily exercise.
(3) Sound nutrition.
My personal experience: I'm a total coffee fiend. But since I've followed the above guidelines, I don't go through withdrawal when I skip a day and I don't have mid afternoon sleepiness.
Post may contain irony: discontinue use if experiencing mood swings, nausea or elevated blood pressure.
"Use of saccharin in this product may be hazardous to your health. This ingredient has been determined to cause cancer in laboratory animals."
The NIH did a study on the effect of saccharin use in humans. It determined that it does not cause bladder cancer (the only type observed) if used in moderate doses and for people who used it in very excessive doses, it only slightly raised their risk (this is why Congress removed the label 'use of this product may be hazardous to your health' in 2000. It does cause cancer in lab rats due to a different mechanism (different receptors and enzymes) that does not apply to humans. The benefits to your oral health that saccharin gives greatly outweighs any uncertainty about it causing cancer in lab rats or being 'certified to cause cancer in the state of California'.
Saccharin is just another food product that has been irrationally rejected by the masses due to unfounded potential risks. Just like irradiated food (which can be preserved for a long time without use of preservatives--which are in many cases harmful to your health) and GM crops.
I have found that vitamin B12 is a better solution to keeping me awake. Not only does it keep you awake, but it keeps you alert as well. There have been numerous studies showing that B12 is good for keeping you alert. In fact, any good (read: not Red Bull or Rock Star, which are basically just sugar and caffiene, which will leave you in a blood sugar drop a few hours after you drink them) energy drink will have a high ammount of B12 in it.