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Scientist Develops Caffeinated Baked Goods
Zephyros writes "The AP is reporting on a scientist who has found a way to get caffeine into donuts, bagels, and other baked goods without the bitter flavor. Each piece has as much caffeine as two cups of coffee. No word on when or where they will be available, but for those of us that just don't get the same kick from the morning cuppa that we used to, this may be another tasty delivery vector to look forward to for that jump-start."
...that this was an American scientist?
DURHAM. N.C. (AP) -- That cup of coffee just not getting it done anymore? How about a Buzz Donut or a Buzzed Bagel? That's what Doctor Robert Bohannon, a Durham, North Carolina, molecular scientist, has come up with. Bohannon says he's developed a way to add caffeine to baked goods, without the bitter taste of caffeine. Each piece of pastry is the equivalent of about two cups of coffee.
While the product is not on the market yet, Bohannon has approached some heavyweight companies, including Krispy Kreme, Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks about carrying it. Not much of an article.. No substantial information regarding caffeine content. I was looking forward to comparing this to Sky Rockets and Bawlz.
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Given how many products are suddenly having caffeine added to them, I wonder how long it will take before somebody does something really stupid with all of these products, and deliberately or inadvertently manages to harm themself or someone else. It doesn't take all THAT much caffeine to cause some pretty nasty side effects, especially if you don't drink it all that often.
Just what the world needs.
/. doesn't have an "Only in America" tag?
As if sugar-soaked foods like donuts and those goddawful "Twinkies" aren't bad enough, some moronic scientist has to discover another addiction vector to get weak willed and stupid plebians hooked on their diabetes and heart disease industry recruitment products.
How come
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Caffeinated Bacon
Caffeinated extra sweet salted Bacon with MSG: The Ultimate American food. It grows hair on your chest, even while you are dead.
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Still no cure for cancer. Good to know research money is well spent.
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...people have been doing this with Marijuana for years.
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It's a stimulant, right? Sometimes the war on drugs just makes me shake my head. We flip out about baseball players taking greenies, and then say "well, they can just drink coffee or Coke instead!" Truly bizarre.
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It's time Slashdot introduced a new icon for stooopid bad science. Maybe Einstein with wearing a dunce cap? Or Homer Simpson wearing lab coat?
Is this sig nificant?
This gives coffee cake a whole new meaning.
Do all those Japanese green tea flavored cookies and ice cream and such have caffeine in them, I wonder? (They're made using matcha, which is ground dried tea leaves...)
Are you adequate?
Wired fat people! Will they shake, or jiggle?
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I never knew of caffeine as being bitter by itself until this article. I believe we already have donuts with caffeine, its called chocolate.
I'm telling you true, what I really want is caffeinated milk, that's what to do. Man, I love skim milk, and if it were wired, I'd be racing around just like a cow siren yelling, "MoooOOOoooOOOoooOOOoooOOOoooOOO!!!"
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I wouldn't draw conclusions about the caffeine content of matcha (powdered green tea) from the content of brewed leaf green tea. One of them is the stuff that readily dissolves into hot water from dried tea leaves; the other one is the whole of the leaves, ground into a fine power, and then dissolved in water.
Googling is only giving me contradictory claims as to which has more caffeine, so far.
Are you adequate?
It's just something else to keep me awake and make my butt bigger....
Now, if they can do it in a calorie-free version, I'll be impressed.
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Well, once they perfect the caffeinated bacon, it'll only be a matter of time until we'll have baconated grapefruit.
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I'm still waiting for Viscount Chocula and Admiral Crunch.
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to paraphrase father guido sarducci, it's an insult to both coffee and cake!
As others have pointed out, though, you probably have developed a high tolerance. After years of drinking massive amounts of coke I'm at the point too where I can drink a couple of energy drinks right before bed and still sleep like a baby.
But it definitively has significant effects. I sometimes use caffeine before lifting weights (I alternate between using nothing, using creatine, and using caffeine), and typically a dose of 200mg or more will let me lift at least 5kg more for several parts of my routine, and will make me feel a lot less tired during the workout so I keep the intensity up much better. I've tried up to 350mg, and some research supposedly indicates that up to 650mg to 900mg is the most useful to improve exercise, but the effect on my stomach is bad enough at less than 300 that I'm not going to test that...
The downside is that at around 250mg or above, if I for whatever reason take it and get distracted so I don't get to the gym quickly, I will start shaking. A short run or a couple of sets of heavy weights will stop that pretty quickly, though.
To me it also has a very clear effect if I feel tired, but it's of course temporary and I feel more worn out when it's over, so I only take caffeine if I would benefit from a temporary improvement and know I can rest properly afterwards.
But seriously, if you have problems staying awake even with that kind of caffeine intake, cut the caffeine for a while and start exercising. Then slowly reintroduce caffeine only when you "need" the effect for a short period of time. Starting to lift weights two years ago has done far more for my energy levels than any amount of caffeine ever did. Cut sugar and carb intake too - especially if you're unfit, as insulin resistance will make you tired far more easily with those kind of foods.