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Delicious anxiety juice.
It is by the juice of Java the thoughts acquire speed,
The eyes acquire strain.The strain becomes a warning.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
Here’s a /c/dullmensclub thing I learned lately, staying hydrated will give you more energy. So I’ve been doing cups of tea with a pinch of salt for the electrolytes and then sip on water in between. The hell of it is it works but my adhd ass will forget and I’ll have to rediscover this simple shit if I can’t at least habit stack it.
Although staying hydrated will keep your energy levels up, tea has caffeine in it, too. As long as you're eating food once in awhile, you don't need to worry about electrolytes.
I’ve been doing well with herbal teas too, my lemon blend pairs decent. I add sugar to all my teas as well so I barely taste any salt.
Edit: Your question gave me a new question because I do intermitting fasting. Went down a rabbit hole and it turns out I’ve probably been giving myself low sodium levels for a while and therefore lower energy levels by intermitting fasting. I still think the pinch of sodium in teas can help a variety of situations but do so at what you think is best for your health.
I never drank any coffee and I'm also able to live. People who "need" coffee are often caffeine addicts.
Like you said, water is all you really need, tea is great also if you want a bit of taste and/or warmth.
Caffeine addiction is a bit of a who cares situation
true, health is not important
If caffeine is what causes you actual health concerns then your health might not be that great to begin with tbh
Are you dumb? Too much caffeine is unhealthy, just like sugar. Would you claim that having a sugar addiction is not a concern either?
You might want to look into how serious caffeine addiction actually is medically. You get it from fairly small amounts and its effects on the body are very minor. That's why nobody much cares about it.
Caffeine has various effects on the body that are potentially harmful to your health. Caffeine has been associated with increased blood pressure and heart rhythm changes.
Some caffeinated products, such as coffee and soda, can cause gastrointestinal disturbances.
There is also a question of whether caffeine might increase your risk of osteoporosis. One study found this to be the case for women in menopause with high caffeine intake.
[...]
Some research has shown that caffeine may be linked to symptoms of psychosis and mania in people who have psychotic disorders or mood conditions.
[...]
Symptoms associated with trying to cut back your caffeine habit or missing your daily "dose" are:
- Feeling tired or sleepy
- Reduced mental alertness
- Slower reaction times
- Worsened performance on memory tasks
And does some of that, both through severity and likelihood, sound concerning to you? Cutting back while having an addiction and feeling tired or sleepy? Nothing most would much care about.
umm yes? are you trolling or something
I'm not trolling, none of what you posted is concerning considering the amounts needed and the likelihood.
You can choke on a steak but would be fairly silly to go around concerned about the life hazardous risks of steak.
The sheer amount of stress that existing in the modern day causes for most people is significantly more medically significant to caffeine addiction, and a lot of it is people finding an escape from their work by getting a coffee.
What's /c/ here?
Communities, or cliffs (cuz lemmings)
Same as r/ in reddit
Hol'up. What?!
Because caffeine doesn't work that way people. If you are already tired the coffee will NOT make you more alert it just prevents you from becoming more tired for a short period.
When you drink coffee and feel hyper or more awake you are feeling the effects of the sugar. If you don't use sugar, you are feeling the placebo effect.
DRINK WATER
Correct on how caffeine works, but sugar doesn't cause hyperactivity, that has been disproven. It's likely because caffeine is a stimulant so it'll make your heart beat faster so you might feel more hyper.
As you said, water is very important as well. Dehydration can make you feel sleepy!
That's only sort of correct. It's only true if you narrowly define hyperactivity as some very specific condition. The studies clearly say that people can experience a "sugar rush" after consuming sugar. The problem is that "sugar rush" is exactly what most people mean when they say hyperactivity. Hyperactivity as in activity that becomes hyper. Hyper as in "above or excessive", activity as in "doing stuff". So, "doing excessive stuff".
https://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/busting-sugar-hyperactivity-myth
The studies clearly show that the sugar rush myth has been debunked. Having more sugar doesn't make people hyper or give them more energy, in fact a meta analysis links sugar to a higher level of fatigue and less alertness
Your meta analysis link is about mood, and not energy levels. I know in layman's terms most people conflate the two, but this is a scientific paper so they're not the same. And your other link is an article by someone mixing medical terms with layman's terms to come up with something incorrect. This is why people are losing trust in science, it's because of stuff like this where people misinterpret scientific results to try to get as many views as possible.
You know people can easily do this experiment for themselves right? In fact, I do it most days at about 2:30. As my blood sugar drops after lunch and I start to get tired and unfocused I will often have a piece of fruit or small piece of candy. Do you really need a scientific paper to see there is something askew with what you are saying? If so, here is your scientific paper:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3820066/.
The sugar snack condition was associated with significantly higher tension after 1 hr, and a pattern of initially increased energy and reduced tiredness, followed 1 hr later by increased tiredness and reduced energy.
Pretty sure consuming carbs makes me sleepy.
Hence the well known sleep aid that our grandma's used to give us before bed, bowl of sugar.
Coffee does absolutely nothing to me. I believe everyone saying it has any effect are all in on one huge joke that I'm not in on. I can pour a little down my throat and there in exactly zero change.
i’ve heard this means you probably have adhd, or something… also that’s my experience.
incidentally, coffee works better at keeping you awake than making you awake…
so if you’re already sleepy it won’t really do much, but if you’re awake and want to stay up late, it’ll work for that.
I heard that, too. Looking at my partner with diagnosed ADHD, I'm at most very low on that spectrum, but it might indeed be non-zero. Due to another condition, I am statistically more likely to have it than not.
I have ADHD, and it's the opposite: I'm very sensitive to caffeine.
Same, I'm the person in the meme. I don't get useful energy from caffeine just stress. Soda and tea are fine, but I try to stay away from black coffee and energy drinks because they tend to trigger panic attacks in me.
ok
If I vape some weed and drink a coke zero it'll usually result in a panic attack. Still did it like 15 times, I am very smart.
I guess that works for those who caffeine perks you up. I drink it to calm down and relax.
For me, there's a uniquely difficult to find and ever changing line between not caffeinated enough to notice and "oh my god why is everything buzzing now I can't think straight" when it comes to caffeine. Doesn't matter if I'm drinking coffee, tea, or any other caffeinated drink. One sip too much and suddenly my ears are twitching uncontrollably, my heart is racing, and I can't focus on anything productive. One day a cup of coffee is the sweet spot, the next day it's two. Day three a glass of tea will throw me for a loop.
Beta blockers allow more caffeine intake
I almost always drink 32oz of black coffee a day. For more than a decade that seemed to be perfect.
As of late I've found however that I'm still tired and end up slipping an extra cup in.
Drinking coffee is not just for getting refreshed, right?
Worse, you get more tired
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