Coffee drinkers don't gain alertness ...

[tooblue]

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/...ine-alert.html

"That kick in alertness we get from our first coffee or tea in the morning is in fact just the removal of the fatiguing effects of caffeine withdrawal, which occurred from overnight abstinence," Rogers said.

[RobinFinderson]

This is baloney. Coffee produces wakefulness, which I think would be a piece of alertness. You know that groggy feeling you get at about 2:00pm? When lunch is making you feel like napping, but there are still a lot of hours left in the workday? Coffee gets you through that so you won't find yourself drooling on your keyboard.

But maybe, for the purpose of the study, they defined 'alertness' so narrowly that this doesn't apply.

[Donuthole]

This is baloney. Coffee produces wakefulness, which I think would be a piece of alertness. You know that groggy feeling you get at about 2:00pm? When lunch is making you feel like napping, but there are still a lot of hours left in the workday? Coffee gets you through that so you won't find yourself drooling on your keyboard.

But maybe, for the purpose of the study, they defined 'alertness' so narrowly that this doesn't apply.

You're just pissy because nobody started a "Saving Robin" thread. Deal with it.

[Moliere]

This is baloney. Coffee produces wakefulness, which I think would be a piece of alertness. You know that groggy feeling you get at about 2:00pm? When lunch is making you feel like napping, but there are still a lot of hours left in the workday? Coffee gets you through that so you won't find yourself drooling on your keyboard.

But maybe, for the purpose of the study, they defined 'alertness' so narrowly that this doesn't apply.

I think you are validating the study by saying this....or is that your point?

[RobinFinderson]

You're just pissy because nobody started a "Saving Robin" thread. Deal with it.

Yep. My initial thought when I read the title of that other thread -- please don't!

I think you are validating the study by saying this....or is that your point?

So non-coffee drinkers are immune to the 2:00 doldrums? I suppose they can also drive across the country nonstop, only stopping for gas and food.

[Moliere]

Yep. My initial thought when I read the title of that other thread -- please don't!



So non-coffee drinkers are immune to the 2:00 doldrums? I suppose they can also drive across the country nonstop, only stopping for gas and food.

Well, my doldrums are not fatigue related but instead are mostly because I realize I still have 3 hours or work left before I can see my family. I'm not tired, but sometimes I find myself bored or yearning for a more interesting project to work on.

I don't think either of our experience can really trump a scientific study, but I will say that I've seen both chronic coffee drinkers (meaning two or three cups every single morning and oftentimes throughout the day) and people who have never tasted coffee. Between those two groups of people, those who never tasted coffee were more alert in the morning and they had less ups and downs throughout the day.

I've stated before that I've worked some very, very long hours and I still never drank coffee. The coffee drinkers always wonder how someone can work those hours without the caffeine constantly running through their veins. I'm not dissing coffee or coffee drinkers at all. Even I know how to brew a cup in the office machine (although I've never partook). Coffee has a certain social aspect as well as a good aroma and flavor (or so I've heard).

Is this where I bear testimony of the WoW?

[Moliere]

I suppose they can also drive across the country nonstop, only stopping for gas and food.

THis is indeed possible if you are wearing NASA approved diapers.

[landpoke]

I didn't read the article so I'm speaking purely based on what I've gleaned from the thread, but it definitely perks me up. And I'm not a daily drinker. Of coffee. Maybe two or three cups a week. And when I do have a cup I definitely wake up.

[tooblue]

Well, my doldrums are not fatigue related but instead are mostly because I realize I still have 3 hours or work left before I can see my family. I'm not tired, but sometimes I find myself bored or yearning for a more interesting project to work on.

I don't think either of our experience can really trump a scientific study, but I will say that I've seen both chronic coffee drinkers (meaning two or three cups every single morning and oftentimes throughout the day) and people who have never tasted coffee. Between those two groups of people, those who never tasted coffee were more alert in the morning and they had less ups and downs throughout the day.

I've stated before that I've worked some very, very long hours and I still never drank coffee. The coffee drinkers always wonder how someone can work those hours without the caffeine constantly running through their veins. I'm not dissing coffee or coffee drinkers at all. Even I know how to brew a cup in the office machine (although I've never partook). Coffee has a certain social aspect as well as a good aroma and flavor (or so I've heard).

Is this where I bear testimony of the WoW?

I'm dissing coffee drinkers. I've posted about the Canadian addiction to Tim Horton's in the past and my co-workers who love to raz me about paying tithing and fast offerings, yet they shell out nearly $30 bucks a week on coffee!

They are a knuckleheads.

[Moliere]

I didn't read the article so I'm speaking purely based on what I've gleaned from the thread, but it definitely perks me up. And I'm not a daily drinker. Of coffee. Maybe two or three cups a week. And when I do have a cup I definitely wake up.

This seems reasonable. I drink some caffeinated beverages, but I usually hold on them until I really need them like when I'm driving very long distances.

But I think the study was around people who drink coffee everyday not sparingly.

[BlueHair]

I started drinking coffee for the health benefits. I was in my early 30's. After reading studies on coffee drinking having lower risks for certain diseases, many of which affect my family, I starting partaking. It also helped my replace my gallon a day coca cola habit.

[BlueHair]

I'm dissing coffee drinkers. I've posted about the Canadian addiction to Tim Horton's in the past and my co-workers who love to raz me about paying tithing and fast offerings, yet they shell out nearly $30 bucks a week on coffee!

They are a knuckleheads.

Is $30 ten percent of their income? I agree you should diss them. Anyone that spends ten percent of their income on coffee needs their head examined. I take that back. Who am I to tell someone else how to spend their hard earned money?

[tooblue]

I started drinking coffee for the health benefits. I was in my early 30's. After reading studies on coffee drinking having lower risks for certain diseases, many of which affect my family, I starting partaking. It also helped my replace my gallon a day coca cola habit.

After posting the link to the article I figured the following day there would be another article claiming coffee is cure for cancer.

[YOhio]

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/...ine-alert.html

This is why 5-Hour Energy rules. Energy now, no crash later.

[tooblue]

This seems reasonable. I drink some caffeinated beverages, but I usually hold on them until I really need them like when I'm driving very long distances.

But I think the study was around people who drink coffee everyday not sparingly.

According to the study the caffeine in coffee creates anxiety. That's the buzz people are after, not a supposed pick me up.