Artificially Awake

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So you might be a student who needs to stay up all night to study for a big exam. You might work the night shift. You might be all night bowling. You might be afraid of Freddy Kruger. Whatever the reason, sometimes you just need to keep awake at night. Read the rest of this entry »

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If you’re tired you drink coffee, it keeps you up. It’s good for people who have to wake up early. It restores mental alertness, increase body coordination, and increase your flow of thoughts. Drinking coffee and being artificially awake makes me feel good. Read the rest of this entry »

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I used to drink Diet Coke at work like crazy, at least one per hour. Our office had an open fridge policy, all the free diet coke I could drink.

With soda, it doesn’t seem like I experienced caffeine crashes like you usually get with coffee. Also it keeps you active because diet coke makes you pee like a race horse every 15 minutes, so you’re always getting up and down. Read the rest of this entry »

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You’ve been drinking coffee all day long to stay awake and when you finally stop your head begins to hurt really bad. How do you avoid the headaches caused by caffeine withdrawal? It makes perfect sense, if you about to crash from caffeine then just drink more and you’ll delay your crash by a few hours. Just like to avoid a hangover you should keep drinking alcohol, right? Well, wrong. Here are 3 really simple steps to cure a caffeine crash. Read the rest of this entry »

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Caffeine, that magical element in coffee that shakes you up and wakes you up, is present in an even greater amount in a sister beverage known as tea.

We are all busy and a lot of us are overloaded with work. Managing a family and at the same time juggling a packed schedule can prove to be a daunting task. Under such circumstances, a dose of freshly brewed coffee or tea is the best thing that keeps people going.

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So what’s the verdict on your daily coffee? My philosophy is I’ll try anything twice and most substances can be used for tribal purposes. It’s the abuse of a substance that starts the problem.

Did you know that worldwide, 120,000 tons of caffeine is consumed each year? That’s the equivalent of one caffeine-containing beverage per day for each of the 5 billion plus inhabitants of planet earth.

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The drug caffeine is found in routinely used substances like tea, cola, chocolate and medicines. Are you aware of ill effects of your favorite drinks. Who would have imagined that coffee, a regular morning drink, can have a detrimental effect on our health?

We easily get hooked up to the cup of tea or coffee both at home and office as it invigorates us to such an extent that gradually our dependence on them begins to take toll on our health. It acts as an energy booster in case of fatigue occurring by excess physical or mental work. Hence we forget to keep tab on our daily intake and end up being victims of the addiction. Also serving of these drinks to clients at workplace and relatives who have dropped in for a visit at home is a common trend. Hence to please others, we end up consuming more than required.

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One hundred milligrams of caffeine, the equivalent of two cups of coffee, can increase activity in the part ofyour brain that is responsible for short-term memory. A study showed improved performance on a memory test as a result.

The functions of this region of the brain also include prioritizing information efficiently, planning new tasks, and dealing with stored information.

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Starting the day with a steaming cup of coffee may be the normal routine of many of you! Most of you might go through additional cuppas all through the day to sail through the professional stresses. Probably, you are not aware of the ill effects of caffeine on the human body!

A dependence on the caffeine either through coffee or drugs may lead to the caffeine intoxication. The common symptoms of caffeine intoxication are:
Faster heart beats, occasional headache, stomach upset, increased level of cholesterol, heart burn, insomnia and many more. These are the situations when you need to follow a caffeine detox diet.

If you are seriously considering a caffeine detox, your goal should be to get completely rid of the addiction. Here is a step by step guide for relieving your body of caffeine toxins.

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Coffee is a complex mixture of chemical components of the coffee bean. Some of these components are partially destroyed by the roasting process; however, many of these components are not. Caffeine is one of the components that is not affected by the roasting process. With the addition of hot water, the caffeine is extracted from the coffee bean.
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