Re:Quitting Caffeine
by mcculley on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @11:20AM
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I'm the original author. I did mention that there may be health benefits to caffeine. You make a good point that it may be coffee and not caffeine that people find beneficial. Nevertheless, as I mentioned in the post, I'm skeptical of reports of the benefits of consuming something as most such reports come from entities trying to sell you something or people who want to rationalize their own consumption. I'll try to update the post later to clarify.
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> I'm skeptical of reports of the benefits of consuming something as most such reports
You should be skeptical. But skepticism shouldn't drive you to claim something like "most reports".
I'm not sure what you mean. I never said "most reports" other than saying "most such reports" have implicit bias. Would you dispute that? Most articles I come across about the health benefits of coffee/caffeine seem to just be reporting the same popular science tropes without any scholarly backing.