Caffeine dosing strategies to optimize alertness during sleep loss

Re:Caffeine dosing strategies to optimize alertness during s... by TheTrotters on Thursday June 07, 2018 @09:42AM (#17255659)

Thanks for that explanation. That matches my experience very well. I regularly feel wired and a little anxious after coffee but almost never after Coke (keeping the caffeine consumed constant).

Though my intuition tells me that chugging three beers would get me more drunk than drinking three shots. Sigh. The things I do for science.

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Re:Caffeine dosing strategies to optimize alertness during s... by Bartweiss on Thursday June 07, 2018 @11:53AM (#17256965)

> chugging three beers would get me more drunk than drinking three shots

The obvious question is what you're drinking - with the rise of craft beer scene, 3 beers could easily be substantially more alcohol than 3 shots. But assuming you match alcohol volume and consumption speed, absorption rates can still vary substantially.

From what I can find, it looks like beer actually would get you (and everyone) more drunk: diluting alcohol substantially speeds up absorption, and carbonating dilute alcohol probably does also.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17720590

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