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Re:Talismans of Productivity: Or give up coffee. by Deadsunrise on Thursday January 13, 2011 @10:50AM (#2100139)
> I did this as I was eating too many cakes and buns with my coffee and was finding the down from the coffee-high was too soul-destroying in a boring desk-job.

I think his problem is more related to the sugar highs and lows than the coffee itself.

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Re:Talismans of Productivity: Or give up coffee. by nickluft on Thursday January 13, 2011 @10:56AM (#2100167)
Ahh the sugar high!

I think this is a bit of a myth. See this:

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2747/does-giving-sw...

Seems like one early study made the link but the following studies cannot make the link.

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Re:Talismans of Productivity: Or give up coffee. by Deadsunrise on Thursday January 13, 2011 @11:50AM (#2100389)
you are right. I was referring to the lows and I should have stated that the "problems" are probably caused by the carbs and the blood-glucose fluctuations, not the sugar itself.

Hypoglucemia (or not being used to it) is what makes you "crash" and get hungry again after a big blood-glucose and insulin spike. In his case the improvements have probably more to do with removing the sugars than the caffeine.

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