Caffeine: A vitamin-like nutrient, or adaptogen

Re:Caffeine: A vitamin-like nutrient, or adaptogen by mustachionut on Sunday May 24, 2020 @04:38PM (#23294491)

People who aren’t super healthy don’t typically feel like drinking lots of caffeine. I think that’s a more likely explanation than caffeine having tons of assorted health benefits.

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Re:Caffeine: A vitamin-like nutrient, or adaptogen by chrischattin on Sunday May 24, 2020 @06:08PM (#23295288)

I think it's the opposite. People drink caffeine to mask an unhealthy lifestyle – lack of sleep, hungover, poor diet, sedentary, out of shape, etc.

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Re:Caffeine: A vitamin-like nutrient, or adaptogen by herval on Sunday May 24, 2020 @10:38PM (#23297186)

Coffee is a social drink in many countries, and associated with relaxation, meeting people, being creative. And it has been like that since the first coffee houses...

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Re:Caffeine: A vitamin-like nutrient, or adaptogen by kitotik on Sunday May 24, 2020 @07:12PM (#23295786)

Haha.

So, your theory is that all the humans over the course of history who consume caffeine do so to mask generally bad health?

Can I guess that you yourself don’t drink caffeine?

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Re:Caffeine: A vitamin-like nutrient, or adaptogen by thebean11 on Sunday May 24, 2020 @09:00PM (#23296579)

Not arguing one way or the other, but the comment you replied to did not imply every single caffeine drinker falls into that category

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Re:Caffeine: A vitamin-like nutrient, or adaptogen by chrischattin on Sunday May 24, 2020 @08:22PM (#23296289)

No. I think humans drink caffeine because it's a dopamine agonist and highly addictive.

The longest I've made it is four months. Currently a couple weeks back drinking coffee, about to quit again. It's ridiculously hard.

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