The false god of coffee

Re:The false god of coffee by xtho on Saturday October 24, 2009 @01:12PM (#900681)

Coffee isn't a drug or something. I love the taste of it. But I have done my research and know of studies that have shown that coffee has adverse effects on cognitive capabilities. So I drink coffee during meetings in order to stay awake but never when I have something important to do that requires all my concentration.

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Re:The false god of coffee by dubcomesaveme on Saturday October 24, 2009 @08:13PM (#901077)

"Coffee isn't a drug _or something_". lol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugs

First picture caption: "Coffee is the most widely used psychotropic beverage in the world. In 1999 the average consumption of coffee was 3.5 cups per day per U.S. citizen."

Caffeine is a CNS stimulant\adenosine receptor antagonist. It increases wakefulness\helps focused thought but impairs memory. It's a stimulant drug, not a very good stimulant drug, but the most commonly used one with a large social presence.

Vastly superior safe legal stimulants imo: Rhodilia Rosea, L-Tyrosine, Cocoa, Galantamine, Spirulina

Others legal ones I know a lot of people swear by: Piracetam. (and relatives such as Oxiracetam, Aniracetam) Becoming decently common among college students.

Adderall is also EVERYWHERE you look in competitive colleges, but long term amphetamine use is a very bad idea in terms of burnout unless you are super human like Paul Erdos, and its a controlled substance.

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Re:The false god of coffee by xtho on Sunday October 25, 2009 @01:00AM (#901279)

Well, if wikipedia says so, it must be true.

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