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- Pfranz
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And down at Duke where some researcher did a study of 150 people on low-fat v. Atkins' diet, even that researcher admitted that 150 was too low of a number from which to draw scientifically sound conclusions. Not that conclusions are given much weight, it seems to me, with studies controverting previous studies all over the place.
However, I honestly think wwh has made the most telling point:
If hospitals are run on coffee, then there sure as heck doesn't seem to be much real danger in caffeine.
Water on the brain, perhaps?
TEd
Nein, nein - dere ist notsing wrong vith dis!
OP Nein, nein - dere ist notsing wrong vith dis!
Rhubarb, we can always count on you to send us, tally-ho!, to a new point of view!
(sample answer: "UCLA"; sample question: "What do you see when the smog lifts?")
One of my favorites answers is "9-W".
(Edit: 9-W is a major road up the west side of the Hudson River from NYC to the Catskill Mountains. Indeed
it was the way to get there for summer vacations etc. until the Thruway was built.)
So: What's the question?
(answer in I&A "answers to questions" thread)
I think caffeine promotes urine formation somewhat which would explain the differences. I don't think the way caffeine affects the body's hydration should be the major worry though, perhaps more its affect on the stomach and one's sleep. In my eyes caffeine should be classed in the same league as cocaine and amphetamines for it is a stimulant. Depending on dosage it has similar effects to the 'Class A' drugs and it is by no means less dangerous( http://www.pe2000.com/caffeine.htm
It is the perfect drug to exploit workers, keeping people awake and alert for long hours of overtime. Embedded in a long history of colonial domination and slavery it has been very profitable and does not threaten the fabric of our profit-driven society.
A bitter white alkaloid, (C8H10N4O2), mainly derived from tea or coffee, its the world's number three drug and is the number one stimulant. It is the only drug (except perhaps cigs) that has attained a socially and economically sanctioned space in the standard working day, and is even given out for free, which says a lot about its power.
Brown roasted bean water doesn't sound that appealing to most children and the bitter liquid really is an acquired taste, yet more people have to have the stuff more often than heroin. Children, I guess, just become accustomed to the double-whammy of sugar and caffeine at a young age through cola drinks before graduating to coffee or tea.
Starbucks and other such firms have made the habit of coffee intake into something close to a religous ritual, where the addictted return to the same shrine everyday for their morning 'prayer' before the day starts. Strange world.
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