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Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us
Written by Murray Carpenter
Narrated by Sean Pratt
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About this audiobook
The additive that flows under the radar
The most popular drug in America is a white powder. No, not that powder. This is caffeine in its most essential state. And Caffeinated reveals the little-known truth about this addictive, largely unregulated drug found in coffee, energy drinks, teas, colas, chocolate, and even pain relievers.
We'll learn why caffeine has such a powerful effect on everything from boosting our mood to improving our athletic performance as well as how-and why-brands such as Coca-Cola have ducked regulatory efforts for decades. We learn the differences in the various ways caffeine is delivered to the body, how it is quietly used to reinforce our buying patterns, and how it can play a role in promoting surprising health problems like obesity and anxiety.
Drawing on the latest research, Caffeinated brings us the inside perspective at the additive that Salt Sugar Fat overlooked.
The most popular drug in America is a white powder. No, not that powder. This is caffeine in its most essential state. And Caffeinated reveals the little-known truth about this addictive, largely unregulated drug found in coffee, energy drinks, teas, colas, chocolate, and even pain relievers.
We'll learn why caffeine has such a powerful effect on everything from boosting our mood to improving our athletic performance as well as how-and why-brands such as Coca-Cola have ducked regulatory efforts for decades. We learn the differences in the various ways caffeine is delivered to the body, how it is quietly used to reinforce our buying patterns, and how it can play a role in promoting surprising health problems like obesity and anxiety.
Drawing on the latest research, Caffeinated brings us the inside perspective at the additive that Salt Sugar Fat overlooked.
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Reviews for Caffeinated
Rating: 4.041666666666667 out of 5 stars
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36 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great storytelling for the amount I got through, but I had looked into it hoping for a more concise chapter specific to the health and performance factors which it summarily covers towards the beginning but not quite in the depth I desired.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Interesting but nothing massively more than I already new about caffeine
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5as far as literary documentaries go, this was very well done. it tells the story of caffeine through the ages from chocolate to energy drinks (and the subsequent delivery mechanisms available today), the science behind the ingestion of this drug, and many of the battles/controversy over its distribution/regulation.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is an excellent account of the CDM (caffine distribution mechanism) industry worldwide and especially in the U.S.
I would advise anyone who drinks Monster, Red Bull, or any other energy drink to read this before you pick up another can.