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post #31 of 39
2/7/10 at 9:13pm
Why do people pay for nasty-tasting "energy drinks" as a caffeine source? Caffeine pills are cheaper and more convenient and have no taste. In any case, yes, I also get the shits from caffeine. All it takes is about 100 mg for me (a cup of coffee or half a caffeine pill) and I'll be in the bathroom within an hour or two. I imagine this effect goes away if you use caffeine regularly.
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post #32 of 39
2/8/10 at 1:03am
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Originally Posted by CunningSmeagol View Post
Jesus christ dude. How much milk do you add? I presume you change the proportions.

That is a lot of coffee. It might be safer to try less of something stronger, as TS already suggested.
About 12 oz of frothed milk. One sugar cube.
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Unless he has an arrhythmia, thyroid problem, hypertension, ulcer, anxiety, or some other medical problem that much caffeine is not really a bad thing.

It's not really a good thing either in the long term. I'd advise trying to get more sleep rather than using a crutch to get through the day.

I get plenty of sleep every night. Never less than 7.
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post #33 of 39
2/8/10 at 1:45am
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Unless he has an arrhythmia, thyroid problem, hypertension, ulcer, anxiety, or some other medical problem that much caffeine is not really a bad thing.

well kyle is obviously overweight... those will come in sooner or later too.
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post #34 of 39
2/8/10 at 1:53am
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well kyle is obviously overweight... those will come in sooner or later too.
But caffeine isn't going to cause any of those problems (other than a transient increase in blood pressure) so unless/until he has an actual medical problem other than uniballosis, it's not really an issue. [correction] Caffeine can stimulate gastric acid secretion and potentially cause an ulcer. Forgot I listed that. [/correction]
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post #35 of 39
2/8/10 at 2:24am
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Why do people pay for nasty-tasting "energy drinks" as a caffeine source?

Controlled ingestion over time is a lot more effective than getting it all at once.
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post #36 of 39
2/8/10 at 2:38am
That makes sense. For some reason, I always envisioned people chugging down these drinks all at once.
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post #37 of 39
2/8/10 at 4:43am
I used to jump between coffee and energy drinks saddened by the lack of a better alternative that doesn't stain your teeth or cover them with sugary coating for the next few hours. At random i found energy pills in a health store, standard 200mg caffeine 100 pills/9$ I think the brand is bio something. Never went back to coffee or energy drinks. Besides saving way more money than I should by giving up coffee/red bull .. I never crash. Drinking coffee doesn't even feel good anymore cause I know there's going to be a downtime afterwards. I just get steady rise of mental and physical energy and no jitters or the 'agitated' feeling. Not sure what makes the difference but I found it amazing, I can actually pull productive allnighters (not that I like to..) As for drinks I switched exclusively to green tea.
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post #38 of 39
2/9/10 at 2:59pm
For some reason, I don't trust people who don't drink coffee.
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post #39 of 39
2/9/10 at 6:06pm
this thread reminds me of...

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