Regular or Decaf, Does it Matter?
For sure most of you drink coffee. Though you may not be the coffee drinking addict, it remains that some people would be offered in coffee stores like Starbucks “Regular” or “Decaf”? Especially if you are visiting them in the night, normally we have this belief that decaf will not bother us that much when it comes to sleeping when we get home. Or does it?
Coffee is still coffee. While drinking decaf is supposed to have lower caffeine content, an element that is supposed to keep us awake, it seems that it doesn’t matter. For one, being awake would depend not only on what we consume but also in our overall state.
For example, if we have had a rigorous day and our bodies are really about to collapse on us, you can be assured that not even coffee can keep us awake. We may end up telling ourselves that we would take a nap but sooner than you know it, you may be surprised to find that you have slept practically the regular sleeping hours one is expected to get.
The fact of the matter here is that whatever type of coffee, regardless if it is decaf or not, may not necessarily have a factor. It can keep you awake, but if your body is not up to it rest assured you will give in to sleep.
According to Tom Round, vice president of the product’s maker, Silver Lake Research, 25 of the 100 decaf samples the biotech firm tested during the research phase had too-high caffeine levels.
Not great news for decaf drinkers. But then again, recent research has linked caffeine consumption to a host of health benefits, such as improved cognitive function and sharper aerobic capacity. And a recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine linked coffee consumption to a longer life span.
(Source) Sun Times
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December 4th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Good post. I think that even 25% of decaf in really caf there’s another factor - the placebo effect. We drink coffee and it keeps us awake - no matter what kind of coffee it is. I wonder if somebody tested unlabeled coffee earlier.
January 18th, 2009 at 8:36 am
IT will work only as placebo if You drink decaf from time to time and not while You are doing it all the time.