If you’re wondering how caffeine affects your body, these posts are for you. I’ve reviewed how caffeine affects different body parts, as well as some science-based secrets to getting the most OOMPH from your caffeine.
Blog Category: Caffeine Effects

What Caffeine and Energy Drinks Do To Your Liver – It’s Not All Bad News
Scientific review of what caffeine and energy drinks do to your liver. Caffeine at Midnight Podcast Companion with references and visuals.Read more What Caffeine and Energy Drinks Do To Your Liver – It’s Not All Bad News

5 Secrets to Reducing Caffeine Side-Effects
In this episode, GreenEyedGuide addresses energy drink misconceptions and shares 5 secrets to reducing caffeine side-effects.Read more 5 Secrets to Reducing Caffeine Side-Effects

Caffeine Effects on the Brain – Part 2
This is a series on How Caffeine Affects the Brain. In this part, we compare coffee versus energy drinks to determine what makes the best study aid and why. Read more Caffeine Effects on the Brain – Part 2

Caffeine Effects on the Brain – Part 1
This is a series on How Caffeine Affects the Brain. In Part 1 we’ll discuss how caffeine makes you feel awake and alert, we’ll review the biochemistry, and we’ll summarize the ways caffeine does and does not help you focus. Read more Caffeine Effects on the Brain – Part 1

Why Does Coffee Make You Pee
Why does coffee make you feel like you have to pee? Does caffeine make you dehydrated? What if it’s caffeine from tea? From an energy drink? This is the second in a three-part series on caffeine and hydration.Read more Why Does Coffee Make You Pee

Why Caffeine Sensitivity is like Quidditch
It dawned on me how well someone handles their caffeine is like how well someone plays Quidditch. Consider these examples…Read more Why Caffeine Sensitivity is like Quidditch

EHT and Caffeine – Brain Protection Duo
Drinking coffee reduces the risk of Parkinson’s Disease, but scientists didn’t know exactly how or why. UNTIL NOW! A study by Rutgers University scientists discovered that caffeine and something in the waxy coating of coffee beans (let’s just call it “EHT” for short) work as a dynamic duo to protect the brain.Read more EHT and Caffeine – Brain Protection Duo

Can supplements really help you focus? Science Behind FocusAid
To say it was difficult getting good grades in high school while balancing competitive sports, family obligations etc. feels as silly as admitting I cried over a difficult physics exam. Now I laugh at my previous concept of “difficult” with the context of college, grad school, and adulthood. But balancing everything in high school was hard, and I was in high school during the early 2000s, before energy drinks and Starbucks took over the world. Then energy drinks came along, and I balanced two jobs while I was a full-time student in college, then two different jobs while I was in grad school. Caffeine changed my life in more ways than one, and I’ve been studying the science behind energy drinks since the day I declared myself a biochemistry major back in 2003.
The Energy Drink of the Month for June 2018 is FocusAid.Read more Can supplements really help you focus? Science Behind FocusAid

Caffeinated Water 101
What is caffeinated water? Is caffeinated water safe? Healthy? Better than energy drinks? What does the FDA think about this?Read more Caffeinated Water 101

Delayed Release Caffeine – GreenEyedGuide on ScienceMeetsFood.org
In this ScienceMeetsFood post, I share the three methods for making caffeine last longer: The Gilmore Girl Method, the Violet Beauregarde Method, and the Russian Doll Method. Discover the science behind delayed-release caffeine, and how this technology is reshaping caffeine consumption (and safety?) as we know it.Read more Delayed Release Caffeine – GreenEyedGuide on ScienceMeetsFood.org
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