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Will I be addicted to caffeine?

According to this review published in Psychopharmacology, it is very much not a myth. The caffeine-withdrawal syndrome has been well characterized and there is sufficient empirical evidence to ...
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Is it safe to give decaf coffee to a child?

You may find similar discussion mostly on the health tag. The most relevant question was previously closed on Coffee SE site as it was opinion-based. What's the minimum recommended age for ...
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Why am I not addicted to coffee?

Caffeine is only mildly addictive and only shows minor physical dependence. It does not threaten physical, social or economic health the way truly addictive drugs will. "Withdrawal" or skipping your ...
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Should I change my coffee drinking habits when using braces?

Coffee should be fine (unless you've heard otherwise from your dentist or other health care people of course!). There should be no additional concern about coffee, e.g., its acidity or temperature (...
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Does coffee consumption cause continuous chest pain?

Similar questions have been answered in Coffee SE several times. So please check these previous questions first. I'm enlisting the most related ones I can think of below: How many cups of coffee is ...
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Is soap/water enough to get safely clean coffee mold from my mug?

I would feel confident drinking out of a ceramic mug after a good scrubbing with soap and water. Smooth (glazed) ceramic surfaces are more easily cleaned than rough ones, so perhaps the rough ones ...
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How bad is coffee for your teeth?

A recent study published in Letters in Applied Microbiology suggests that coffee can break down bacterial plaques that form on teeth. These studies were done in a lab on extracted teeth, using ...
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Are there health risks to eating coffee?

No. Not any substantial ones. There are several listed questions around the topic of eating coffee beans. Ingesting roasted coffee beans without grinding/brewing them in some manner is quite common....
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Does sweet coffee exist?

This question is probably best answered in two directions: If you feel the need to add sugar to your coffee, it may simply be that the coffee that you are drinking is not very good. Sugar makes a lot ...
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Can I have this type of coffee?

The beverage you make by diluting vending machine "espresso" with hot water is called "poor imitation of Americano". It is hard to say how much caffeine it contains because it's not clear what this ...
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Should coffee be regulated?

Generally, governments find it necessary to regulate addictive substances due to quality of life or health issues that stem from abuse/addiction. While I will neither support or attack this kind of ...
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What is the limit to the amount of coffee one can consume?

Let's look at this from the worst case: The LD50 for caffeine is around 150-200mg/kg body weight for a healthy adult or 10g1. The caffeine content of a "cup of coffee" (however you define it) varies ...
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How are caffeine pills made?

Caffeine is almost always created as a byproduct of the decaffeination process. It IS possible to synthesize caffeine. The most popular lab synthesis (1,3-dimethylurea and ethyl 2-cyanoacetate) ...
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Finding if coffee is a health risk after best before

With all foods, FAT TOM is your best start to gauge their susceptibility to spoilage. Now, FAT TOM is actually an acronym for the six factors that influence the growth of microbes. And bacterial ...
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Coffee and the singing voice

Caffein, which is the main active ingredient in coffee is known to be dehydrating. However there is no conclusive scientific evidence that caffein intake in normal dosages has detrimental effects on ...
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What are the effects of caffein olfaction?

From Time Magazine's You Can Now Inhale Caffeine Instead of Drinking It article: Forget coffee and energy drinks—now you can inhale your caffeine. ... Each inhaler boasts a pretty small ...
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Should I change my coffee drinking habits when using braces?

You can most assuredly still drink coffee. I suppose it may stain them if you don't regularly clean them.
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Does adding milk to coffee reduce its antioxidant properties

I found that generally, scientific studies do show a negative impact on phytochemicals like antioxidants, one such example stating: An immediate decrease in the total antioxidant activity (23%) and ...
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How long does it take to reset caffeine tolerance

If you are looking at cycling your caffeine naivety with an eye for fitness benefit (caffeine increases exercise tolerance), I think you should first look into whether there is any true benefit to ...
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Coffee will make you lean?

I think caffeine can´t make you lean if you eat well & health food, and of course doing some exercises, gym, jogging etc. Caffeine is most consumed psychoactive drug, legal of course(more at wiki)....
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Does coffee cause gastrointestinal problems?

In the article titled "Coffee and gastrointestinal function: facts and fiction. A review.", it is stated that it has pharmacological effects and coffee promotes gastro-oesophageal reflux. These ...
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Is coffee good to consume before sport?

There are studies that have shown a marked increase in performance compared to a placebo in athletes who drank coffee before a workout. Both strength and endurance exercises saw improvement. As to the ...
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How to get rid of coffee addiction?

First, the effects you observe are known as caffeine withdrawal and discussed here. Coffee addiction is previously discussed here. However, it is not discussed how to get rid of a coffee addiction. ...
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Are morning or breakfast blends/roasts more of a purgative than other blends/roasts?

No. Breakfast blends are simply coffees which are blended to present a particular flavor. Typically breakfast blends are lighter, and cleaner which are appetizing as a morning drink as opposed to a ...
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Are light coloured spots on beans mold?

The light colored spots just look like chaff to me. It is common for there to be skin that stays connected to that middle fold of the bean.
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It is good for my health to drink coffee 10 times a day?

Caffeine content of coffee varies widely depending on many factors. How much caffeine does your 10 cups contain? And how much is too much? The Mayo Clinic website has addressed exactly what you are ...
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Is coffee a drug that you could give to your dog?

According to dictionary.com, one of the definitions of the word drug is: a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical ...
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Coffee and teeth health

Since this site is about coffee, not dentistry, I will answer from a Coffee perspective. I can think of three issues with coffee that can affect one's teeth: Acidity. Brewed coffee has a pH around 5. ...
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Is it possible to feel any effects after chewing one coffee bean?

This paper from the BC government states that 3 chocolate covered coffee beans have 36mg of caffeine. This study used doses of 0.3 mg per kg of body mass per hour, and noticed that the caffeine ...
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