☰

Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us

R 1,207

or 4 x payments of R301.75 with Payflex

Payflex

Availability: Currently in Stock

Delivery: 10-20 working days

Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us

â€œYouâ€™ll never think the same way about your morning cup of coffee.â€â€”Mark McClusky, editor in chief of Wired.com and author of Faster, Higher, Stronger
Â
Journalist Murray Carpenter has been under the influence of a drug for nearly three decades. And heâ€™s in good company, because chances are youâ€™re hooked, too. Humans have used caffeine for thousands of years. A bitter white powder in its most essential form, a tablespoon of it would kill even the most habituated user. This addictive, largely unregulated substance is everywhereâ€”in places youâ€™d expect (like coffee and chocolate) and places you wouldnâ€™t (like chewing gum and fruit juice), and Carpenter reveals its impact on soldiers, athletes, and even children. It can make you stronger, faster, and more alert, but itâ€™s not perfect, and its role in health concerns like obesity and anxiety will surprise you.

Making stops at the coffee farms of central Guatemala, a synthetic caffeine factory in China, and an energy shot bottler in New Jersey, among numerous other locales around the globe, Caffeinated exposes the high-stakes but murky world of caffeine, drawing on cutting-edge science and larger-than-life characters to offer an unprecedented understanding of Americaâ€™s favorite drug.

Country	USA
Author	Murray Carpenter
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780142181805
ISBN	0142181803
Label	Plume
Manufacturer	Plume
MPN	YES13446123
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	288
PartNumber	YES13446123
PublicationDate	2015-01-27
Publisher	Plume
ReleaseDate	2015-01-27
Studio	Plume

You might also like...

The Truth About Caffeine

The Truth About Caffeine

The Case Against Sugar

The Case Against Sugar

The Truth about Coffee

The Truth about Coffee

Caffeine: The Truth about Caffeine: The World's Most Consumed Drug (The Benefits, Side Effects, and History of Caffeine)

Caffeine: The Truth about Caffeine: The World's Most Consumed Drug (The Benefits, Side Effects, and History of Caffeine)

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams