Top 10 + 34 More Reasons You Might Be Addicted to Coffee Or Caffeine
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Here are 44 more reasons for thinking you may be addicted to coffee or in a few instances, just caffeine period. I wish I knew who to credit these with but I had them emailed to me by a friend. Read them and enjoy them and if you like it, Stumble me!
1 your heart beats noticeably faster as a reaction to the smell of coffee.
2 you drink decaf by accident and slip into a coma
3 your slogan is “Save water, drink coffee.”
4 you have a website about caffeine
5 you’re on a first name basis with Juan Valdez
6 you think sleep is for the weak.
7 your heart rate is always in triple digits.
8 you know from experience caffeine tablets don’t dissolve in cola.
9 you wake up to Mountain Dew, before switching to JOLT you can name the five flavors of JOLT
10 you have a mini-fridge under your desk… and a catheter
11 you’ve just had your 20th cup of coffee within 20 minutes on a Friday afternoon, at 4 o’clock, just so “the milk doesn’t go bad over the weekend”
12 you ask, “Sleep? What’s that?”
13 you go to the doctor because you’re afraid there might be blood in your coffee stream.
14 every coffee company wants to have your picture on their coffee cans
15 your birthday is a national holiday in Colombia.
16 your wife asked you to buy milk, bread and butter and you heard “buy coffee, coffee and coffee.”
17 you believe that the coffee bean is a vegetable.
18 your child’s name is Nescafe.
19 Coffee is the stuff great decisions are made of.
20 Starbucks has decided to use you as their official mascot.you’ve ever carried your coffee cup into the shower with you in the morning.
21 you regard the fact that your hands are shaking as a good sign.
22 you have tattooed across the knuckles of your hands “JOLT” and “COLA”
23 your heart only beats twice an hour and your eyes won’t shut anymore
24 you go to sleep just to wake up and smell the coffee.
25 your coffee pot is next to your bed and your alarm clock is in the kitchen.
26 you’ve ever used the airplane’s Call button just to get a coffee refill.
27 you dip espresso beans.
28 your web page has the Starbucks color scheme.
29 you can’t remember the last time you blinked.
30 you have on more than one occasion snorted instant coffee.
31 you have distilled Jolt Cola to make it more potent.
32 you have dark brown colored hair but you are a natural blonde and have never dyed it.
33 the dishes in your house are all coffee cups.
34 your dog’s name is Folgers.
35 you see nothing wrong with using water joe (the caffeinated water) to make the coffee you use to take your no-doze.
36 you’ve ever knelt and prayed before a Starbuck’s logo.
37 it’s 6:09 AM and you’re on your 2nd 20oz. cup of coffee.
38 you have to drink some form of caffeinated beverage just to sleep.
39 you’d rather be beaten over the head with a sledgehammer than give up that first cup of coffee in the morning. (Caffeine withdrawal is a real headache.)
40 you’ve given up sex, TV, or all forms of meat for Lent before, but can’t make it 40 days without caffeine.
41 you’ve given up sex, TV, and all forms of meat for Lent before, but STILL can’t make it 40 days without caffeine.
42 you could live in a desert like a hermit, eating bugs for food, as long as you had enough coffee beans with you.
43 you suck on a used coffee filter (full of coffee grounds) whenever the can runs out of coffee.
44 you believe that sleep is simply a poor substitute for sleep
New Study Indicates Aroma of Coffee May Reduce Stress
Here we go again! Yet another discovery on coffee and our health. It would seem that coffee is becoming a more valuable (asset) everyday. Now it has been found to have a nice effect on our nose organ. ermm.. our sense of smell. It appears to have a calming effect and helps to reduce stress. I know for one, smelling fresh coffee does make me feel good and calms me.
Here is an excerpt:
According to researchers at Seoul National University in South Korea, laboratory rats exposed to the aroma of roasted coffee beans experienced higher levels of activity in a number of genes, including some that produce proteins with healthful antioxidant activity.
Antioxidants are compounds that defend our bodies against cell damage caused by free-radicals. The antioxidants in coffee’s aroma are different from those contained in liquid coffee and, in effect, helped ease the stress of the rats that smelled the coffee.
Now, if I was a rat…..
Read more about this at: dBusiness News
Discovering the Ulitmate Body Fuel
This is a new one. Did you know that drinking a cup of coffee with a plate of carbs will help athletes recover from their training sessions faster? This is according to research published in the Adelaide Advertiser. They go on to state that combing food with caffeine dramatically boosts the body’s levels of glycogen, which is the main fuel source for muscles.
Of those who added caffeine to their post-exercise meal had 66 per cent more glycogen in their muscles than those who left the caffeine off.
Reasearch indicates that carbohydrates and caffeine improve a variety of athletic performances but this is the first study to show that the combination of the two used afterwards can rapidly help muscles refuel.
To read more on this visitAdelaide Advertiser.
Coffee and Breast Cancer
Old news well, not old but recent news indicates coffee and tea does not raise your chances in developing breast cancer. Good news for us female coffee fanatics. This news comes from a decades-long study (22 year follow-up) where they observed no association between coffee (caffeinated or decaffeinated) and tea consumption and the risk of breast cancer.
According to Ganmaa, of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, coffee and tea are remarkably to drink (in moderation). This study was conducted among 85,987 women between the ages of 30 and 55 years of age.
You can read more about this study by visiting: English People’s Daily Online
Coffee Review on Zabar’s Emporium in New York
Zabar’s resides in New York. Here is a quote from their site and please take time to read their story. It is most interesting. The Zabar’s Story
Zabar’s is open 365 days a year and there is always a Zabar in the store. Today the store is over 20,000 square feet (almost a city block long). We have over 250 employees. We sell over 8,000 lbs of coffee a week and over 35,000 customers a week visit our store.
Zabar’s is not exactly a coffee shop but they should be. I’ve searched through their site and found a treasure chest of wonderful and delightful goodies ranging anywhere from coffee to their signature Fresh Baked Rugelach. You will have to check out their gift baskets while visiting and do not forget the coffee! Speaking of…..
Super, Extra, EXTRA Caffeinated Coffee
Out of these 3 super-caffeinated coffees, I still LOVE Shock Coffee the most! But for your reading pleasure, I will certainly mention the other two so that you too can rev-up your heart rate and suffer heart palpitations. (hmm… did I spell that correctly?)
1. Shock Coffee
2. Rocket Fuel Coffee
3. Meth Coffee
If you are looking for a quick jolt then these are the one’s for you. I’ve tried all three and they all play their role well. Shock Coffee does seem to have the richest and freshest roasted flavor though and obviously that makes it more enjoyable but if you’re just after the caffeine, all will work just fine.
Older Women: Drink Coffee and Be More Alert than Hubby!
Okay, how about maybe staying sharp and less clouded in your thoughts than your husband? Research shows drinking 3 cups of coffee or even tea can help older women stay ontop of the thinking game. Keeps you sharp and helps ward off the dullness of old age thinking. Hmm.. but this doesn’t seem to work for men. I guess their caffeine-o-meter is broken.
Seriously, it just may be that:
“Men and women metabolize caffeine differently or that there is a hormonal interaction,”
Quoted from The Chicago Tribune on the Caffeine story You can visit and read all the particulars.
As for me and my feeble old mind, we will continue to scarf down more than the daily required intake of caffeine. 
Arabica vs Robusta, where’s the competition? Bad bean vs Good bean
I wanted to ‘lightly’ touch on a subject about coffee beans and normally I would not bother except I was reading on another blog some place and they commented that after much research they have concluded Robusta to be superior to Arabica. What could be going through this person’s mind? Where did this person do his/her research? Maxwell House? Ok, that was a cheap shot but they do use Robusta, thus the cheaper prices. Right?
For those who do not know, Robusta is of lower quality. I know it sounds as if it should be better but it just is not. There is more caffeine in Robusta but when comparing oil, sugars, etc, Arabica wins out every time. I have heard tell that anybody who has ever had good Vietnamese Robusta will never go back. I doubt that really.
I guess that I am partial because there are many people who enjoy Robusta over Arabica, but any expert will tell you that Robusta tends to have a burnt rubber taste and over-all cheapness about it. Oh well, my rant is over. I just had to get that off my cup. I’ll spell check later on. It’s bed time. Good night.
Another Chance for a FREE Senseo Coffee Pod System
They are doing it again! Follow the link at the end of this post and you will fill out a short survey and have a chance to get a FREE Senseo Coffee Pod System. Included will be:
Senseo® Single Serve Coffee Pod System
Bag of Senseo® gourmet coffee pods
Senseo® Coffee Pod Canister for easy pod storage and long-lasting freshness
5 $20-off Senseo® coffee machine cards to share with friends and family
Go ahead and do it. This will be my second one and they send you out a letter each time they have something new for you to try out.
Link: Senseo Single Serve Coffee Pod System
Let me know if that link is not working.
You can overdose on caffeine (espresso shots can kill) *winks*
Alright, as bad as I hate to write this, I found it interesting and wanted to post it. I really believe that our young people should watch their caffeine intake if not do away with it all together. And here is why:
Below is a link to the story about a coffee shop owner’s teen who overdosed on double espresso shots. Read it and think it over. I suppose it could kill. Of course, I would never sit and drink that many double espresso shots either.
Girl Overdoses on Espresso Coffee says BBC News.
Could Coffee CAUSE Osteoporosis? OMG, NO!
Well, I read it myself. I am hoping this is just one of those deals where later they come back and say, according to group studies, we found this to be bogus.
According to the Weekly Wellness Report by: Dr. Minshew, Coffee can cause you to excrete as much as 150 mg of calcium per hour after only a single cup. And if you already have poor bone health, this loss of calcium may make a bad situation even worse. Aw, darn it.
