Coffee Hero

Is post-feasting caffeine necessary to counteract the sleep-inducing effects of turkey?

I recently moved to Charlottesville, Virginia. With all the packing and unpacking, and finding my way around, there’s been very little time for writing. Or sleeping. Frankly, I’m exhausted. As such, I almost switched to regular coffee.
Almost. So close. I was right there.
For one, I continue to carry the anticipatory self-loathing before ordering decaf at [...]

Yesterday I was reading up on the latest H1N1 virus information and came across an interesting study that measured how tea could prevent influenza.  It seems you don’t even have to drink the tea, you can just gargle it.  The study Gargling with tea catechin extracts for the prevention of influenza infection in elderly nursing [...]

TeeGeek.net did an exhaustive search to find out if there was any truth to the fact that the CDC really stated Sun Tea was dangerous.  In the the post Sun Tea Winner (Plus a Rant About Information Drift), the author chases down how the sun tea dangers were misrepresented and repeated over and over.
We started [...]

I just had some work done on my knee that required surgery. Part of the typical pre-surgery instructions are to have no food or fluids after midnight of the day before surgery.
This isn’t  a big deal really if your surgery is in the morning, but mine was at 1 PM. I usually have at least [...]

It now appears my original source for the caffeine and Alzheimer’s Disease story wasn’t the best.  The Times UK reported that caffeine could delay the effects of AD, whereas the BBC report stated it could reverse the effects.  That is a huge difference in reporting.  Which is it?
I decided to do something I should have [...]

Every month for at least the past decade some researcher has released a study claiming coffee is wonderful or evil.  I’m tired of it.  No study will convince me to drink more or less coffee.  We are all unique individuals and each of us has a sweet spot when it comes to caffeine consumption.  Mine [...]

In addition to coffee, two of my biggest interests are fitness and nutrition.  One book I just finished reading is about evolutionary fitness and nutrition.  Can one go caveman and still drink coffee?

The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy by Mark Sisson asks us to avoid grains [...]

On Mother’s Day, we’d like to pay tribute to the world’s real Coffee Heroes — or rather, the world’s real Coffee Heroines.  The demands of motherhood are well-documented, and it’s especially tough for the many coffee-drinking moms.  As someone who has never had to stop drinking coffee for any longer than two weeks, I am [...]

The FDA has issued a warning on the Hydroxycut supplement line.  From the FDA website: Warning on Hydroxycut (PDF):
FDA has received 23 reports of serious health problems ranging from jaundice and elevated liver enzymes, an indicator of potential liver injury, to liver damage requiring liver transplant. One death due to liver failure has been reported [...]