Shock Research Yields Surprises
3.8.04
In yet another example of a study proving the blatantly obvious a US research team has successfully ‘proved’ coffee keeps you awake and alert. To see how caffeine might work, the team studied 16 healthy, young men, aged 18 to 30.
The men were put on a 43-hour day, which required them to be awake for 28.5 hours and asleep for 14.25 hours. Half the men were given low-dose caffeine tablets every hour, during the hours they were awake, and the other men got a placebo, according to the report in the May issue of Sleep.
The amount of caffeine given was equal to about one-quarter cup of coffee or half a can of cola. Indeed, this mind-boggling study is right up there with recent ‘discoveries’ such as smoking increases the risk of lung cancer and that men and women think differently.
(From an original article at www.abcnews.go.com)
The men were put on a 43-hour day, which required them to be awake for 28.5 hours and asleep for 14.25 hours. Half the men were given low-dose caffeine tablets every hour, during the hours they were awake, and the other men got a placebo, according to the report in the May issue of Sleep.
The amount of caffeine given was equal to about one-quarter cup of coffee or half a can of cola. Indeed, this mind-boggling study is right up there with recent ‘discoveries’ such as smoking increases the risk of lung cancer and that men and women think differently.
(From an original article at www.abcnews.go.com)
posted by Wayne Fowler | 5:18 PM
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