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12.29.07 by Widge @ 2:19 am  Ken sent over this Wired article which could prove to be the dawning of a new day. A new day, in fact, that we're not looking at through bloodshot eyes: A nasal spray containing a naturally occurring brain hormone called orexin A reversed the effects of sleep deprivation in monkeys, allowing them to perform like well-rested monkeys on cognitive tests. The discovery's first application will probably be in treatment of the severe sleep disorder narcolepsy. They call this a potential "sleep replacement" drug, which is good: because at this point anything would be better than what most of us replace sleep with. I'm speaking, of course, of aches, pains, bad reaction times, headaches, blurred vision, hallucinations...hell, the way some of us fall asleep at the drop of a hat, we're one step away from narcolepsy anyway. Read the entire article here. Categorized as: Caffeine
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12.13.07 by Widge @ 2:24 am   Scott just sounded the alarm: cool new breath spray from ThinkGeek. You can fix your stinkmouth and also wake your ass up at the same time. 33mg of goodness with each shot. And they point out that it gets absorbed in the mouth, so you're wired faster. Genius. Each container has 1400mg of caffeine. Which is a couple days' intake for me. But for you, you'll be set for a while. Categorized as: Caffeine
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11.09.07 by Widge @ 3:11 am  Update: Thanks to everyone for linking up this article, and thanks for coming by to check it out. No doubt you're all getting ready to increase your own city's standing next year. And to this we recommend subscribing to our feed so you can get the latest on this and other items that are guaranteed to ruin your sleep. Sleep--it can be eradicated in our lifetimes. Join us, won't you? HealthSaver commissioned a survey to ask the question: "When it comes to caffeine, which American city wins?" Okay, well, no, it wasn't exactly phrased like that, you understand. They were trying to find out which city is the most caffeinated. I don't think there was, you know, a trophy or anything involved. Maybe there should be. If there was, then we would definitely need to know so we could gear up for next year. Categorized as: Caffeine
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10.21.07 by Widge @ 10:57 pm  Your friends at Energy Fiend have posted a chart detailing a complete list of Starbucks drinks and how much buzz you can estimate you'll be getting for each. Very handy. But this is just an estimate; as they state: A recent laboratory test sampled a series of Starbucks Breakfast Blend brewed coffees. The caffeine dose varied from 299.5mg right up to a massive 564.4mg per 16oz cup! What's astonishing is that the 6 samples were obtained from the same outlet on 6 consecutive days. That is fairly astonishing. I would want to find out which barista was responsible for the uber-caffeine drink and they would be my bestest friend in the whole world. Categorized as: Caffeine
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08.26.07 by Widge @ 6:51 pm  These Basic Instructions on "How to Quit Drinking Coffee" were found via Energy Fiend. We do not recommend this. But bear in mind: we're loonbags. Categorized as: Caffeine
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03.19.07 by Widge @ 2:20 am  It's always impressive when something good gets downright better. Energy Fiend has updated their caffeine database so you can tally up your intake on any given day and see just how much of the substance of the gods you have consumed. Be forewarned, though: you probably won't be able to top Robbie Williams. Categorized as: Caffeine
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03.13.07 by Widge @ 9:11 pm  Energy Fiend has given us a list of the top ten soft drinks on the market. There's a few little fascinating tidbits as well, like the fact that the total market share for energy drinks is .8%. Fifteen hundred different brands of sugar bombs in little bitty cans and .8% is it? Wow. Categorized as: Caffeine
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10.29.06 by Widge @ 12:53 am  Just for the briefest of moments, I thought this might be true. What is the only thing better than being able to take in caffeine through a mint, like with Foosh? Why, being able to just inhale the stuff, of course! But alas, it is just a photoshopped mockup. My drowsy lungs weep for opportunity lost. Categorized as: Caffeine
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05.25.06 by Widge @ 8:05 am  Apparently there are some misfortunes out there in the world who can't screw around with caffeine. You have our condolences. You also apparently have a new gee whiz thing coming that will let you slake your paranoia about encountering the stuff. They're going to have strips that will detect caffeine, using an antibody found in llama blood. And no, we're not kidding, read the story here. Now the only problem is it won't tell you how much caffeine is present. To be perfectly truthful, I had a deal worked out where my blood was going to be used to do that, but after a clinical trial that looked like that "blood test" scene in The Thing the whole matter was dropped. I was pissed. Categorized as: Caffeine
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09.27.05 by ScottC @ 11:04 am  While our collective of crazies is called Needcoffee, we have always said that we don't care how you get your 3,7-dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione in you. So we looked with pleasure at Yes, it's a lip balm with caffeine. Of course, this has limited appeal to the Needcoffee crew since most of us live in places where winter is a blink and you miss it affair. But with the caffeine and the two tasty flavors, Vanilla Toffee or Cool Mint, kissing could become even more stimulating. This product will definitely not disturb the sexy. Categorized as: Caffeine
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