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Yes, another study to ponder over until the next one comes along. I dont agree about the illusion part. For me, it is also about personal satisfaction in the process from bean to cup as well as the outcome. And they admit it is a lift from the effects of caffeine withdrawal. I agree about getting out of the office is a good excuse for getting a coffee.
Anyway, judge for yourselves. BTW, if you open the link or go to the article on the Brisbane Times, you can add your own comments
Spilling the beans on coffee illusion
Coffee lovers who think they need a morning cuppa or two to kick-start their day may be deluding themselves, a new study suggests.
UK-based scientists say the feeling of alertness that regular coffee drinkers gain from each caffeine hit is largely "an illusion".
Their research, involving nearly 400 people, shows the sensation is merely the reversal of the fatiguing effects of caffeine withdrawal.
Regular drinkers who crave caffeine in the morning simply return to normal levels of alertness by having coffee, according to the study published in a science journal overnight.
Coffee Club director John Lazarou said the findings were sure to be controversial among Brisbanes coffee drinkers. Mr Lazarou said he always started his day with a short black.
"For me, that gives me a kick-start," he said. "Ive got a pretty good imagination but I dont think Im imagining thats giving me a kick-start."
Mr Lazarou said he wouldnt be the only one who felt that way.
"The amount of takeaway coffees we do in the mornings surpasses the rest of the day, and thats simply because everyone wants their morning cup of coffee," he said.
Campos Coffee director John Ronchi, whose company has a cafe at Fortitude Valley and wholesales to about 40 outlets in Brisbane, said he was surprised by the study results.
"Theres no denying theres caffeine in coffee and that contributes to peoples alertness, but its an interesting theory," he said.
"If you have a late night, whether you drink coffee or not you still feel pretty rough in the morning."
Mr Ronchi said people could get a hit from other sources of caffeine, such as energy drinks, but they contained lots of sugar, and people were attracted to the social element of coffee drinking.
He said many city workers stopped off at cafes as part of their morning rituals, either on their way to their office or soon after arriving there.
"Once you get to work you have an excuse to get out again to get a coffee or have a meeting [in a cafe]," he said.
The study, headed by Peter Rogers of the University of Bristol, investigated the effect of coffee drinking on anxiety, alertness and headache of regular drinkers and of those who rarely or never drank coffee.
Participants were banned from drinking coffee overnight and were either given 100 milligrams of caffeine, followed by another 150mg dose an hour and a half later, or placebos on both occasions.
Mr Ronchi said a typical espresso contained up to 80mg of caffeine, whereas a cup of filtered coffee contained nearly 150mg.
Regular drinkers avoided the effects of headache and lowered alertness once they were given caffeine, but their alertness was the same as that of the non-coffee drinkers who received the placebo.
Researchers said the results confirmed previous studies on the effect of caffeine withdrawal.
The findings were published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.
Source: brisbanetimes.com.au
Anyway, judge for yourselves. BTW, if you open the link or go to the article on the Brisbane Times, you can add your own comments
Spilling the beans on coffee illusion
Coffee lovers who think they need a morning cuppa or two to kick-start their day may be deluding themselves, a new study suggests.
UK-based scientists say the feeling of alertness that regular coffee drinkers gain from each caffeine hit is largely "an illusion".
Their research, involving nearly 400 people, shows the sensation is merely the reversal of the fatiguing effects of caffeine withdrawal.
Regular drinkers who crave caffeine in the morning simply return to normal levels of alertness by having coffee, according to the study published in a science journal overnight.
Coffee Club director John Lazarou said the findings were sure to be controversial among Brisbanes coffee drinkers. Mr Lazarou said he always started his day with a short black.
"For me, that gives me a kick-start," he said. "Ive got a pretty good imagination but I dont think Im imagining thats giving me a kick-start."
Mr Lazarou said he wouldnt be the only one who felt that way.
"The amount of takeaway coffees we do in the mornings surpasses the rest of the day, and thats simply because everyone wants their morning cup of coffee," he said.
Campos Coffee director John Ronchi, whose company has a cafe at Fortitude Valley and wholesales to about 40 outlets in Brisbane, said he was surprised by the study results.
"Theres no denying theres caffeine in coffee and that contributes to peoples alertness, but its an interesting theory," he said.
"If you have a late night, whether you drink coffee or not you still feel pretty rough in the morning."
Mr Ronchi said people could get a hit from other sources of caffeine, such as energy drinks, but they contained lots of sugar, and people were attracted to the social element of coffee drinking.
He said many city workers stopped off at cafes as part of their morning rituals, either on their way to their office or soon after arriving there.
"Once you get to work you have an excuse to get out again to get a coffee or have a meeting [in a cafe]," he said.
The study, headed by Peter Rogers of the University of Bristol, investigated the effect of coffee drinking on anxiety, alertness and headache of regular drinkers and of those who rarely or never drank coffee.
Participants were banned from drinking coffee overnight and were either given 100 milligrams of caffeine, followed by another 150mg dose an hour and a half later, or placebos on both occasions.
Mr Ronchi said a typical espresso contained up to 80mg of caffeine, whereas a cup of filtered coffee contained nearly 150mg.
Regular drinkers avoided the effects of headache and lowered alertness once they were given caffeine, but their alertness was the same as that of the non-coffee drinkers who received the placebo.
Researchers said the results confirmed previous studies on the effect of caffeine withdrawal.
The findings were published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.
Source: brisbanetimes.com.au
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