Ep 54 Wake Up and Smell the Caffeine
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Caffeine: A Performance Enhancer
Adenosine in your brain also has interactions with dopamine receptors and dopamine release. Caffeine is an antagonist of adenosine. So it increases the release of dopamine. It can cause those like tremors. It can increase muscle contraction. That's why some people think that caffeine is a performance enhancer, right? Like for athletic events, people used to use caffeine. There's not a ton of data that says it actually does.
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