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How to have a healthy relationship with caffeine

Life Kit: Health

CHAPTER

The Truth about Caffeine and Energy

This chapter explores how caffeine affects the body and debunks the myth that caffeine provides energy. It emphasizes that caffeine increases alertness and decreases drowsiness by blocking the neurotransmitter adenosine, but it does not actually give the body energy as only food can do that.

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