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AMA #8: Balancing Caffeine, Decision Fatigue & Social Isolation

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Caffeine and Sleep

For most adults, so that is people about age 18 to 20 or older, daily caffeine consumption is not going to be a problem provided it does not induce anxiety. Caffeine blocks the adenosine receptor and then when it is dislodged from that receptor, whatever adenosine has built up can then bind to the adenosina receptor. That's the caffeine crash. Most people are consuming caffeine every single day in order to feel at their baseline level of cognitive ability and physical energy.

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