Up until a few years ago I never really drank coffee, I started and really enjoy the taste. But I never really get a ‘rush’ or ‘kick’ from it.
I can drink a coffee at 8pm and sleep fine during the night.
Other people tell me that they can’t drink a coffee past 3 in the afternoon as they won’t sleep that night.
I never get a buzz from it either, I’m currently drinking super strong coffee with a ‘high caffeine content’ but I don’t feel it does anything to me other than satisfy my taste buds
Why is this?
(I never drink energy drinks or anything else with caffeine in either)
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How quickly people metabolize caffeine depends on what relevant genes they have. I’m very sensitive to it, my wife is impervious to it. People like me are better off quitting. https://old.reddit.com/r/decaf/
Really high metabolism by any chance? My buddy has same issue. He drinks coffee all day. He is tall and skinny, 40ish. Just wondering if theres a link to metabo.
I’ve heard it said before that people with ADD/ADHD react differently to caffeine than those without, and that it often had the opposite affect.
I’ve not spent a while lot of time researching this but I’ve found anecdotes online that make me think there may be some validity.
But I can’t explain anything. Sorry.
I’m a big fan of coffee and out of sheer curiosity, I’ve tried to learn more about how coffee affects our body. So, let me share my insights on the effects of coffee in a more in-depth manner!
Well, coffee is a drink brewed out of coffee beans, which are basically the roasted fruit of the Coffea Arabica bush. It is also said to be the most commonly and largely consumed psychoactive substance in the entire world since coffee has around 85% caffeine content. Caffeine is the psychoactive substance that we feel whenever we have a cup of coffee and its effect is synonymous with that of coffee.
Now, caffeine on its own has no nutritional value. It is also tasteless on its own too. But this substance always causes symptoms when it is in the body. At a minimum, you might feel more energetic, but in due course of time, too much caffeine intake causes withdrawal symptoms. Anything below 400 milligrams of caffeine is considered to be safe. That’s almost 4 cups of coffee, assuming the amount of caffeine isn’t widely varying. Caffeine also acts as a central nervous system stimulant. When it reaches the brain, it sharpens up alertness. The “rush” comes from it as you feel less tired and more awake. It also temporarily relieves drowsiness and fatigue.
The other effects would include triggering a headache if too much caffeine is taken or as a symptom of caffeine withdrawal. But in a smaller dosage, coffee relieves headaches and even alleviates symptoms of a hangover.
If someone isn’t quite used to coffee, caffeine can give you jitters. The jitters might be because of too much caffeine in the bloodstream, thus causing excessive alertness and might cause some level of shakiness or jitteriness.
Now, coming to the cases where someone doesn’t feel the effect of coffee. There might be many possibilities out of which, one might be the case of being hyposensitive to caffeine. People with hyposensitivity to caffeine are naturally “immune” to its effects and this is usually because of genetic makeup. This might apply to you if you never felt the effects of caffeine. It might refer to caffeine sensitivity which is measured by the efficiency of a human body to process and metabolize caffeine. It has been found that this sensitivity has a relation with a person’s unique genetic make-up. About 10% of the human population is hyposensitive to caffeine. Since these people’s bodies are so efficient in processing caffeine that even with a larger dosage (>500mg), the body doesn’t feel its effect and can sleep just fine.
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