Caffeinated
How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us

This is a confused book. It doesn't know whether to be a documentary, a tribute, a confession, or an exposé. Perhaps that's because caffeine is a confusing drug. Today, it's legal and ubiquitous; but had it just been discovered last week, it would NEVER be an over-the-counter med, much less the secr......more

Gostei bastante. Mostra como a cafeína é usada em todo tipo de produto para vender mais; a maioria dos refrigerantes mais vendidos são cafeinados. Como surgem os energéticos e todo tipo de produto como chicletes, shots, aditivos pra outras bebidas, todos com cafeína sintética. Até mesmo em produtos......more

While this book felt a bit like homework at times, I did learn a lot about caffeine. Carpenter does a good job of reviewing caffeine from all sides, not really pushing you to be for or against the substance. After reading, I'm more aware of what caffeine can do, the type of products that have it, an......more

This was good. It also made me feel a little stupid. I always took caffeine for granted, not just in coffee and tea, but in soda too. I figured Coke and Pepsi had caffeine because they just did, colas just had caffeine. The fact that this did not explain why Mountain Dew, or Sunkist, also had caffei......more

very interesting, and a great follow up to "Salt, Sugar, Fat." America is addicted to caffeine, and not just with coffee. The author goes into detail on the history of caffeine in America, behind the scenes of soft drink and energy drink companies and how they target specific segments of the populat......more