Monday, October 5, 2009

What's Inside a Cup of Coffee?




"Caffeine This is why the world produces more than 16 billion pounds of coffee beans per year. It's actually an alkaloid plant toxin (like nicotine and cocaine), a bug killer that stimulates us by blocking neuroreceptors for the sleep chemical adenosine. The result: you, awake..." http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-10/st_coffee

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