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Original Source: The Effects of Caffeine and L-theanine Both Alone and in Combination on Cerebral Blood Flow, Cognition and Mood
Although the beneficial effects of caffeine on cognition and mood have been reported in a number of studies, relatively few studies have looked at the effects of caffeine in combination with other phytonutrients despite the fact that caffeine is seldom consumed in isolation. L-theanine is a naturally occurring amino-acid found in tea, and has been used historically as a relaxing agent (Haskell et al., 2008). Few have assessed the impact of l-theanine on cognition, but of thos...
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Examining Caffeine's Effect On Cognitive Tasks, Food Pairing
Does caffeine intake affect liking of foods? Since 1977, there has been a 70% increase in caffeine consumption among children and adolescents. Whether it is coffee, tea, soda, or energy drinks, our ch...
The Effects Of Energy Drinks On Physical And Cognitive Performance Of Cyclists
Consumption of energy drinks containing caffeine may have beneficial effects on exercise but probably not for mental function. The effects of pre-exercise caffeine consumption by trained cyclists on r...
New Wrigley Gum Offers Caffeine Boost
Wrigley is launching a new chewing gum called Alert Energy Caffeine Gum which offers a boost of caffeine. The new product is aimed at consumers between the ages of 25 and 49 who may have quit their ha...
Wrigley's New Caffeine Gum Raises Concerns
Each piece of Wrigley's new Alert Energy caffeine gum has more caffeine than what is in a 12 ounce can of Coke, or the equivalent to a half a cup of coffee, raising concern among some doctors as to po...
Caffeine in diet supplements vary widely
By Genevra Pittman, ReutersNEW YORK - The amount of caffeine in diet supplements varies widely and product labels are often inaccurate or have no caffeine information at all, according to a new...
New studies examine caffeine's effect on cognitive tasks, food pairing
(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) Since 1977, there has been a 70 percent increase in caffeine consumption among children and adolescents. Whether it is coffee, tea, soda, or...
Journal of Caffeine Research: FDA needs to be vigilant, proactive in regulating caffeine
Caffeine is being added to a growing number of food and drink products, including energy drinks, snack foods, and even gum, that are often marketed to adolescents and children.
Should caffeine be a regulated substance?
Caffeine-related toxicity, deaths, and near-deaths are an undeniable fact. In Sweden, for example, four people died as a result of confirmed caffeine-related causes in one year. Yet caffeine use conti...
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Acute caffeine consumption enhances the executive control of visual attention in habitual consumers.
Recent work suggests that a dose of 200-400mg caffeine can enhance both vigilance and the executive control of visual attention in individuals with low caffeine consumption profiles. The present study...
Assessing Executive Function in Preschoolers.
Executive function develops at an unprecedented rate during the preschool period, yet few clinicians attempt to assess executive processes in young children. The primary objective of this article is t...
Caffeine enhances working memory for extraverts.
Using a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled design we examined the effects of caffeine on working memory (WM) as a function of extraverted personality. Participants (N=59) received 200mg of caf...
Implicit attenuation of subsequent emotion by cognitive activity.
The successful regulation of emotion relies heavily on executive function. Until very recently, however, the specific effects of executive function activity on other processes havereceived relatively...
Behavioural effects of compounds co-consumed in dietary forms of caffeinated plants.
Research into the cognitive and mood effects of caffeine in human subjects has highlighted some fairly robust and well-accepted effects. However, the majority of these studies have focused on caffeine...
