Did You Know? Coffee Doesn't Actually Give You Extra Energy

I feel like my entire adult life is coming crashing down on me.

Coffee, the drink PJ and I most look forward to every morning and every afternoon for that warm, comforting pick-me-up, comes with a catch, apparently.

According to a recent article on The Conversation, they say:

“While it feels energising, this little caffeine intervention is more a loan of the awake feeling, rather than a creation of any new energy.

This is because the caffeine won’t bind forever, and the adenosine that it blocks doesn’t go away. So eventually the caffeine breaks down, lets go of the receptors and all that adenosine that has been waiting and building up latches on and the drowsy feeling comes back – sometimes all at once.

So, the debt you owe the caffeine always eventually needs to be repaid, and the only real way to repay it is to sleep.”

Fascinating! You can read the entire article here.