Energy drinks—which, beyond high levels of caffeine, also tend to include other supplements like taurine or B vitamins—have a complicated history. (Though Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine: History doesn’t get much more complicated than that.) The modern wave of energy drinks can be traced back to the success of Red Bull in the 1990s. Other brands […]
A recently discovered tea plant, which grows wild in the mountains of China, could provide many of the health benefits associated with regular brewed teas without delivering a boost of caffeine, according to a study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Lead researcher Liang Chen and his team discovered the varietal, called […]
Coffee lovers have a new reason to feel good about their caffeine habit. Research findings published last month in the journal PLOS Biology help to explain the mechanism by which caffeine reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and suggests that a concentration equivalent to four cups of coffee daily may be the amount needed to […]
