101 Foods Highest in caffeine (based on levels per 200 Calories)
101 Foods Highest in caffeine (based on levels per 200 Calories)
From http://www.nutritiondata.com/foods-0...000000000.html
The top 10 (of a total of 101) is:
1) 4710 mg: Coffee, brewed, espresso, restaurant-prepared
2) 4000 mg: Tea, brewed, prepared with tap water [black tea]
3) 4000 mg: Tea, brewed, prepared with distilled water [black tea]
4) 3400 mg: Tea, instant, unsweetened, powder
5) 3000 mg: Carbonated beverage, low calorie, other than cola or pepper, with aspartame, with caffeine [soft drink, soda, pop]
6) 2800 mg: Carbonated beverage, low calorie, cola or pepper-type, with aspartame, contains caffeine
7) 2610 mg: Coffee, instant, regular, powder
8) 2600 mg: Coffee, instant, regular, prepared with water
9) 2600 mg: Tea, instant, unsweetened, powder, prepared
10) 2200 mg: Carbonated beverage, low calorie, cola or pepper-types, with sodium saccharin, contains caffeine
Link: Coffee: The Great Energy Sapper
http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/cof...ml#restarticle
http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/ima...feineblues.jpg
Excerpt from the article:
"The effects of caffeine on the body are well researched, but you never hear about them in your newspaper. You never hear about them anywhere because the whole nation, if not the whole world, is addicted to caffeine. Doctors, journalists, scientists, writers Š everyone drinks coffee. Those whose job is to inform us are usually heavy coffee drinkers. And few of them ever rise up to speak against this popular drug.
But one did. His name is Stephen Cherniske, a scientist who spent 10 years of his life researching the effects of caffeine on the body and compiling them in a shocking document, 'Caffeine Blues.' On the first page of this book we can read:
- Caffeine can't provide energy, only chemical stimulation and induced emergency state that can lead to irritability, mood swings, and panic attacks.
- Caffeine's ultimate mood effect can be letdown, which can lead to depression and chronic fatigue.
- Caffeine gives the illusion of heightened alertness by dilating pupils, quickening heart rate, and raising blood pressure. In fact, caffeine does not increase overall mental activity.
I have read 'Caffeine Blues' and selected the most relevant information and quotes out of it for this article."
Caffeine...ruins nutrients?
Does caffeine hurt the nutrients in foods?
I like to warm some soymilk and add French Vanilla instant coffee to it for a "cappucino" taste. Sometimes I like to drink normal black tea in the mornings with breakfast. Am I harming my nutrient in take?
I don't drink soy milk plain (very rarely) and I don't really like leafy green veggies (*GASP*), so I kinda do rely on it for a lot of calcium and one of the ways I like to get my soy milk is through my little cappucinos I make.
Is this bad?
Re: Caffeine...ruins nutrients?
I've read it does.
It hurts the B vitamins especially (including the ever-important B12) but I can't find my source for this.
slightly OT - You don't like any leafy green veggies? None at all?