Dimensions
153 x 234 x 26mm
Caffeine has a powerful effect on everything we do - from waking us up to boosting our mood, from enhancing our athletic performance to improving our intellectual prowess. But what about the various ways caffeine is delivered to our body, and how it can cause health problems such as obesity and anxiety, how it is quietly used to reinforce our buying patterns and how - and why - certain brands have ducked regulatory efforts for decades?
Murray Carpenter's story takes us from the coffee farms of central Guatemala to the world's largest synthetic caffeine factory in China, to an energy shot bottler in the US and beyond.
Drawing on the latest research, he brings us the inside perspective of caffeine, revealing the little-known truths about this addictive, largely unregulated drug found in coffee, energy drinks, teas, colas, chocolate, and even pain killers.
