Caffeine in Your Blood Could Affect Body Fat And Diabetes Risk, Study Shows

There are those who cannot start the day without it and according to the scientific literature its moderate consumption could have a beneficial effect on our health. Coffee is the second most consumed drink in the world, behind the water, and the science tells that the best time to consume it is between 9:30 and 11:30 hours. The explanation to this is that the levels of cortisol (hydrocortisone), the stress hormone, decreases and that is why it …

Caffeine in Your Blood Could Affect Body Fat And Diabetes Risk, Study Shows

The levels of caffeine in your blood could affect the amount of body fat you carry, a factor that in turn could determine your risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Those are the findings of a 2023 study that used genetic markers to establish a more definitive link between caffeine levels, BMI, and type 2 diabetes risk.The research team, from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, the University of Bristol in the UK, a…

The levels of caffeine in blood may interfere (positively) with the amount of body fat it carries, a factor that can determine its risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. These are the findings of a 2023 study that used genetic markers to establish a more definitive link between caffeine levels, IMC and type 2.

Caffeine’s Dirty Little Secret

Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: Getty On Tuesday, curiosity finally got the best of me. How potent could Panera’s Charged Lemonades really be? Within minutes of my first sip of the hyper-caffeinated drink in its strawberry-lemon-mint flavor, I understood why memes have likened it to an illicit drug. My vision sharpened; sweat slicked my palms. Laced with more caffeine than a typical energy drink, Panera’s Charged Lemonade has been implicated i…