Nutritionist blasts Duke professor over claim that synthetic caffeine differs from natural

Nutritionist blasts Duke professor over claim that synthetic caffeine differs from natural

A heated debate has erupted in the nutrition community after Duke professor Dr. Layne Norton criticized claims that synthetic caffeine differs meaningfully from its natural counterpart. The controversy centers around viral social media content describing the industrial production process of synthetic caffeine in alarming detail. The dispute began when nutrition content creator Valerie Anne Smith shared information about synthetic caffeine manufa…