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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100142181803

ISBN-139780142181805

eBay Product ID (ePID)202428919

Product Key Features

Book TitleCaffeinated : How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicFood Science, Beverages / Coffee & Tea, Healthy Living, Pharmacology, History, Psychopathology / Addiction

GenreCooking, Technology & Engineering, Health & Fitness, Psychology, Medical

AuthorMurray Carpenter

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8 Oz

Item Length8.1 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Synopsis"You'll never think the same way about your morning cup of coffee."--Mark McClusky, editor in chief of Wired.com and author of Faster, Higher, Stronger Journalist Murray Carpenter has been under the influence of a drug for nearly three decades. And he's in good company, because chances are you're hooked, too. Humans have used caffeine for thousands of years. A bitter white powder in its most essential form, a tablespoon of it would kill even the most habituated user. This addictive, largely unregulated substance is everywhere--in places you'd expect (like coffee and chocolate) and places you wouldn't (like chewing gum and fruit juice), and Carpenter reveals its impact on soldiers, athletes, and even children. It can make you stronger, faster, and more alert, but it's not perfect, and its role in health concerns like obesity and anxiety will surprise you. Making stops at the coffee farms of central Guatemala, a synthetic caffeine factory in China, and an energy shot bottler in New Jersey, among numerous other locales around the globe, Caffeinated exposes the high-stakes but murky world of caffeine, drawing on cutting-edge science and larger-than-life characters to offer an unprecedented understanding of America's favorite drug.