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  1. burtlancast

    Coffee Helps Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

    Not sure if this ties with Ray's true causes of diabetes type 2 ( he doesn't see the pancreas as a culprit) but it does add to the already known qualities of coffee. From Sepp Hasselberger's blog http://www.scoop.it/t/health-supreme?page=44
  2. Philomath

    caffeinated e-cigarette

    Has anyone used one of the "new" caffeinated e-cigarettes? The amount of caffeine per cigarette (refill) is low, but supposedly it is more effective because it is absorbed in the lungs. Websites claim the only potential danger is that no studies have been done to determine long term effects of...
  3. haidut

    Coffee May Prevent Tinnitus

    The study claims that the beneficial effects is due to caffeine. If tinnitus is commonly caused by stomach issues, then caffeine is probably protective for the gut. I posted a study some time ago that showed caffeine being protective for IBS, and excessive gut serotonin...
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  4. B

    Does Caffeine Plug Your Ears?

    When I take caffeine after not taking it for a while, my ears plug. I think this is due to an allergy to it. Both caffeine capsules and coffee does this. I read that caffeine can mask an allergy by increasing cortisol and adrenalin. Both are used in cases of allergic reactions. I dropped...
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  5. J

    Caffeine Supplements

    What are some good brands? Dan suggested the powder from purebulk, as it has no additives. But I don't want to have pure caffeine around, as it's deadly if a child by accident takes a few grams. Haidut mentioned he used a product by Nutrakey. It doesn't have any additives except the gelatin...
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  6. haidut

    Caffeine protects the gastric mucosa from NSAIDs and alcohol

    The alcohol case is clear and it is well known that it damages the mucosa. The drug used to induce damage was ibuprofen, but I don't see why the results and conclusions would not translate to aspirin as well, thus making an even stronger case for combining aspirin with caffeine. Effective human...
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  7. haidut

    Caffeine may help with asthma

    The effect is modest, but it supports the model of SSRE drugs like tianeptine as effective for asthma and the causative link between serotonin ans asthma. Ray has written that caffeine increases the uptake of serotonin similar to SSRE drugs. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10796597...
  8. haidut

    Caffeine Is A Strong Antiviral Agent

    As such it may be helpful for a large number of conditions ranging from the common cold to HIV. In fact, it seems that many of the pharma antiviral drugs used for herpes, HIV, and so on are in fact caffeine-based. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8700184 "...Three purine nucleoside...
  9. haidut

    Caffeine Protects Blood-brain Barrier From Endotoxin Damage

    Ray has written that people with MS, AD, PD, etc all have increased permeability of the blood brain barrier, usually caused by endotoxin. The following studies claim that caffeine has a protective and restorative effect on the barrier function, and as such may be helpful in neurological...
  10. haidut

    Caffeine Decreases Exhaled Nitric Oxide

    The levels of NO in the breath are useful in predicting asthma attacks as well as GI issues. If caffeine is helpful in lowering breath NO it suggests it may be helpful in both asthma and GI conditions. Human dosage was 200mg. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11923558 "...Caffeine causes a...
  11. haidut

    Caffene restores lowered cytochrome C oxidase activity

    The study was focused on the negative effects of sepsis on heart muscle, but I don't see why the effects would not apply to cytochrome C elsewhere it the body: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19242342 "...Caffeine restored CcOX activity and increased left ventricular pressure and +/-dP/dt...
  12. haidut

    Caffeine can be used to manage IBS / IBD and Chron's

    I know people with IBS who swear by their morning coffee and cigarette. I am not encouraging smoking of course. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23925589 "...Development of acute colitis is reduced upon caffeine treatment. The mechanism involves the down-regulation of CHI3L1 expression and...
  13. haidut

    Caffeine acts like a sunscreen and may prevent skin cancer

    In combination with aspirin and niacinamide it has no equal in the commercial sunscreen world. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23785666 "...Mechanism studies indicate that caffeine has a sunscreen effect that inhibits UVB-induced formation of thymine dimers and sunburn lesions in the...
  14. haidut

    Caffeine Is A Strong Antibacterial Agent

    As such, it may be useful instead of antibiotics or in addition to the carrot salad and/or charcoal for the purposes of clearing up SIBO and other stomach problems. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125025 "...Caffeine and aminophylline had the ability to inhibit many strains of...
  15. haidut

    Caffeine Is A Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor

    Another point for caffeine, even though the reported effectiveness is weak. I always wondered why I seemed to get similar effects on breathing (shallower and more efficient) form caffeine and acetazolamide. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21612376 "...Caffeine and piperine were extracted...
  16. haidut

    Caffeine acts similarly to pCPA in the brain

    In case anybody needed a pCPA substitute, this study claims that chronic caffeine ingestion will have a similar effect. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7475912 "...The findings are discussed as repeated caffeine administration producing adaptive changes in the serotonergic neurons to...
  17. Peata

    Caffeine as diuretic

    I've been having issue with water retention for some time now. A while back, I lost 7# in one week and gained pretty much all of it back overnight. I often feel swollen, especially breasts, belly... I've increased salt, lowered liquid, and can do more experiments with salt, but what about...
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  18. haidut

    Caffeine Increases Pregnenolone & Progesterone In The Brain

    As a follow up on my other posts, caffeine is really shaping up to be another Peatarian panacea. At doses achievable in humans with supplementation, caffeine seems to increase the levels of all important steroids in the brain, and in fact this may be the mechanism behind its stimulant effects...
  19. haidut

    Caffeine Increases DHT By Enhancing 5-alpha Reductase

    I know many people who have taken drugs like Finasteride for hair loss and prostate enlargement (BPH). The mechanism of action of those drugs is inhibition of the enzyme 5-alpha reductase (5-AR) and thus lowering levels of DHT, since DHT is blamed for the hair and prostate issues. Actually, DHT...
  20. haidut

    Chronic Caffeine Ingestion Increases T And DHT Levels

    There have been several threads on this forum about raising testosterone (T) levels in males, and especially dihydrotestosterone (DHT) levels. DHT is considered the "king" of male hormones since it does not aromatize into estrogen (E), has very strong anabolic (i.e. building muscle and reducing...
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