Comments on: Caffeine is worse for you than alcohol and tobacco

By: coffee lover

coffee lover — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:15:32 +0000

Well everything that is too much is bad for you. But I don’t think caffeine is worse than smoking tobacco.

By: brad

brad — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:52:21 +0000

Some people use caffeine because they think it helps them, just the same way people smoke tobacco none of them are good for you and i believe they are both are just as bad and im a smoker and i love caffeine but it was easy for me to quiet smoking then to cut off the caffeine when i was pregnant….

By: tyler

tyler — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:18:31 +0000

clearly you cant read, i corrected my error in the subsequent post.

By: Chrisfs

Chrisfs — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:44:05 +0000

“caffeine is the most anti-oxidant rich food on the planet.”

Caffeine is not a food. It is a specific molecule. As such, it has no anti-oxidants, soda has very few if any anti-oxidants in it.

By: This Week Last Year: Caffeine and Running Books @ Run to Win

This Week Last Year: Caffeine and Running Books @ Run to Win — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:47:47 +0000

[...] week last year, I claimed that caffeine is worse for you than alcohol or tobacco. I fully admit that I’m prejudiced, but at least here in the United States I think that [...]

By: tyler

tyler — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:34:35 +0000

*coffee s the most anti-oxidant rich food on the planet.

By: tyler

tyler — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:54:01 +0000

I understand your personal dislike for caffeine, and that it isnt for everybody, and that is it is easy to become dependent on, but to suggest that it is worse for you than tobacco or alchohal is silly.
Tobacco is a carcinogen, and alchohal can cause serious physical damage to your body.

caffeine is the most anti-oxidant rich food on the planet. It helped my performance at running and lifting weights tremendously, as well as helping me perform better in college.

i think you should present a balanced view thats all.

By: A bit of Humor: How to Quit Drinking Caffeine @ Run to Win

A bit of Humor: How to Quit Drinking Caffeine @ Run to Win — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:34:37 +0000

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By: Sasha Pachev

Sasha Pachev — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:56:18 +0000

I agree. Technically, a caffeine user will outrun a caffeine free smoker (not many people in that category, caffeine addition usually precedes nicotine addiction). But still, I believe if we want to see a sub-2:00 marathon, the right guy will need to give up caffeine. I have not had any since I joined the LDS church 14 years ago. Now at the age of 33 I can race a marathon at 90% of my max heart rate start to finish. My biomechanics limit my speed and economy, so I am stuck at 2:24 for the marathon, but I am thankful for being able to do that with my limitations, and attribute it in part to being caffeine free for a long time.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:07:58 +0000

I don’t point at any hard data that it is worse. It is my opinion that it is worse (as mentioned above) because it is not regulated and it is not usually considered an addictive substance. Our children tend to get hooked on and abuse caffeine at a much earlier age than they do with tobacco or alcohol.

Plus, in my personal experience, neither tobacco or alcohol contributed to my going blind for two weeks, so I have a personal reason above and beyond the health issues for disliking caffeine.