caffein

jus read an interesting article in the national geographic (not sure if its this month's tho..). well, its about caffein and basically it said that it generally take about an hour for the caffein in coffees to get into our system after consuming it, therefore making the whole "early morning coffee jolt" a sham.. sorta like the placebo effect (more psychological than anything).

however, its important to note that it is scientifically proven that caffein does increase the flow of blood in the brain and so in a way its actually true when some ppl say that they can't operate without their morning coffee (which also explains why some ppl get headaches when they drink coffee). i wonder if all this is a marketing gimmick funded by starbucks to get the masses to consume more of their overpriced, overhyped coffees to fund their world domination. apparently starbucks opens 4 new stores a month somewhere in the world and hires an extra 200 employees in the process - there's a joke about this too: at the rate their going, they're gonna have to build a starbucks in the parking lot of a starbucks!