Energy drinks

[Triot]

Drinking lot of shot and battery, only experiencing progress. Vegetables
are healthy, so potato chips are healthy to. Have these spiritual food
programs ever been firmly investigated and verified that some products
delay or is an obstacle to anything?

A couple of years ago the newspaper printed here that potato chips
could lead to cancer. Suddenly the sales of potato chips dropped by
..think it was 40-60%. Bet if they wrote that it was dangerous to eat
apples at certain times at day, people would be more careful about
eating apples.

[CFTraveler]

Actually it was reported (a while ago) that apples were sprayed with alar which is a carcinogen. I don't know if sales dropped but I remember getting more serious about buying organic.

About diet and such, I think diets are useful for general health, but IMO they don't have a lot to do with spiritual development, because even if you do something noble like becoming vegetarian to spare the animals it has an ego-massaging effect. So I think you should eat whatever fulfills you, whether it's for health, or for how you feel in your position in the universe. But don't expect spiritual development as a reward- I don't think it works like that.

JMO, of course.

[ButterflyWoman]

Caffeine increases production of stomach acid.

Yeah. I believe it also has some effect on the sphincter muscle at the top of the stomach, so that it relaxes and more stomach acid can make its way out (or maybe I'm thinking of something else...).

Well, I had a cup of coffee this morning. I make my own espresso (on the stove top). Espresso actually has less caffeine than people think, as a lot of it is destroyed by the steam, apparently. Mmmmm. Cafe au lait.... Generally, one cup of my own coffee isn't enough to cause a problem (unless it's brewed coffee, then it can be problematic).

I don't actually know how much I have to consume to set off the heart palpitations. I definitely avoid having enough to find out (palpitations are mostly harmless but they're incredibly uncomfortable and downright frightening at times).

I don't want anyone to think I'm against the consumption of caffeine. I just have significant problems with caffeine and it's partly due to having seriously overindulged in the stuff when I was younger, so I like to remind people that while it's mostly harmless, too much is bad for you. That's what too much means.

[Tom]

It helps to eat some food when you take caffeine. It is easier on your stomach if you have something for the acid to digest other than your stomach itself.

Caffeine sublimates when heated, like dry ice.