Bookshelf
| can't find it |

| browse books |
books
 

| book details |

Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Hooks, Helps and Hurts Us

By (author) Murray Carpenter





This book is currently unavailable. Enquire to check if we can source a used copy


| book description |

Most people can't get through the day without a hit of caffeine. Chances are you're one of them. But do you really know what that daily coffee or coke is doing to your body? Caffeine is a powerful stimulant. It wakes us up, boosts our mood, and offers the potential to improve both our athletic performance and our intellectual prowess. But did you know that caffeine can play a role in health problems such as obesity and anxiety, depending on how it is delivered to the body? Many purveyors of caffeine-based products have ducked regulation for decades - how have they been allowed to get away with this? And are you aware of how caffeine is used to reinforce buying patterns, sharpening our craving for it? From the coffee farms of Guatemala to the world's largest synthetic caffeine factory in China, Murray Carpenter draws on the latest research to reveal the little-known truths about this addictive, largely unregulated drug that we consume every day in coffee, energy drinks, teas, colas, chocolate, and even painkillers.

| product details |



Normally shipped | Enquiries only
Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers
Published date | 2 Jul 2015
Language |
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 288
Dimensions | 197 x 130 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 270g
ISBN | 978-0-0075-7259-5
Readership Age |
BISAC | social science / anthropology / cultural


| other options |


| your trolley |

To view the items in your trolley please sign in.

| sign in |

| specials |

The Memory Collectors: A Novel

Dete Meserve
Paperback / softback
320 pages


Enquiries only


The Ballerina and the Bull: Anarchist Utopias in the Age of Finance

Johanna Isaacson
Paperback / softback
288 pages
was: R 321.95
now: R 289.95
This title will take longer to obtain, and should be delivered in 6-8 weeks

Our moment has seen the resurgence of an anarchist sensibility, from the uprisings in Seattle in 1999 to the Occupy movement of 2011.

Fifteen Dogs

André Alexis
Paperback / softback
176 pages
was: R 315.95
now: R 283.95
Available from overseas. Dispatched in aprox 4-8 weeks as local supplier is out of stock

A pack of dogs are granted the power of human thought - but what will it do to them? A surprising and insightful look at the beauty and perils of consciousness.