Caffeine reduces pain some in heavy users
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., March 31 (UPI) –
Caffeine-naive individuals and habitual users have the same amount of reduction in pain during exercise after caffeine consumption, U.S. researchers say.
University of Illinois kinesiology and community health professor Robert Motl said the study’s 25 participants were fit, college-age males divided into two distinct groups — subjects whose everyday caffeine consumption was extremely low to non-existent and those with an average caffeine intake of about 400 milligrams a day — the equivalent of three to four cups of coffee.
After completing an initial exercise test in the lab on an ergometer, or stationary cycle, subjects returned for two monitored high-intensity, 30-minute exercise sessions.
An hour prior to each session, cyclists, who had been instructed not to consume caffeine during the prior 24-hour period, were given a pill. On one occasion, it contained a dose of caffeine measuring 5 milligrams per kilogram of body weight — equiva…
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