So hypothetically, what would happen if you did not consume any caffeine for 30 days?

This is actually very interesting. Over 85% of adults in the US consume some type of beverage that

gives some caffeine, usually in the form of coffee or tea. Children consume a tremendous amount of

caffeine, doing sodas and energy drinks. Now, I will totally admit this right up front. I am

addicted to coffee, okay? But I don't have that much. I mean, it looks like this

cup is really large, but if you get the relative size, it's pretty small. This is so much coffee I

have every single day, only in the morning. Simply because I use to abuse it in college, I use to drink

pots of very, very strong coffee. It kind of burnt out my adrenals. But caffeine is the most widely

consumed mind-altering drug on the planet. And people drink it on a habit. They just like the taste.

Some people drink it to increase their energy. I drink it for creativity. It does actually seem

to help me become more creative in the morning. But in reality, not because it gives me energy,

it just basically makes me more awake. And so there is some data or studies that shows that caffeine can

increase a certain conceptual memory, reasoning, reaction speed, mood, and even spatial memory.

And those people that have insomnia, they're fatigued, or they have jet lag. It's in 60 different

plants. And the reason why plants make it, they make it as a pesticide to kill insects by either

killing them directly or stenting their growth. But it works slightly different in humans, okay?

In humans, it's involved in a very specific neurotransmitter called adenosine.

Now, adenosine has many different functions in the body. One of the ones that relate to caffeine

is that it's involved in the promotion of your sleep cycles. So it helps you go to sleep at night.

So let's pretend this is adenosine, the neurotransmitter, and this is the receptor to activate it,

okay, in the cells. So it goes in there, and then it opens up this, which basically activates

your ability to start feeling tired and sleepy. So that's what adenosine does. But what caffeine does

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