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Murray Carpenter – Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks UsBook DescriptionPublication Date: March 13, 2014The additive that flows under the radarThe most popular drug in America is a white powder. No, not that powder. This is caffeine in its most essential state. And Caffeinated reveals the little-known truth about this addictive, largely unregulated drug found in coffee, energy drinks, teas, colas, chocolate, and even pain relievers.We’ll learn why caffeine has such a powerful effect on everything from boosting our mood to improving our athletic performance as well as how—and why—brands such as Coca-Cola have ducked regulatory efforts for decades. We learn the differences in the various ways caffeine is delivered to the body, how it is quietly used to reinforce our buying patterns, and how it can play a role in promoting surprising health problems like obesity and anxiety.Drawing on the latest research, Caffeinated brings us the inside perspective at the additive that Salt Sugar Fat overlooked. Review’Riding a buzz clearly generated by its subject, Murray Carpenter’s Caffeinated takes readers around the world on a journey that brings humanity’s favourite drug to life, in all its glory and grime. You’ll never think the same way about your morning cup of coffee again.’ Mark McClusky, Editor, Wired.com ‘Caffeinated offers a fascinating, often disturbing look at [our] favourite recreational drug. The book is another reminder that some people will do just about anything to make money – at the expense of our health.’ Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation and Command and Control ‘Caffeinated is a surprising expose of the “caffeine industrial complex,” the industry that markets this substance in every form it can. This book compellingly argues that the health hazards of excessive caffeine intake need more attention and better regulation. I’m convinced. You will be too.’ Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University, and author of What to EatAbout the AuthorMurray Carpenter is a journalist who reports on caffeine-related stories for the New York Times, NPR, and PRI’s The World. His work has also been featured in the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor, Popular Mechanics, and other media outlets. He holds a degree in psychology from the University of Colorado and an MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana, and has worked as a medical lab assistant in Ohio, a cowboy in Colombia, a farmhand in Virginia, and an oil-exploring “juggie” in Wyoming. Print Length: 289 pagesPublisher: Hudson Street Press (March 13, 2014)Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLCLanguage: EnglishAmazon rating, 4.5 out of 5 starswww.amazon.com/Caffeinated-Daily-Habit-Helps-Hurts-ebook/pro…