Journal

Natural Caffeine Alternatives, Compared

"Natural caffeine alternatives" generally refers to caffeine sourced from plants rather than synthesized in a lab, most commonly green coffee extract, green tea, yerba mate, and guarana. All four end...

An Energy Drink for Parents Who Still Perform

It's 5:45 a.m. The house is quiet, the kids are still asleep, and there's a specific, narrow window of time before that changes. Whatever gets done in that window, a...

How to Read an Energy Drink Label

Reading an energy drink label well comes down to six checks: the caffeine amount and its source, sugar grams, calories, whether ingredients are disclosed individually or hidden in a proprietary...

Is 200mg of Caffeine a Lot?

200 mg of caffeine is half of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's commonly cited 400 mg daily guidance for most healthy adults, and it lands close to what you'd...

What Is a Nootropic Stack? A Plain Guide

A nootropic stack is simply a combination of two or more ingredients, taken together, that are commonly associated with focus, alertness, or cognitive performance. "Stacking" just means combining them in...

Natural Caffeine vs. Caffeine Anhydrous

Natural caffeine and caffeine anhydrous are the same molecule, 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine, once they're isolated and dissolved in a can. The difference is where that molecule comes from and how it's processed...