4thace reviewed Caffeine by Michael Pollan
Review of 'Caffeine' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This is a short Audible original describing what it is like to quit caffeine for a few months and then take it up again, with a few passages on the history and pharmacology of its use. It is a slender premise. After a bount of cardiac issues twelve years ago I was told to quit using caffeine for my own good, so to me a three month hiatus seems almost like a blip. So maybe I had both less to learn here and more at stake personally, and can't judge fairly whether the average person woould find this worthwhile. For me it isn't a matter of choice for exactly the opposite reason the vast majority of young and active workers relying on it to get through their days. The load that coffee and rea cultivation places on the Earth's resources is a little alarming in light of the face of …
This is a short Audible original describing what it is like to quit caffeine for a few months and then take it up again, with a few passages on the history and pharmacology of its use. It is a slender premise. After a bount of cardiac issues twelve years ago I was told to quit using caffeine for my own good, so to me a three month hiatus seems almost like a blip. So maybe I had both less to learn here and more at stake personally, and can't judge fairly whether the average person woould find this worthwhile. For me it isn't a matter of choice for exactly the opposite reason the vast majority of young and active workers relying on it to get through their days. The load that coffee and rea cultivation places on the Earth's resources is a little alarming in light of the face of global warming threatening its climatic zone. I thought the short account of how rigorous it is to harvest coffee was one of the most interesting parts of this, and wish there were one devoted to the skill of picking tea leaves too.
