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At this point in my life, coffee does absolutely nothing to discernibly change my energy levels. Sure, I can stave off a fierce caffeine headache with my morning cup, but by the time I’m on refill #3 and still falling asleep, it’s fairly clear that my tolerance is now so high that caffeine isn’t even beneficial anymore. But what if we could change the way coffee worked in our bodies so that our first, shitty k-cup of the day would give us enough energy for the entire day without having to constantly keep going back to the break room? Researchers at Nestle think they may have done exactly that.
Nestle focused their research on cubosomes, which are essentially the tiny little drug dealers of your body that take the important caffeine molecules to the right places. For the first time, Nestle was able to see inside these little guys to figure out how they work, and then change them for our benefit. By selecting where in the molecule’s structure the caffeine goes, scientists realized they could time its release, making caffeine a slow-releasing drug that may be able to keep you energized for the entire day.
We’re not sure exactly when we can expect to see this slow-release coffee, but know that it’s coming – Nestle didn’t funnel millions into scientific research just for a cool PGP news article. Will it work? Will it taste like chocolate milk? Will this finally be what kicks my $12 a day Starbucks habit? Only time will tell, but for the sake of my work productivity, let’s all keep our fingers crossed that this is the savior we’ve all been hoping for. The future is now, people. .
[via Nestle]
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Steph W.
Steph W. is a new Master's degree graduate with an intern's salary and six-figure taste. She realizes her expectations far exceed reality, so she spends her days pinning away Loubs she pretends are in her physical closet instead of her virtual one. Her hobbies include attempting to trapping her boyfriend into marriage before he finds out how insane she is and pretending that Black Box wine tastes as good as the kind she could afford when she was gainfully employed. Send her tips for getting out of student debt at recruitchairtsm@gmail.com
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It’s already been invented…it’s called meth and it lasts for about 48 hours.
I was about to say I think Mr. white already cracked this case.
That $60 a week you spend on Starbucks could be put to so much better use if you just drank the sub-par office coffee
Literally the first thing I thought.
$12 a day at the bar though is a totally different story.
Or just spend that 60$ on one bar tab Thursday Friday or Saturday night. Where I live that 60$ would most likely have me stumbling out of the bar.
Yes please. I’m on the 6-10 cups a day plan and lets just say the office toilets probably call me Van Gogh
I really hope that you don’t spend $12 a day at Starbucks, unless you’re also getting some kind of food product. All millennial jokes aside, that’s just throwing money away.
This already exists in pill form- Adderall XR…
Jesus man, keep some k-cups in your cube. Money saved right there
Wait. So your all about never leaving your desk for anything other then deucing on the clock? What is wrong with you!
So 5 hour energy?