Test Your Caffeine IQ

1. True or False: Caffeine can be found in some plants.
2. True or False: Caffeine is eliminated after one hour.
3. True or False: Caffeine can be found in some headache medications.
4. True or False: Caffeine can be found in some skin care products.
5. True or False: Women are more sensitive to caffeine than men.
6. True or False: When intoxicated, caffeine can help you to sober up.
7. True or False: There is a required limit to caffeine content in energy drinks.
8. True or False: Decaffeinated products still have caffeine in them.
9. True or False: Caffeine consumption can decrease bone density.
10. True or False: Mothers can transmit caffeine to their babies in breast milk.

*Answers below!

Caffeine IQ Answers

1. True. Caffeine can be found in 60 different plants.

2. False. It takes 5 to 6 hours for your body to eliminate just half the caffeine in a cup of coffee.

3. True. The most common medicinal use of caffeine is as part of headache management therapy. Caffeine helps the body absorb headache drugs more quickly, bringing faster relief.

4. True. Caffeine can be found in some skin care products. Anti-aging products containing caffeine have been shown to help make skin smoother and reduce the appearance of wrinkles

5. False. Research has shown that men are more sensitive to caffeine than women. Studies found that caffeine tended to harm the performance
of men in stressful situations (such as an office environment), but it improved the performance of women.

6. False. Caffeine has no sobering effects on intoxicated people.

7. False. The FDA limits the caffeine content in soft drinks to 71 mg per 12 oz serving, but there is no legal limit on the amount of caffeine energy drinks can contain. Several energy drinks have more than 100 mg of caffeine per serving, and some have more than 200 mg.

8. True. Decaffeinated products can have up to 2.5 % of caffeine in them.

9. False. Researchers have found no direct link between low bone density and high caffeine intake.

10. True. Babies can get a dose of caffeine from their mothers’ milk. Too much caffeine can cause problems, such as poor sleeping, nervousness, irritability, and poor feeding.