Caffeine: Why do Athlete and Public Health Recommendations Differ?
- allygallop
- Jul 13, 2024
- 7 min read
Updated: Mar 23
Coffee and caffeine use are prevalent throughout sport, as caffeine is known to improve alertness and is often part of a preparatory or competition-day ritual. Aguilar-Navarro et al. (2019) reported that 75% of athletes consume caffeine around competition. (1)
When I transitioned from working in the public health/clinical nutrition space and into sport, what surprised me was how different the dosing recommendations seemed to be. Why is the average person limited to 400 milligrams caffeine daily when athletes are recommended caffeine doses based off their body weights that may allow for single doses beyond 400 mg?
In this article, I’m going to review:
How caffeine works.
Dosing: Health versus performance.
How caffeine is metabolized.
Caffeine stacking.
Fun fact: The morning poop.
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