Image Credit: Raimond Klavins, Unsplash Caffeine and the Blood StreamĬoffee contains around 80-95 mg of caffeine per cup, which is a lot higher than the caffeine (theine) content of tea.
It can help you focus better throughout a particularly difficult task but it won’t give you that big boost of energy that a cup of coffee might. The result is a more leveled dose of caffeine over a period of time, rather than a spike of energy that leads to an eventual crash. Besides possibly slowing down the aging of the skin, the polyphenols slow down the absorption of caffeine (theine, in tea lingo) and release it into the bloodstream over a period of around 4-5 hours. Tea leaves contain polyphenols, which are naturally occurring antioxidants that are responsible for quite a few different effects. Image Credit: Pixabay Theine and Polyphenols
The difference lies in the other active components in the tea leaves, which cause a different stimulating reaction than coffee. But what exactly is theine? Surprisingly, as we mention above, theine and caffeine are the same chemical compound. While it’s always been known that tea can be handy to focus the mind, the discovery of caffeine and theine is fairly recent. Tea has been widely consumed for centuries, whether for a calming or stimulating effect. NOTE: Theine and theanine are not the same! Theanine is an amino acid and has completely different effects than theine.
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