Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World
by Michael Pollan
Pollan quits caffeine for three months and investigates the drug most of us take daily: history, sleep, dependence, benefits. Short and eye-opening.
Read it if…
you drink coffee and have never thought about it.
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Skip it if…
you want a long book.
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Three things you will actually use
- Caffeine shapes sleep more than you think.
- Dependence is universal and mild.
- Know your drug.
Do this first
Read it, then notice your own use.
Our verdict
Pollan on caffeine.
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