Is Caffeine an Appetite Suppressant?

lauractemple85
lauractemple85 Posts: 109 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I hardly ingest any caffeine. All I drink it water, but today I woke up with a huge headache and took an Excedrine Migrane that contains about as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. I noticed it's now 2:00pm and I'm not hungry for lunch. The only thing I did differently today was take this medicine. Is Caffeine in fact an appetite suppressant?

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  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    That's a pretty well known fact. So, yes.
  • lauractemple85
    lauractemple85 Posts: 109 Member
    That's a pretty well known fact. So, yes.

    I don't keep up on Caffeine facts because I don't drink it. Thanks for your help!
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    That's a pretty well known fact. So, yes.

    I don't keep up on Caffeine facts because I don't drink it. Thanks for your help!

    You'd be surprised what has caffeine, it's not just drinks. Most chocolate has a good amount, as one common example.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-000131000000000000000.html
  • ramonafrincu
    ramonafrincu Posts: 160 Member
    For me, at least, it is. I can drink a coffee at 8 a.m. and than eat around 1, which they say is not good as I don't eat enough calories. Aghhh....
  • T1mH
    T1mH Posts: 568 Member
    Many of the so called appetite suppressant pills have caffeine as a major ingredient. Though like anything else if you take enough, often enough your body will adapt to it.

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