Okay, so read the article (unfortunately, I'm tired enough that even my sciency brain glazed over on some parts so will need to reread it when I can focus my science back into it) I've heard of a lot of these supplements and how they can do this or do that, so it's good to see an article that looks a little more in depth to some of the claims made. I'm not a supplement user (I can barely get myself to take my multi vitamin every day) but I think this is an article I'll keep in my file for the next time somebody says that I should get something because it will help me lift better/have more energy/lose weight.

Oh and I do want to point out one teeny thing they didn't mention in the concerns about caffeine: it can cause fibroid cysts in women, a little TMI, but I'm going to share anyway: I used to be a caffeine drinker until about 18 years ago when a doctor told me I was developing fibroid cysts and he told me the causes, including caffeine (the only one of the causes of fibroid cysts that he listed that I was consistently exposed to) when I talked to my mother about it, she told me (which I did not know at the time) that my sister's breast cancer was actually a fibroid cyst that had turned cancerous (my sister was diagnosed with malignant breast cancer at 21-she's 42 now- and she was exposed to more of the causes of fibroid cysts than I was.) I stopped caffeine cold turkey that day and other than the occasional accidental exposure (when I decide to have soda and I get a coke instead of root beer) I've only had caffeine intentionally once since then (earlier this year when my dad and I drove straight through from Florida to Massachusetts to meet my nephew and I drove the night shift, I had caffeine so I could stay awake for the night, stopped drinking it as soon as we got there)