Figured I'd share this instead of starting a new thread since it's on topic of caffeine:
Caffeine could limit damage of chronic stress | Ars Technica
Some interesting stuff. Training is proper application of stress over long periods of time, if caffeine helps reduce the effects of stress, to me it sounds like caffeine could be used as a recovery supplement, beyond its normal ergogenic properties. Jordan?
This seemed to me like the researchers were sort of missing the forest for the trees:
"chemical that selectively blocked the adenosine A2A*receptor mimicked the protective effects of caffeine for chronically stressed mice."
Why not just use good old fashioned caffeine?
I recently also picked up Louise Burke's book on caffeine but haven't finished it. But from what I've read already added to what I've been aware of from personal experience, caffeine is the shizzle.