Giornale sport - Sport and caffeine, a turbulent relationship
Who can't wait to start the day, after waking up and before washing up, with a little straight coffee? Or with a nice creamy macchiato? According to data, there are many, and coffee is still one of the most popular beverages in many countries and in Switzerland, where an average of more than 1000 cups per person per year are drunk.
Swiss companies, led by Nespresso, export more than twice as much coffee as chocolate and cheese combined!
But what makes coffee so popular, even - and especially - among athletes? The answer is at first glance simple: caffeine. Or, pharmacologically speaking, trimethylxanthine (TMX), with its numerous physiological effects that have made coffee, but also tea and cocoa, such a popular beverage. And how does it work?
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