Caffeine has pain numbing effect?

A few inches for summer;

As summer moves closer many of us are searching for ways to trim a few inches off of our waist. There are a few ways you can easily do this without missing out on much. Try some of these and before you know it you will have a smaller waist.

1) Avoid all processed sugar. If it’s in a package and man-made. Lose it!

2) Eat processed carbohydrates only around your workout times.

3) Replace 90% of snacks with fruit, vegetables, and nuts.

4) Take each meal and push 1/5 of it off of your plate.

5) Do not eat until you sit down for a meal.

6) Eat only at the table and do not watch TV or read emails at the same time.

7) Do not drink any liquid calories (remember a can of coke is 140 calories).


Caffeine can actually decrease muscle pain when we exercise intensely?

Researchers at the University of Illinois examined the effects of caffeine on thigh pain during intense bouts of cycling. College aged men were split into two groups based on previous caffeine habits; one group that had consumed less than 100mg of caffeine on a daily basis and the other group that had consumed more than 400mg of caffeine on a daily basis (that’s a lot of caffeine!).

The researchers had the men ingest either a placebo or caffeine capsule (5mg/kg of bodyweight) 1 hour prior to a 30 minute high intensity exercise session on the bike. The men who ingested the caffeine reported lower perceived pain during exercise (statistically significant) compared to the placebo group! Suggesting that caffeine may have a pain numbing effect during exercise (specifically on the thighs during high intensity cycling).
[Pain was subjectively rated on a scale of 1-10]

[International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 2009, 19, 150-161]