Java's Jolt Larger for Non-Coffee Drinkers

Legend has it that an ancient Ethiopian goat herder first discovered coffee’s stimulating effects when he noticed his animals becoming frisky after eating the wild plant. Centuries later, java is still giving people a buzz. Yet much about coffee’s physiological effects remains poorly understood. For instance, the more often a person drinks a cup of joe, the less of an effect the substance seems to have. Now new research, published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, investigates this problem by looking at the impact of coffee consumption on exercise capacity in daily drinkers and non-drinkers.

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