Caffeine

I think I can officially say that I’ve quit smoking, but I still want to cut out Caffeine completely at some point.

A co-worker posted this link to his Twitter feed today which shows the relationship of calories and caffeine in various products (food, beverages and medicines).

I’m not much of a Coffee drinker, but I do enjoy my overly caffeinated soft-drinks (Diet Mt. Dew, Diet Pepsi Max – or Pepsi Max as it’s just called now I think), and Energy Drinks (NOS, Lo-Carb Monster, Sugar Free Rock Star or “Unleaded” Full Throttle). With the exception of the occasional NOS (which is a once in a while treat) I always get a diet variety, so that kind of cuts out the caloric part of the chart. What amazed me was the amount of caffeine in regular old brewed coffee vs. the “Energy Drink” they listed. It seems I’m not doing as badly as I thought!

I need to go do some specific research on the particular beverages which I drink in the AM to see just how my caffeine intake compares to my coffee slurping co-workers.