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Caffeine tablets are used to relieve fatigue and tiredness, enhance physical performance, and to and help athletes train harder and longer. <ref>http://www.runtheplanet.com/trainingracing/nutrition/caffeine.asp</ref> as well as being used as a [[weight loss]] aid<ref>[http://www.bodybuildingtipsguide.com/Diet-and-Nutrition/Caffeine-Pills.htm Caffeine Pills: weight loss effects of the psychoactive stimulant]</ref>. |
Caffeine tablets are used to relieve fatigue and tiredness, enhance physical performance, and to and help athletes train harder and longer. <ref>http://www.runtheplanet.com/trainingracing/nutrition/caffeine.asp</ref> as well as being used as a [[weight loss]] aid<ref>[http://www.bodybuildingtipsguide.com/Diet-and-Nutrition/Caffeine-Pills.htm Caffeine Pills: weight loss effects of the psychoactive stimulant]</ref>. |
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In the [[Australian Football League]], some players delibrately use caffine tablets to get themselves on a high and perform at their peak during a football game and then use sleeping tablets to calm themselves down after the game (caffine tablets and sleeping tablets aren't banned in the Australian Football League). This move can be risky: [[Ben Cousins]] of the Australian Football League once used this combination but it backfired and left him in a coma for a few days at the Epworth Hospital in Richmond. |
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Caffeine tablets frequently contain between 50 mg and 200 mg of caffeine and can be purchased without prescription in some countries. This compares to a 8 oz. cup of coffee which typically contains about 133 mg of caffeine.[1]
Caffeine tablets are used to relieve fatigue and tiredness, enhance physical performance, and to and help athletes train harder and longer. [2] as well as being used as a weight loss aid[3].
In the Australian Football League, some players delibrately use caffine tablets to get themselves on a high and perform at their peak during a football game and then use sleeping tablets to calm themselves down after the game (caffine tablets and sleeping tablets aren't banned in the Australian Football League). This move can be risky: Ben Cousins of the Australian Football League once used this combination but it backfired and left him in a coma for a few days at the Epworth Hospital in Richmond.
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