Actually, tea contains about half the caffeine of coffee
Ryan Doherty wrote in message <3807D9FC.F3FB124 at chat.carleton.ca>...
>"Jo!hn" wrote:
>>> "Researchers in Israel have shown that caffeine makes existing brain
cells
>> swell and new ones grow.
>>>> Dr Menahem Segal, at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, told BBC News
Online
>> that making the connection between this growth and better memory and
>> learning capability is "a long jump, but it is what we are aiming for". "
>>>> "And he calculates that a lot of caffeine is needed to be sure of seeing
the
>> cell growth effect - about ten cups.
>>>> The research is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
>> Sciences.
>>Ten cups... of what? Coffee, tea, cola...? I know that tea contains much
more
>caffeine than coffee; if it were 10 cups of coffee, how much tea do you
suppose
>that to be? Plus, what do you think the result of these additional brain
cells
>(glial or neuron) could be?
>>Last, but not least... where else can I read up on this kind of research
(other
>than that specific article)?
>>Thanks,
>>Ryan Doherty
>B.Sc. Biochemistry & Biotechnology Hnrs II
>Carleton University
>>
