Caffeine can be found in the strangest places.
January 23, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under A Mother's Wisdom, Drink, Happy Living Tip, Health, Healthcare, Misc., Nutrition, Prevention
With a recent study indicating that pregnant women consuming 200 milligrams or more of caffeine a day increase their risk of miscarriage, it’s important to know what products contain caffeine and how much.
Caffeine, of course, is mostly found in coffee, chocolate, coke, and energized soft drinks.
But it seems that it can also be found in the strangest places. For example…
Shower Shock Soap
Running late with no time for a morning coffee. No problem – just lather up with the Shower Shock Soap. It smells of peppermint but it contains enough caffeine to let you absorb 200 mg per wash.
Snack Foods
In a place where no food or fluids are allowed. Then suck on a few Jolt Caffeine Energy Mints. By the time you’ve got to the fifth one, you’ve had the equivalent of a cup of java.
Or try the Supercharged Premium Sunflower Seeds. A 3.5 ounce bage will provide 120 milligrams of caffeine – that should be enought to keep you awake just a little longer.
Potato Chips
Then there’s the world’s first ‘energy potato chip‘. What more could we ask for? Potato chips already contain all things bad for you so why not add a little caffeine to the mix. Still, it might give couch potatoes the kick they need to get moving…
Lip Balm
It’s amazing what cold weather and night duty will do to you. For one cold and tired Alaskan Police Officer, it caused him to create the Spazzstick Caffeinated Lip Balm. It is, apparently, the world’s only caffeinated lip balm. Wonder how much caffeine is transferred with a kiss?
I don’t know. Call me old fashioned but I’d still rather get my caffeine fix from a cup of coffee.
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Liz, you’re killin’ me! As if ignoring my coffee and teas isn’t enough, I need to think about all the other secret places it’s lurking! Oy.
Seriously, thanks for the post. One more to add – while you’re chomping on those energy potato chips, why not wash them down with some “Sparks” the malt liquor energy drink? (ew)
hey gabrielle, sorry about that. But i figure inquirying minds need to know where to go to get more caffeine or where not to go to avoid more caffeine…as a former caffeine addict, I sympathize with your caffeine withdrawal ‘pain’…
I have an intollerence to caffeine, just wondered what else I should be avoiding,
I’m sorry but this is just rediculous! Who really cares if their is a little caffeine is found in lip balm and potatoe chips. If it was a big deal I’m sure I would have heard about it before. Seriously….lip balm has never hurt anyone before!
caggeine can also be found in chicken and biscuits
caffeine can be found in bisciuts and chicken