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  • Chaitanya - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    What is Lutein? also more useless psychotropic drugs is what world doesnt need.
  • leo_sk - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    A chemical related to vit A. Caffeine is pretty common. Anyone drinking a normal cup of tea or coffee or a soft drinks is already consuming caffeine in significant amounts
  • Noa Brown - Thursday, April 29, 2021 - link

    I know one friend who thought that it can help him do not sleep, because he need to play games on one site https://www.topaustralianonlinepokies.com/ in order to have extra income. He did after work, so he was tired, but if be honest such pills didnt help. It is just tasty
  • mode_13h - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    Check wikipedia. If more gamers would eat their spinach, they probably wouldn't need lutein-fortified gum.

    There's also some research suggesting prolonged supplementation of carotenoids in this family can mitigate psychological stress. Who knows if that was also a consideration. But, if you really care about (or your eye health, for that matter), a better bet would be to take a lutein & zeaxanthin supplement. Cheaper, as well.

    What would really impress me about this gum is if it had instead used theacrine and maybe also theanine.
  • Cellar Door - Monday, January 11, 2021 - link

    Who cares!

    Everyone: a GPU review please!
    Anandtech: caffeine gum games
  • Operandi - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    So..... frivolous, gaudy, and pointless RGB on literally just about everything. Over priced gaming chairs with shit build quality and horrible ergonomics (also gaudy and ugly AF). Ok, whatever..... now "gaming gum"????.

    I don't buy any of this dumb shit anyway but the PC gaming scene is becoming really annoying just to be around.
  • GeoffreyA - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    Yep, it's preposterous.
  • GeoffreyA - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    And looks like a box of Chiclets.
  • mode_13h - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    Not the first gamer-oriented energy product, as noted. If you check the energy drink section of most food shops, there's one called "Gamer Fuel", I think by Mountain Dew, that's been around for at least a couple years. It has a re-sealable can design that actually works pretty well, but the taste of the sugar-free flavors didn't impress me.
  • wolrah - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    Caffeinated gum takes me back to the late '90s/early '00s era of Thinkgeek when half the product line was stuff that normally doesn't have caffeine, but with caffeine. Caffeinated soap, Penguin Mints, and a whole bunch of other stuff.
  • Death666Angel - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    Me too! In Germany a friend organized a collection order and I got myself some caffinated drinks, some caffinated chai powder, a great mug with the caffein molecule on the side (still in great condition) and a "meh." flask. :D
  • Deicidium369 - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    Jolt Cola - twice the caffeine and all the sugar... and then Josta Cola with Guarana...
  • mode_13h - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    Sugar will rot your brain, literally. Look it up: diabetes is strongly linked to dementia and alzheimers.

    Limit intake of simple starches, too. They're also rapidly converted to glucose.
  • GeoffreyA - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    For my part, I can say my brain feels hazy when I eat something sugary for breakfast; it's a struggle to think. As for tea, I cut out sugar over a decade ago and can honestly say my tea tastes lovely (and strangely enough, sweet). Add sugar and it becomes impossible to drink.
  • Death666Angel - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    Also, your brain needs sugar. Look it up: people with a high protein diet and no carbohydrates have difiiculties in brain related tasks.
  • Death666Angel - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    *difficulties
  • Death666Angel - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    My point is: too much of anything is bad for you. You can poison yourself by drinking water and die. But your body needs carbohydrates, protein, fat, minerals, vitamines. Don't overinduldge in anything and do everything in moderation. Try to cook yourself and not order in or go to too many restaurants. You can use fresh ingredients or cans (of tomatoes for example) or frozen vegetables and fruits, they are sometimes fresher since they go into the freezer after being harvested fresh from the field. You can also enjoy some chocolate or some Gummi Bears once in a while. Potatoe chips too. Just not every day and not a whole bags worth.
  • Retycint - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    The sugar that the brain needs doesn't have to come from table sugar/added sugar, or even carbohydrate, for that matter. Our body can produce sugar(glucose) from fat.
  • mode_13h - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    First, I didn't say to completely cut out all sugar and starches. I eat plenty of carbs in the form of fruits, vegetables, and some grains, but it's generally not absorbed as fast and therefore not as problematic as sugary drinks or other food with "fast" carbs.

    Second, your liver will produce glucose by breaking down proteins, for instance, so you don't need to eat sugar, strictly speaking.

    Finally, the brain can actually run on ke-tones, or else people on ke-to diets would be screwed. People with certain neurological conditions also take advantage of this to restore their cognitive func-tion closer to normal.

    (note: the hyphenated word is to get around the site's spam filter, which initially blocked my post)
  • GeoffreyA - Sunday, January 10, 2021 - link

    I feel there's a faint analogy between Netburst/Bulldozer-style IPC/energy, and refined carbohydrates, sugar, etc. It's not exact and doesn't hold when looked at closely. How much thinking ability (IPC) will a certain kind of fuel yield. Is it Pentium 4 class? Prescott even? Or of Core and Ryzen's calibre? Humour mainly.

    Anyhow, I'd say the main points are: going for complex, instead of refined, carbohydrates; cutting down sugar and excessive salt; using the so-called good fats (steering away from the saturated ones); exercise; and, above all else, moderation. And don't forget tea or coffee! I go for tea :)
  • mode_13h - Monday, January 11, 2021 - link

    Yeah, I definitely think of fast carbs as akin to cranking up the clockspeed, while good nutrition is like increasing IPC - the more efficient and sustainable way to go.
  • wr3zzz - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    Jolt was illegal in my state when I was in school. Now elementary school kids are drinking Red Bull...
  • mode_13h - Sunday, January 10, 2021 - link

    Sounds like an urban legend, but it does seem strangely familiar. I might've heard that, too.

    The irony is that coffee often has as much caffeine, and you can easily load it up with as much sugar (not that I do). What's worse about coffee is that you don't even know exactly how much caffeine you're getting. However coffee at least has some beneficial compounds, such as chlorogenic acid.
  • mode_13h - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    Thinkgeek might've been the first place I ever saw/tried caffeinated gum. I found it too expensive and bitter for frequent consumption, though.

    I also got a caffeine molecule mug and shirt, but the mug was dropped long ago. I do still use other borosilicate glass mugs, though. No chance of things like contaminated glaze leaching lead or other substances into you hot beverages.
  • wolrah - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    100% agreed on the gum. Even the mints weren't great tasting, nor was Jolt cola, but they were effective.

    I never owned any of their caffeine molecule merch, but I have a nearly identical caffeine molecule tattoo.
  • brucethemoose - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    No edible RGB yet? Surely they could borrow some tricks from bioluminescent organisms to make chewing gum more gamer friendly.
  • deil - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    I see you are a fan of nuka cola quantum from fallout universe.
    delicious cola drink that make your whole body glow in the dark
  • londedoganet - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    Dryness...of the retina. The retina, the layer of photosensitive cells at the back of the eye. The one that is in constant contact with the vitreous humor. The LIQUID vitreous humor.
  • boeush - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    Yeah, probably a brain-fart from Ian: he likely meant "cornea" when he wrote "retina"...
  • Deicidium369 - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    If you have a dry retina, then caffeine is the least of your worries
  • leo_sk - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    I would like a source of caffeine more convenient than soft drinks, tea or coffee. Seems interesting if it is not overpriced
  • Flunk - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    Look for Lotte Black Black gum it's a caffeinated gum that's been available for years.
  • wr3zzz - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    I've tried the Lotte gum when I traveled in Japan (caffeinated gums are not allowed to be sold in stores in many US states) but I don't think it worked as well as soda, tea or coffee.
  • ceb1974 - Friday, January 8, 2021 - link

    This has been available at every grocery store for decades.

    https://www.nodoz.com/
  • mode_13h - Saturday, January 9, 2021 - link

    I went through a phase of using caffeine pills at work, and it wasn't pretty. Years later, I found a different use for them in my pre-workout stack.
  • sonicmerlin - Sunday, January 10, 2021 - link

    I wonder if this stuff can help with headaches
  • mode_13h - Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - link

    Depends on what's causing your headaches, but if they're caused by caffeine-withdrawal (or vasodilation, generally) then anything with caffeine should help.

    If you're suffering from migraines, check out: feverfew, l-carnitine, riboflavin, co-Q10, magnesium, and lavender.

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