6 things you never knew were caffeinated

Over the years, there had been numerous studies discuss about the cons of coffee or caffeine. If caffeine is concern for you, you may want to keep your extra eye for products other than coffee that contain high caffeine. Coffee isn’t the only caffeine source!

1. Decaf Coffee

Despite being “Decaffeinated,” decaf coffee still contains caffeine, but with lesser amounts of caffeine compare to ordinary coffee. Take a regular 8oz Coffee, contains around 96mg and decaffeinated coffee has around 2mg. For coffee lovers, you may choose decaffeinated coffee to minimize the caffeine consumption, while enjoy your favorite coffee daily.

2. Chocolate

Chocolate is made from cocoa beans, which contain caffeine as well. There are many varieties of chocolate in terms of texture, flavor and color. The darker the chocolate, the higher the caffeine content.

3. Weight Loss (Diet) Pills

You may not surprise that diet pills contains high amounts of caffeine. Caffeine can help weight loss by improving the body’s metabolism and also working as an appetite suppressant. Daily dose of some pills have the caffeine equivalent to 12 cups of coffee.

4. Pain Relievers

Many pain relievers contain caffeine because caffeine additives believes helps to make pain relievers 40% more effective in the treatment of headaches. Certain pain reliever has the same amount of caffeine as a Starbucks Frappuccino.

5. Breath fresheners

Certain breath fresheners contain caffeine. One small pill-sized breath fresheners can contain up to 100mg of caffeine, it is equivalent caffeine in a regular cup of coffee.

6. Soda

It is common that soda drink contain caffeine. If you are soda drinks lover, this might the reason you choose soda in the first place. You favorite soda drink may contains around 50mg per can.