Caffine Creates Brainfog

Question

Overall this site tries to explore the connection between caffeine and brain fog. With low use of sources and data, they confuse causation and correlation. This article tries to bring up the point that caffeine consumption late in the data causes brain fog when in reality the real correlation between the two is that high doses of caffeine can cause irregular sleeping patterns because of affected sleep. In reality, a healthy dose of caffeine at the appropriate time supported by the research can allow individuals to increase focus and lack feelings of tiredness. This article is mostly clickbait using supported studies to associate caffeine with brain fog. A quick Google search shows similar results among the correlation between Caffeine consumption and brain fog that relates to lack of sleep but not a direct causation. 

Comments

I like your argument against this claim presented as correlation does not mean direct causation. This site does not do a good job of presenting direct causation of caffeine to brain fog and you highlighted that in this claim. I'd also like to add that this site is very promotional of its own content having several links to their other articles trying to push their naritave, possibly making all of their information interconnected and therefore most likely bias.

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I think this is a really great response to the original article. You addressed the main issue and acknowledged that they aren’t entirely wrong while using other facts and evidence to support your own claim as well

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Thank you for touching on the root of the issue at hand and providing reliable evidence. Although the original statement made is not totally false, correlation rather than causation is a common mistake when making claims, and in turn can be misleading.

Answer 1

This article fails to use proper evidence, instead using loosely-interpreted and cherry-picked pieces of information to defend the point that "coffee causes brain fog." Thus, your point is true.

Instead of coffee being a direct cause of brain fog, the consumption of caffeine impacts individuals' sleeping patterns. According to a June 2023 study conducted by several researchers at Australian Catholic University, "caffeine consumption reduced total sleep time by 45 min and sleep efficiency by 7%." It is because of this deprivation of sleep that daytime drowsiness,and following brain fog. Therefore, the consumption of caffeine does not directly cause brain fog.

Sources:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36870101/