Can Caffeine Beauty Products ENERGIZE You? | Style Theory

☕ How much caffeine do YOU drink in a day?

Fun ADHD fact: did you know that if someone has ADHD caffeine could have a chance of calming them instead of energizing them? A lot of ADHD medications do contain caffeine in them.

I am now just imagining ollie walking in asking to play some videogame with matt and matt answering 'sorry kid, dad is working' while laying there in his facemask and bathrope

Small note : Matpat's significant daily intake probably constitutes him less receptive to the effects of caffeine (like any drug stops working after a while so addicts up their dosage for the same effects).

Y'know, MatPats response, or lack thereof to this experiment is probably because his body has built a rather high tolerance for caffeine because of how much he's had over the years.

Mat really said "I'm leaving but I'm gonna drop the wildest content before I do." And i love him for that.

I wonder if the caffeine products didn't work on MatPat because he is used to way higher levels of caffeine than the other theorists are.

Just a note on the experiment design. It's best whenever possible for the study to be at least blind if not double blind. For example, for the lotions and soaps, put a portion of them in those generic travel bottles. Some participants are given the caffeinated product, while others are given a placebo regular soap/lotion. That way, the placebo effect can be accounted for. Otherwise, for something as vague as "feeling more energized", it's likely that the placebo effect could have an effect.

What I found most interesting is the "general haziness" described mirrors what my moderate ADHD feels like ON caffeine while unmedicated. I can do what I need to... mostly. Discovering Monster energy drinks was my lifesaver in college. And now that I've been diagnosed and am constantly and correctly medicated, I'm down to at most 2 cans of pop a day and never touching energy drinks. One in the morning if the pre-meds brain fog is really bad, so I don't forget things, one at lunch for the energy to stave off the 1-2 pm nap I naturally want to take. It's really cool seeing how 'normal' brains can and do experience what my 'abnormal' brain does when they get similarly starved of the same chemicals. It's an odd kind of relief, knowing with inadvertent proof that it really is a brain chemistry problem, not a nebulous willpower problem.

How is it only 4 theories left? We are gonna miss you so much MatPat

I love how at the top of the episode, Tom just started losing his sanity, further becoming more and more of a perfect future host for Game Theory.

I never thought that one of your last episodes will bring us such iconic moments. And as much ad i love you MatPat, i feel like the best moment was when Amy and Casey where lying there with their masks and sunglasses 😅

3:55 Caffeine withdrawals don't stop once it's out of your system. The withdrawals can easily last 3 months, varying from person to person and the severity of the addiction. If you're limiting the detox to 9 days, that "energy" you feel will just be the withdrawals subsiding.

The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem, we're proud of you Mat.

Love that Mat managed to come up with an experiment that directly results in him and his employees being worse at their jobs 😂

7:20 I love how tom is just “the brit”

ngl I was hoping this episode would be about whether caffeine actually has the skincare benefits that many products claim it does: affecting bloodflow to your skin, skin firmness (minimising fine lines and wrinkles), skin radiance (looking fresh and awake), and reducing puffiness

Matpat’s face on the thumbnail is my paralysis demon

the thumbnail is terrifying

Coming from a person who not only quit drinking caffeine but also quit smoking nicotine and drinking alcohol within three months of each other and staying quit on the second two. It’s incredibly hard to find anything that isn’t water that doesn’t have caffeine in it. Even certain water brands are now adding caffeine as an alternative to energy drinks. I went a full year without caffeine and the way I did it was actually a soda stream. I used to it to carbonate my water so I still got the bubbles of soda without any of the caffeine sugar or colorings. I still use it to this day but I’ve since gone back to drinking coffee and tea. The caffeine withdrawal was actually worse than nicotine and alcohol as well.