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Caffeine and Women's Health

For context

The Gender Gap in Caffeine's Impact

Caffeine affects women more significantly than men, yet most research (about 75%) is focused on men. These are caffeine's unique effects on women:

Slower Detoxification: Women metabolize caffeine more slowly than men, and the rate varies with their menstrual cycle:

Luteal Phase: Half-life of caffeine is ~7 hours.

Follicular Phase: Half-life is ~5.5 hours.

Birth Control Use: Women on birth control take twice as long to clear caffeine.

Cumulative Impact: Daily caffeine builds up in women’s systems, making subsequent cups more impactful on their glands, organs, and nervous system.

Different Physical Reactions: Studies show:

Caffeine raises women’s body temperature but lowers men’s.

Women feel more tired, disorganized, and perform worse on cognitive tasks after caffeine than men.

Stronger Stress Responses: Women experience higher stress hormone levels than men under similar conditions, leading to greater health risks, including cardiovascular issues and memory decline.

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the women in my bluetooth headphones sounds mad at me :(

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Ok so I'm back to bringing you guys' attention to what's going on in my country.

I don't have the heart to tell it all in detail. In truth we're all so familiar with it that talking about it seems comical. But to keep you up to date, there have been massive protests in Tbilisi, Georgia since late November.

On 25th of October of this year, the Georgian Dream party falsifies yet another election and on the 26th of november elects themselves as the ruling party again, despite EU, most of the other nations and all the other parties recognizing the elections as illegitimate. Recently they chose their new president, who was basically the only option. The photo of the literal bulletin from the parliament leaked.

People demand another election, a fair one. Peaceful protests soon turned into police beating up the protestors, even teens and women. They're still using water cannons mixed with pepper spray, in December btw. You can look up the videos, even on here.

The main thing that is painful to me and my generation in all of this is the fact that this is a completely new, modern and different version of the same damn fight. Right now I'm thinking of young men and even women and others who were severely beaten up, about people struggling to make ends meet who have their loved ones in such situations, young people trying to build their future who see less and less hope every day in their homeland but are desparately trying to hold on to the last tiny bit of it, maybe even goimg to protests in that state. Today I heard two girls around my age talking. "We gotta get out of here right?..." "yeah... but who are we leaving it to?" "The country?..."

Being free and sovereign in your homeland should not be an uphill battle or a luxury.

We have been fighting against Russian influence for centuries. For those who don't know, even when the repression isn't obvious, they still attack bit by bit(killing or kidnapping our citizens near the occupated borders??????), often with an old and tried tactic: trying to erase our culture and history, and with it our spirit and identity. And with all the other horrors, this is a huge insult.

My heart sinks everytime I read a random comment on a map or other type of video saying "Georgia is not Europe", "but Georgia is Asia". Not that there's anything wrong with Asia, but those statements mean something different and much deeper than an average foreigner suspects. Georgia never ever was "not Europe" to me. This isn't even about joining EU immediately as much as it is about us voicing our own wishes, opinions and truth as the vast majority of our country.

One thing I want to say to people who are far away from this is this: please do not fall for propaganda. And by that I mean Russian propaganda. If you just try to keep it clean while posting about us or checking sources while reading about us and calling out misinformation, it is going to mean a lot.

I tried to not write about this cause let's be honest, what can I do here?

I hope this will do at least something.

I do have followers so, I'm also asking them🤍🤍🤍 even those who just know me from astrology. Please consider reading and reblogging. 🤍🤍

reblogging(esp with tags) is still support.

Edit, additional info that you should probably know: Georgian Dream is a pro-russian government, they just banned wearing masks and goggles(those protect you from pepper spray by the way). If you walk by the parliament in Tbilisi your eyes and skin will almost definitely start to "burn" and you'll most likely start coughing.

There have been phone numbers calling and cursing at/insulting/threatening citizens, even pre-teens, believe it or not. And since the government passed "the russian law" earlier this year, we are most likely being tracked😐

Here is my post from this spring, written in an angry and tired state.

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Come back, I have to tell you the plot of a fic I’ll never write and get you excited about it so we can all be disappointed with me later

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Eva Funderburgh

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While we’re at it “indoor” cats are also abused, ever read warriors? Cats need to be free and to hunt and when you keep them inside you prevent them from living their lives

I see

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strawberry winter

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Protesters in Tbilisi fight back by shooting fireworks at the riot police

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I'm so tired of the Western media publishing an article after an article on the ongoing protests in Georgia where they basically just retell Russian propaganda.

Dear journalists here are some pointers:

- stop calling the despots in power "Georgian government". Their power is ILLEGITIMATE because they RIGGED the elections.

By calling them "Georgian government" you give them legitimacy and make it sound like people protesting in the streets are doing something antidemocratic when in reality people who stole our votes staying in power is what's antidemocratic.

- talking about how protesters are shooting fireworks at riot police without mentioning that this started because riot police is mercilessly beating people up, spraying them from water cannons with cold water mixed with pepper spray (this is forbidden btw) in the height of winter.

A 14 year old boy was stolen from protests last night and beaten up. A 22 year old man is still in coma following the beatings. Not including these points means you are implying that protesters are the violent side here when the very opposite is true.

- stop only covering the "Georgians are protesting because their "government" has put the EU negotiations on hold" angle. The main demand of protesters is that there should be new fair elections so the government will change democratically.

- stop singling out Putin like he's the only evil in Russia. The entirety of Russia is evil, imperialistic and bloodthirsty. Say that.

Honestly, I read articles by the economist, bbc and cnn and just get sadder and sadder because the way these articles are written makes me think that Russian propaganda has truly infiltrated everything and everyone.

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Today is the remembrance day for all the Jewish people of Crimea that were killed during WW2. According to the 1939 census, there were 65 452 Jewish people living in Crimea, among whom there were probably more than 7000 Krymchaks. Krymchaks are a separate ethnolinguistic community of the Jewish population, who speak the Crimean Tatar language and are one of the indigenous people of Crimea. Records state about 40 000 victims among Jews and Krymchaks during WW2. Researchers state that the Nazis killed about 80% of the Krymchaks from their pre-war number. The loss of the main part of the ethnic community had irreversible consequences. Among the exterminated were almost all representatives of the older age group - the keepers and bearers of traditions, language and culture.

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I can't believe I grew up to be the type of person that says MOST therapy is sham pseudo science. I was getting a psych degree before a dropped out of college. I wanted to major in art therapy (I also studied art, big mistake, I am a shit artist) but to think I thought this was valuable in anyway is crazy to me now. The idea that everyone should have a therapist is just narcissistic drivel and coincides with big pharma trying to medicalize all feeling and profit off every person's dysfunction in a malfunctioning society. It may work for a small group of people, but it isn't a cure all prescription for most people.

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tea at granny's smells like old piss help

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the thing that really annoys me about therapy is that we can talk forever about exactly where all my maladpative coping mechanisms and harmful habits and defense mechanisms come from, and I can articulate that really well, but that information does not get me one inch closer to knowing what to do about it.

"let's explore-" I know exactly where my bullshit comes from and why I do it. I don't know how to stop.

"you learned to turn off your emotions in childhood because you didn't have a safe space to express yourself and communicating your emotions or needs often came with punishment" yeah, I know. how do I turn them back on.

"well you need to let yourself feel your emotions" obviously. but like... how.

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reading non-fiction will have you standing up and giving ted talks to your furniture

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"Liberated Bucha" (Звільнена Буча) by Anton Logov

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oh my back is KILLING ME