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So, energy drinks have been becoming more
popular recently. Long story short, one compound
found in chocolate, theobromine, is related to
caffeine, and is also a stimulant, but it's very
powerful withoit the jitteriness and it lasts very long
at the right levels, usually around 500mg,
equivalent
roughly 5 tablespoons cocoa powder.
FYI, eant to make it yourself, dissolve the cocoa
powder in boiling water, but be warned you need
to add sweetness (it's WAYtoo bitter straight), and it
hits your stomach like a ton of bricks, at this point it
makes me sick, I've grown somewhat averse to it.
So the idea is use extracted theobrominr to make a
powerful energy drink. Could be useful for the
military.
FYI theobromine is also a vasodilator, and activates
endorphines or something that isvalso associated
with love in the brain, so it may be a good
aphrodisiac. It's also toxic to dogs, so said product
may need a warning. And it also acts as a cough
suppresant as strong as codeine, weirdly.
[link]
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I figure the product could be named "theo" or
some play on that |
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By the title I was sure beanie would be the author. |
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It's a bronchodilator, so the connection between an antitussive
and a vasodilator, both involving smooth muscles and the lumina
of hollow cylindrical organs, is fairly clear. |
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Yes, i could do this but there are better options. It would be
interesting to prepare a tincture of cacao. It's been used in
inhalers for asthma. The problem would be that people will
already be tolerant on the whole because most already eat
chocolate. I think the bitterness would not be a problem. |
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Maybe it'd work as an anti-unrequited love drug. |
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Could the author please state the invention? |
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//By the title I was sure beanie would be the
author.// |
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Nah - it would have been "Halogenated theobromine
extends the lifespan of coypu threefold and
enhances reproductive efficiency while
happylonging." |
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//dissolve the cocoa powder in boiling water// |
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So the invention is basically hot chocolate? |
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//but be warned you need to add sweetness// What are you, some kind of nancy-boy? Adding sugar to hot chocolate? Hah. Try chilli instead. |
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//the invention is basically hot chocolate? // I
think the idea is the bit which begins with "So the
idea is...". |
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Oooh, Xocolatl... awesome ... |
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Well I didn't read that far down the idea, give me a break! |
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// toxic to dogs, so said product may need a warning // |
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All responsible and caring dog owners know about the dangers of chocolate, caffeine and theobromine. Dog owners that don't know this shouldn't be allowed to own dogs at all, as they are clearly neither responsible nor caring. |
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Hmm. Interesting - the Borg like dogs |
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I find many puzzling things in the collective Borg
psyche. In particular, I find it hard to reconcile the
image of a harmonizing swarm with that of a lover of
dogs. |
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Dogs are pack animals. They work together for the benefit of the pack (= Collective). |
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Cats are solitary. They avoid one another; when they can't, there's usually a fight. A noisy one, in the small hours of the morning. After which the combatants retire to their respective territories and crap in flower beds. |
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Ants ? Bees ? No autonomous or collective intelligence. A bit like politicians, really. |
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Agreed on all counts. Dogs are awesome. Ants suck. |
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The Borg have changed me. I have come to define my
enemies by how vehemently I agree with them. |
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It was only ever a matter of time ... |
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"Come ... join us ... don't be afraid ... you'll wonder why you ever hesitated...." |
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The Collective only dream they could get their clammy
little hands on a specimen like [The Alterother]. Anyway,
think of all the wonderful arguments you'd never lose if
you assimilated me. |
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Ah, but think of the loyalty scheme points ... we could get that plasma cutter we've had our eye on at Home Depot ... |
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You... would buy... a plasma cutter... at HOME DEPOT?!!! |
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This is in a sense a recipe. It's also incredibly easy to bake. I
could start this morning with some vodka from the local offie.
Then again, it would be possible to wipe out the human race
with a few bits and pieces from the corner shop, or at least that
and Homebase, so that in itself isn't a criticism, because it seems
unlikely that most people would know how to achieve the second
aim and it would probably be a worthy idea for this forum
(though irresponsible to post). Therefore, although from my
position this looks like a no-brainer, that's not the same as it
being trivial. |
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The cough suppressant part is intriguing. Link? |
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// You disappoint me, sir. // |
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We only want it for a desk toy ... |
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Desk toy or not, you should still look for quality. Buy a
Miller or a PlasTek from a reputable local dealer, with a
good service plan. Home Despot is for buying hammers and
faucets and parts for scratch-built hydroponic systems, not
serious high-tech tools. You should know better! |
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Um... oh, yeah, er, blah blah stuff about energy drinks. I
think a high theobromine content would put regular
drinkers at a risk of developing kidney stones. It causes
renal failure in dogs, but our system for handling soluable
mineral salts is a bit more advanced. |
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I like his words //withoit// and //eant// & //isvalso...hmmm. |
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I provided a recipe to get that amount of theobromine, but the beverage I'm imagining would have straight theobromine added to the liquid. |
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Like they add caffeine, the theobromine might be synthesized. I don't know if this is possible cost-effectively. Or maybe it could be isolated from chocolate, again, I don't know if this is cost-effective. Caffeine is synthesized cost-effectively, and theobromine is just one extra methyl group different, so I would imagine it would also be cost-effective. |
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Apparently though there might be issues with this drink. Enough theobromine repeatedly can be bad for you, there are links to cancer or something, and in general it is pharmaceutically active. I wouldn't be surprised if the FDA tried to get involved. But anyway, I was thinking it would be mainly for military use, but purchaseable by the public anyway, like MREs. |
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It could be made from caffeine, i would expect. I am almost sure
it's in holly. |
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// purchaseable by the public anyway, like MREs. // |
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To paraphrase, "No-one ever went broke though underestimating the stupidity of the general public". |
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