Performance Nutrition Digest

Performance Nutrition Digest

Coffee’s performance effects are driven mainly by caffeine ☕

But do other compounds have effects?

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Tom Coughlin
Sep 08, 2026
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Coffee and Physical Performance: What Is Driven by Caffeine and What Is Not

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This narrative review examined what drives coffee’s effects on exercise performance, separating well-established caffeine-mediated effects from the more specu…

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