The following is a hypothetical scenario with some basic science mixed in:
Let's say that.....
-an athlete is in the locker room preparing to play in a football game.
-During that time, this same athlete consumes a beverage(s) containing 2 scoops of the product (supplement) that has been referenced in this thread.
-This particular powdered beverage contains 250 milligrams of anhydrous caffeine per scoop.
-Nearly all of this caffeine is present throughout this athlete's body's within 45 minutes.*
-the result (500 total milligrams of caffeine) puts that athlete at about 15 mcg/mL (at the NCAA maximum allowable limit).
-then, the athlete competes in that day's football game which typically lasts for about 3 hours.
-the athlete's body metabolizes the ingested caffeine at a rate of [half of the amount consumed] over a 5 hour period**
-The total elapsed time (getting dressed, warm up, additional pre-game activities, on the field post-game activities), is perhaps 4 hours.
-assuming no additional caffeine was ingested since the initial amount discussed above, the remaining level would likely be between 260-280 mg (8-9 mcg/mL)
-Once the player is back in the locker room area, a drug screening is administered.
-In the scenario above, this particular athlete would PASS the urinalysis according to the NCAA guidelines.
-In order to fail a
POST-GAME test under the above scenario, this athlete would have had to have consumed between 800-850 milligrams of caffeine before the game.
or...…...and this is the part that makes me cringe.....
-He would have had to consume caffeine DURING the game.
And, of course, most of this shit is moot if the test in the above scenario was administered pre-game.
*
https://www.caffeineinformer.com/caffeine-metabolism
**
https://www.news-medical.net/health/...rmacology.aspx
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