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Does chewing your caffeine work like drinking coffee? Dose for dose, caffeinated gum reached the blood like instant coffee, and two trials in trained men found strength and power gains

Oct 27

4 min read

Chewing coffee beans or caffeine gum is pitched as a faster, more convenient way to get a pre-training hit. Does caffeine taken by chewing reach the blood the way a drink does, and does it actually help lifting performance?

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