Wow cool!! Did Erin wake you because she sensed something first? Or happened to wake you at that time?
Also, it is likely that you lost weight while eating an equivalent number of calories of whole food, but not juice, because the whole food contains fiber, and fewer of the calories are actually digested. Nearly all of the calories from juice are digested.
On caffeine, yes it is designed to keep animals away, and this is the same with all poisonous plants or drugs, including tobacco, cacao and chocolate, and tea leaves. The chemicals are created to deter pests, which is why they are all neurotoxins. Humans are affected at lower level than the pests they are designed to deter, while still being affected by the toxins.
The same false-association is used to promote wine and other alcohols, that show side effects of grape-skins, for example, and the corporate and media outlets use this reverse-association to say that wine is healthy, while disregarding all the negative effects of the alcohol drug itself, which is generally a net negative overall in consuming these products.
One day humans will know better.
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