February 17/Kingston, Ontario, Canada/Biotech Law Weekly -- Research findings, "The Effects of Caffeine During Exercise in Fire Protective Ensemble," are discussed in a new report. According to the research published in the journal Ergonomics, "To examine the effects of caffeine during exercise in fire protective ensemble (FPE), 10 healthy males completed three 10-minute bouts of treadmill exercise on two separate days. Some 60 minutes prior to exercise, either 6mg/kg of caffeine (CAFF) or dextrose placebo (PLA) capsules were ingested (randomly assigned, double blind)."
"End-exercise gastrointestinal temperature (T(gi)) was higher in CAFF compared to PLA (38.80 ±0.08 degrees C vs. 38.43 ±0.11 degrees C, pThe researchers concluded, "To the authors' knowledge, this is the first study involving humans and exercise to detect an increase in body temperature with caffeine ingestion."