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A wide, softly lit editorial flat-lay on a pale warm-gray stone countertop, shot from slightly above. On the left, a small rustic ceramic bowl in matte cream holds a handful of dried guarana seeds, dark glossy brown with pale cream arils, a few spilling onto the surface. Beside it sits a halved fresh guarana fruit in vivid red-orange, split open to show the white flesh and black seed inside, looking like a tiny eye. On the right, two open clear capsules rest side by side. One is filled with fine white caffeine powder, the other with a fine earthy brown guarana powder, and a little of each dusts the stone in delicate, deliberate lines. Between them, a minimalist matte-black espresso cup with a thin ribbon of steam rises on the right edge of the frame. A brushed-steel stopwatch and a slim dark-green linen notebook with a pencil sit in the upper background, slightly out of focus, to hint at performance testing without clutter. A few green leaves of a guarana vine curve in from the top-left corner, catching soft light.

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Guarana vs Caffeine: Same Dose, Only Guarana Lifted Peak Power

BY DR. GYMBRO · Oct 22, 2026

Same caffeine dose, different capsule, and only guarana produced a statistically significant boost in peak power. In a randomized crossover trial of 18 active men, guarana raised peak power output by 4.0% over placebo while anhydrous caffeine did not reach significance. But here's the catch: guarana didn't significantly beat caffeine head-to-head, and the differences between them were only descriptive. Here's what the numbers show, where the study falls short, and how to dose guarana by caffeine content if you want to try it.