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Why People Quit Coffee
Just when I think I know all the reasons why people quit coffee and caffeine, I’ll get an email form someone telling me their story with details of symptoms or another health problem I hadn’t realized was alleviated by quitting caffeine and coffee. Here are the ones I’m most familiar with, but if you find your reason for quitting coffee and caffeine isn’t listed here, please email me so I can add yours to the list!
Caroline MacDougall.
The Top Reasons Why People Quit Coffee:
- 20% of people are caffeine sensitive
- Weight loss diets recommend being caffeine-free
- A health crisis prompts a health care practitioner to recommend reducing or eliminating caffeine
- Pregnant and nursing mothers want to protect their infants from the effects of caffeine
- Stress reduction and anti-aging programs recommend being caffeine-free
- Sleep problems, irritability, anxiety and depression are aggravated by caffeine
- Goals for achieving optimal health conflict with daily usage of caffeine
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The Effects of Caffeine and Coffee on Health:
Read the following professional papers with scientific citations on a number of health conditioins that are affected by caffeine:
- Heart Disease, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high inflammtory indicators like homocysteine, click here to read
- Acid Reflux, GERD and Ulcers, click here to read
- Women's health problems such as PMS, menopausal symptoms, infertility, fibrocystic breasts, and osteoperosis, click here to read
- Weight Loss, click here to read
- Diabetes and Insulin Resistance Syndome, click here to read
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Crohn's Disease and Colitis, click here to read
- Interstitial Cystitis, click here to read
- Sleeplessness and fatigue - coming soon, check back here for link.
- Stress - , check here to read.
- Mood disorder and depression - coming soon, check back here for link.
- Migraine headaches - coming soon, check back here for link.
Caffeine Addiction Quiz:
Take this quiz to analyze how much caffeine you consume daily to determine if you are addicted to caffeine. Click here to start quiz
A brief overview of what happens in your body when you consume caffeine:
Coffee, including decaf coffee, contains caffeine, a drug that produces a burst of biochemical reactions that create stress in the body.
- The adrenal glands pump out a host of stress hormones that stay elevated for up to 18 hours after consumption
- The liver releases higher amounts of sugar and fat into the blood stream.
- Tne pancreas produces insulin to remove the excess blood sugar and store it as fat. The insulin spikes create a blood sugar rollercoaster.
- Muscle tension is increased.
- The blood vessels constrict, reducing the flow of oxygen to important areas like your brain (up to 30%) and your extremities.
- Digestion and the immune system are impaired or supressed.
- The production of DHEA and other anti-aging hormones is decreased. Cortisol and other stress hormones are elevated instead.
Protect the Gift of Good Health with Teeccino
As many coffee drinkers have discovered, you never know the myriad ways that coffee is affecting you until you quit. Your body is like a sophisticated laboratory that specializes in one thing: you. If you listen carefully, it will tell you exactly what it needs. But it is hard to hear its signals if it is stressed out by stimulants. You may be experiencing pains and discomforts you would never imagine were caused by caffeine until they miraculously disappear after you quit coffee. The body's reaction to the toxicity of coffee can vary so greatly that you have to discover how it is uniquely affecting you. Look for improvements in your digestion, sleep, mood, energy and skin among others. Don't be surprised if three months after quitting coffee you discover you feel better than you've felt in years and your energy supply stays steady all day long. Then, if you have an occasional late night when you need that extra boost to keep you going, use caffeine like any drug should be used - on occasion but never habitually.
"Imagine if in every heart and from every tongue, all anger, hate, envy and greed were eliminated and their places filled with sweet gentleness of true understanding, thoughtfulness and courtesy."
Alice Foote MacDougall, 1928
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