Comments on: Are You Dependent On Caffeine?

By: Azmeen

Azmeen — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:03:09 +0000

Fadila: Although that is the ideal situation, things are rarely (if ever) that simple

By: Fadila

Fadila — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:03:33 +0000

Haha! Unfortunately, I live on coffee. It’s a must. Although I wouldn’t die without it, I’m afraid someone would since my withdrawal symptom could be dangerous to others. So going cold turkey is out of the question!

By the way, caffeine isn’t always the bad guy. It speeds up metabolism which is why caffeine is one of the most common ingredient in diet pills. And it helps converse fat to energy more efficiently. By all means, you drink coffee then go jogging or something, you’ll burn more fat. Mission accomplish!

By: Azmeen

Azmeen — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:48:20 +0000

papajoneh: I’ve switched to tea nowadays… but I’ll be turning to coffee again soon

Ooohh… you noticed the header

By: papajoneh

papajoneh — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:17:32 +0000

Wow… i just finished my 2nd mug of nescafe!!!
That Sheila sharing sure gave me the creep. OTOH, I can easily go to sleep even after taking the coffee a minute ago. no problem one.

But I hope I will not faint like your MIL. I ever gone without coffee for a day… but thats like dying already. In short, can’t live without coffee.

*** psst, nice header.

By: Azmeen

Azmeen — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:24:33 +0000

Sheila: Thanks for sharing the info.

Jewelle: You bet! My intake is virtually zero on weekends. On working days, I tend to drink one to three cups daily.

Jenny: And I thought my mom in law had problems

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:26:22 +0000

Since decades I use to drink several cups of coffee during a day, from early the morning to late in night. My estimate is in the surrounding of 5 to 6 cups a day. No problem with sleeping. I fall asleep a few minutes after I go to bed and have always a good night sleep, even if something worries me.
Now, my problem is that I literally fall asleep at day and I feel very bad if I don’t drink coffee during the first hours of the day (acute sadness, bad and depressive mood, temperature gets low, inability to concentrate on reading and even inability to understand what I’m reading).

By: Jewelle

Jewelle — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:52:41 +0000

Wow, that’s some scary withdrawal side effect. I limit mine to a cup a day and tries to drink more water.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:39:56 +0000

Coffee puts the system under the strain of metabolizing a deadly acid-forming drug, depositing its insoluble cellulose, which cements the wall of the liver, causing this vital organ to swell to twice its proper size. In addition, coffee is heavily sprayed. (Ninety-two pesticides are applied to its leaves.) Diuretic properties of caffeine cause potassium and other minerals to be flushed from the body.

All this fear went away when I quit, and it was a book that inspired me to do it called The Truth About Caffeine by Marina Kushner. There are five things I liked about this book:

1) It details–thoroughly–the ways in which caffeine may damage your health.

2) It reveals the damage that coffee does to the environment. Specifically, coffee was once grown in the shade, so that trees were left in place. Then sun coffee was introduced, allowing greater yields but contributing to the destruction of rain forests. I haven’t seen this mentioned anywhere else.

3) It explains how best to go off coffee. This is important. If you try cold turkey, as most people probably do, the withdrawal symptoms will likely drive you right back to coffee.

4) Helped me find a great resource for the latest studies at CaffeineAwareness.org

5) Also, if you drink decaf you won’t want to miss this special free report on the dangers of decaf available at http://www.soyfee.com