akvcx wrote:
WTF is wrong with you? If you like coffee drink it, what the hell do you care what other people do?
Christ I'm obsessive as any runner with training but some of you are flat out nuts, and pretty creepy.
Can you not read? The OP is concerned about the health effects of coffee drinking. The literature out there is confusing, as there is strong research that supports both 1. the performance enhancing, health-giving and disease-protective benefits, 2. the negative health risks, of coffee drinking. Like any stimulant, coffee can have negative outcomes for blood pressure and be taxing on the endocrine system. I suggest the OP experiment with consuming coffee in intervals; that is, either on a weekly basis or some bigger bloc of time (say, going 1 month drinking, then 1.5 weeks off), taking "breaks" away from coffee, to allow the body to rest and to rebuild tolerance, so when drinking is resumed, it becomes that much more enjoyable, stronger and performance enhancing. Although, caution has to be exercised there--sometimes, when I've taken tolerance breaks and come back, the first cup of coffee back gets me so (i.e. "too") stimulated and messes with my sleep schedule.