Has anybody given up coffee and why?

Bullet the Blue Sky wrote:

You guys know they make decaffeinated coffee, right?

What's the point of that?

Switched from tea to coffee in my 40s. Have gotten completely off caffeine several times from a couple months to over a year. Didn't really feel that much different to be honest after the acclimation period. I just like it.

Bullet the Blue Sky wrote:

You guys know they make decaffeinated coffee, right?

Yes we know and it tastes horrible.

ALL coffee tastes horrible. Obvious from posts on here and experience that folks drink it in spite of the taste. Sure, it smells good but...

Kmaclam wrote:

ALL coffee tastes horrible. Obvious from posts on here and experience that folks drink it in spite of the taste. Sure, it smells good but...

Smell and taste are the same thing. Or rather, when most people say "taste" they mean flavor, which comes mostly from the smell.

I hated coffee until I tried some really good coffee.

everything in moderation...

drink tea

During the peak of med school I was up to 8 cups a day. Got brutal withdrawal headaches. I remember one time I finished an exam, went out and partied, and thought I had the worst hangover the next day that got worse into the evening. Turns out, since I wasn't studying, I wasn't drinking coffee. One sip and the headache disappeared. It was like magic.

I've cut down now to one cup in the morning followed by tea if I want a hot drink. The big danger with drinking a lot of coffee is if you are a cream and sugar user as it can really jack up your caloric intake.

Colospg wrote:

I'm pretty hooked on drinking coffee, that being said does anyone else have to take a crap anytime they have coffee? It seems to royally F my stomach up every morning but i'm too addicted to quit Lol

That is one of the great benefits of coffee. Drink a cup in the morning, hit the bathroom then go for a run.

I've been drinking coffee a long time. I stopped once just to prove that I could and I had some light headaches so I started drinking again. Too many benefits and few negative side affects.

Bullet the Blue Sky wrote:

You guys know they make decaffeinated coffee, right?

Yeah...sure, I guess that might be good if you're Mormon.

Shdjxjsjsjzjzjshs wrote:

During the peak of med school I was up to 8 cups a day. Got brutal withdrawal headaches. I remember one time I finished an exam, went out and partied, and thought I had the worst hangover the next day that got worse into the evening. Turns out, since I wasn't studying, I wasn't drinking coffee. One sip and the headache disappeared. It was like magic.

I've cut down now to one cup in the morning followed by tea if I want a hot drink. The big danger with drinking a lot of coffee is if you are a cream and sugar user as it can really jack up your caloric intake.

My critical care nurse sister tells me that they had an "aha!" moment several years back. One of the reasons patients felt like crap post-surgery was that they weren't getting the caffeine they were used to. She started getting the patients their routine coffee (or tea or cola), and things were a lot better. They still have to deal with the surgery aftermath of course, but the caffeine helped.

Shdjxjsjsjzjzjshs wrote:The big danger with drinking a lot of coffee is if you are a cream and sugar user as it can really jack up your caloric intake.

I've had the bulletproof people tell me they don't need to eat breakfast if they have their bulletproof coffee and they don't get hungry. I ask a bit and find out they had a 700 calorie cup of coffee.

Me: "why don't you just have a 700 calorie breakfast like I did? I'm not hungry after three cups of oatmeal either."

Them: "but I didn't eat so I'm losing weight. It's magic. I'm not hungry"

Me: "you had 700 calories of fat. It's just that you had it as liquid"

Them: "you don't understand. I can go a half day without eating if I just have a cup of bulletproof coffee"

Me: "but you did 'eat', you just had it as liquid"

Them: "but..."

You get the idea.

Freshman year of college I was drinking 2-3 cups a day, now as a junior I drink 1 a day during the week and none on the weekends. Op you're fine drink a couple times a week its when you drink it multiple times a day that you'll start to develop a dependency on the caffeine .

Love coffee but I think when you go to those stores where you get your own beans from a dispenser that the stores often times put the same coffee in the dispensers and call it a different name from a different country ha

Would much rather quit Pepsi...I am down to one 7.5oz a day at lunch.

Coffee (not just caffeine) is linked to a variety of health benefits: it's consumption is inversely associated with incidence of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, reduces Type II diabetes, is associated with healthier arteries, and so not surprisingly is associated with a longer life.

The above could be because In the standard American diet, coffee provides the most antioxidants of any single food group (though this may be because the typical Americans eat so few fruit/veg!)

Caution: due to variations in genetic makeup, some people metabolise coffee very slowly, these people often intuitively drink less coffee as a result, but some don't cut back and so suffer sleep problems, palpitations, anxiety etc. 23-and-me can determine if you have this genetic make up or not.

Some people can reduce caffeine jitters by consuming L-theanine before drinking coffee (you might need some absorption time before drinking the coffee). L-theanine is the compound in tea that works with caffeine to provide an “alert calmness.” and may also improves mood. Why not just drink tea before coffee? Some pills have about 10 cups of tea worth of L-theanine, so you' have to drink a lot!

I'm boycotting coffee because they show coffee commercials during NFL games. I've never felt more American!

[quote]Caffeine Charlie wrote:

I use caffeine supplements for training and racing (hence my nickname "Caffeine Charlie 🤔). A perfectly legal substance with performance benefits

I hope you never plan on competing in NCAA sports, where caffeine is not perfectly legal.

I drink coffee but never inhale.

Love coffee, would drink it all day if I could. Usually start my day with a small cup (8oz) and have a second small cup around 11. Make my own half-caf blend at the store when I buy it to keep myself from getting too wired. Struggle to fall asleep if I drink after about 2pm.

cafe ollie wrote:

Bullet the Blue Sky wrote:

You guys know they make decaffeinated coffee, right?

What's the point of that?

Switched from tea to coffee in my 40s. Have gotten completely off caffeine several times from a couple months to over a year. Didn't really feel that much different to be honest after the acclimation period. I just like it.

Trying to do this as well, more of the decaffeinated tea route. When you get older it starts doing weird things- caffeine that is to the body. Not sure benefits out weight the risks after age 50.

NCAA PED wrote:

I hope you never plan on competing in NCAA sports, where caffeine is not perfectly legal.

You're weird dude. Caffeine is permitted up to 15 mcg/ml in NCAA sports. Do you have any idea how much that is? 🤔 This:

"A standard drip coffee has around 100 mg per 8 oz cup (250 ml), and 100 mg of caffeine equates to approximately 1.5 mcg/mL in the urine, so you’re looking at 10 cup of coffee IN ONE HOUR to produce a sample of 15 mcg/mL . Can you spell ectopic focus?"