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Coffee detox (pg. 5)
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| feelgood |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
then decaf is the way to go for you :) |
If only they could make decaf taste good :( |
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| Skipper |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
then decaf is the way to go for you :) |
I actually quit as part of a broader detox...the process of decaffination adds a number of toxins to the end product. So no decaf either (although at 10 this morning I caved and had a half caf half decaf...I couldn't function at work at all.) |
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| FunkyCrew |
hm, so I have been googling around for more pros and cons of coffee for the past little while and I'm not toosure you need to completely cut it out! :)
| quote: | • A study of 90,000 Japanese by the National Cancer Center in Tokyo found that people who drank one to four cups of coffee daily had half the liver cancer risk of those who never drank coffee. Researchers aren't sure why, but they speculate that antioxidants may play a role.
• A study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health that followed more than 125,000 men and women for more than a decade found that regular coffee drinkers had a significantly lower risk of developing type 2 (or late-onset) diabetes. Studies in Sweden and Finland also concluded that coffee consumption offers protection from type 2 diabetes. Again, researchers aren't sure why.
• A half-dozen recent international studies showed a positive relationship between drinking caffeinated beverages -- including coffee -- and lower rates of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
• Other research links coffee consumption with reduced risk of cirrhosis of the liver, colon cancer and asthma.
• A cup or two of coffee can improve endurance in activities such as running, cycling and swimming, according to other research. Coffee has a strong ergogenic effect, meaning it helps people work harder and longer, explains Lawrence Spriet, an exercise physiologist at the University of Guelph who has researched the effects of caffeine on athletic performance for more than a decade. "Even small amounts of caffeine can be quite powerful,” he says. |
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| quote: | Consider this: At least six studies indicate that people who drink coffee on a regular basis are up to 80% less likely to develop Parkinson's, with three showing the more they drink, the lower the risk. Other research shows that compared to not drinking coffee, at least two cups daily can translate to a 25% reduced risk of colon cancer, an 80% drop in liver cirrhosis risk, and nearly half the risk of gallstones.
Coffee even offsets some of the damage caused by other vices, some research indicates. "People who smoke and are heavy drinkers have less heart disease and liver damage when they regularly consume large amounts of coffee compared to those who don't," says DePaulis. |
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| gl.tch |
| quote: | Originally posted by Skipper
Today I decided I wanted to try and quit drinking coffee. On a very "good" day I will have one starbucks grande around 7am, and nothing for the rest of the day. Most days, however, I have one in the afternoon as well (never past 3pm), and on the rougher days I'll have three in one day.
I love coffee :( |
same here! Tho while I was on vacation, I'd just have one in the morning and be ok, i.e. no headaches. I think it's as much about the ritual as it is the drug. |
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| Skipper |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
hm, so I have been googling around for more pros and cons of coffee for the past little while and I'm not toosure you need to completely cut it out! :)
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All of that aside, at the end of the day your body is being tricked by a stimulant to be productive. It ultimately encourages your own metabolism to get lazy, because it "waits" for the caffeine to come get things going. It's just another thing for your liver to process.
God knows my liver has seen worse things run through it than coffee but not as regularly as the good ol java. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Skipper
All of that aside, at the end of the day your body is being tricked by a stimulant to be productive. It ultimately encourages your own metabolism to get lazy, because it "waits" for the caffeine to come get things going. It's just another thing for your liver to process.
God knows my liver has seen worse things run through it than coffee but not as regularly as the good ol java. |
but isn't caffeine = antioxidant? This http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13281392/ talks about it cutting alcohol's bad effects from the liver
hmm! |
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| Skipper |
If you drink enough to be worried about cirrhosis, coffee is the least of your concerns. For a regular person I don't believe the benefits necessarily outweigh the cons...my own detox effort last week inspired a friend of mine to try cold turkey too, and he nearly choked! It's alarming what kind of withdrawl there is. I won't give up coffee forever but I hadn't realized what a drug it is. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Skipper
If you drink enough to be worried about cirrhosis, coffee is the least of your concerns. For a regular person I don't believe the benefits necessarily outweigh the cons...my own detox effort last week inspired a friend of mine to try cold turkey too, and he nearly choked! It's alarming what kind of withdrawl there is. I won't give up coffee forever but I hadn't realized what a drug it is. |
I guess it all depends on your personal daily consumption levels and how strong the coffee is
I can't drink the full cop of brewed coffee unless it's a latte or something - otherwise I have 1 cup of instant coffee during the weekend
but you did mentiond 1-3 grandes a day - are we talking just brewed coffee or sweet stuff too, like Mochas and whatnot?
I personally cut out ALL Starbucks for the next few months - I started gaining weight after overloading with mochas and lattes for the past few months :\ |
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| nadezhda |
| i "quit" after i stopped working at starbucks during university. i would probably drink the equivalent of 4-5 shots of espresso a day (while at work, which was around 5 days out of the week). i was seriously grumpy for the first week, but after that it was fine. i put the word quit in quotations because i absolutely love coffee but i really only drink it on the weekends anymore (mainly because the stuff at work is vile and i can't be arsed to make it at home before leaving my house). actually, come to think of it, the reason i stopped having it every day in the first place was because that office's coffee was revolting as well. |
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| Ferg |
| so after reading this crap I have cut my minimum of 2 coffees a day (well days I work) down to 1 coffee in the morning... thanks for ruining it for me... btw I did get the headache thing a little bit |
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| daves |
coffee is ed and you don't really understand until you haven't had it in 15 months and then drink one out of the blue.
whatever caffeine is said to be in tea, the actual effect from drinking tea is minute... doesn't even compare!
/done with coffee for the most part since beginning of '08 after cold turkeying it - only have it occasionally as my version of an energy drink - it comes complete with the palpitations! |
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| Skipper |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
but you did mentiond 1-3 grandes a day - are we talking just brewed coffee or sweet stuff too, like Mochas and whatnot?
I personally cut out ALL Starbucks for the next few months - I started gaining weight after overloading with mochas and lattes for the past few months :\ |
Those things are deadly - my coffee was either straight drip starbucks or americanos with milk, no sugar. |
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