Caffeine bothers me if I don't get any in the morning! Love my 2-3 cups of coffee in the morning, especially in the winter. Sitting here with my second cup as I type this.
Does Caffeine bother you?
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I do Diet pop only
I can easily do a pot of coffee a day and a 2 liter of pop.
Hermann
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My coffee intake is 1 or 2 18 oz mugs a day. Never sure if the second mug will be drank, If I go to the lady friends house I take a mug along. Their idea of good coffee is Folger's. Haven't been there since about 1978 when I was introduced to Mocha Java.
As others said, my issue is not getting enough. I usually have 3 cups a day. If I don't have two by noon, I'll have withdrawals. The worst headaches I've ever had was from lack of caffeine.
Hermann
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thats me in the many days2 cups in the morning and tea the rest of the day.
I average 6 black espressos everyday until sunset, or I won't sleep. I rarely drink pop anymore, but I might have the odd one on Sunday with my OMAD.
I was a huge tea drinker in my young years
No denying that
Coffee makes you regular for sure
Hermann
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Had a caffeine headache this morning, only had one mug of coffee and no tea yesterday.
Coffee tastes pretty nasty to me since I first took a sip when I was probably 8 or 10, so I have absolutely no desire for it ever since. I does smell nice when someone is cooking it. I've cut down on soft drinks the last few years to only when having a combo meal at a fast food place. If it's not included I just ask for a cup of water. As a replacement, I've switched to Arizona diet ice tea, the peach and green tea versions. Not sure how much caffine it has but doesn't seem to bother me. Read somewhere that the sweeteners they used aren't as bad for you as what other brands or sodas have. A gallon lasts about 3 days which is still probably not enough fluid intake.
Caffeine can promote cardiac arrhythmias in certain people - though not in most people.
I am/was one of those people. I used to have bouts of very rapid heart beat and coffee was one of the main precipitants (along with stress, lack of sleep, chocolate, and alcohol). The technical term for these episodes is Supraventricular Tacchycardia (SVT). My pulse would easily top 150 beats/minute and go as high as 200 beats/minute. They aren't dangerous unless you fall down or crash your car because you're feeling weak, or something like that. I would feel weak but never felt faint. They did stop me from getting a pilot's license however. These bouts would last anywhere from a minute or two, up to many hours.
I was advised to stop drinking caffeinated coffee entirely at about age 40. By doing that these bouts of rapid heart beat almost entirely disappeared. So when someone asks for a decaf coffee they aren't being precious. When I stopped drinking real coffee I noticed an immediate drop in my energy level.
The rapid heart beat episodes came back again in the past few years and I had to get some work done on the wiring of my heart (not on the arteries, the actual wiring). I can drink caffeinated coffee now but I don't like the buzz so I stick to decaf. And I sleep better too.
I am/was one of those people. I used to have bouts of very rapid heart beat and coffee was one of the main precipitants (along with stress, lack of sleep, chocolate, and alcohol). The technical term for these episodes is Supraventricular Tacchycardia (SVT). My pulse would easily top 150 beats/minute and go as high as 200 beats/minute. They aren't dangerous unless you fall down or crash your car because you're feeling weak, or something like that. I would feel weak but never felt faint. They did stop me from getting a pilot's license however. These bouts would last anywhere from a minute or two, up to many hours.
I was advised to stop drinking caffeinated coffee entirely at about age 40. By doing that these bouts of rapid heart beat almost entirely disappeared. So when someone asks for a decaf coffee they aren't being precious. When I stopped drinking real coffee I noticed an immediate drop in my energy level.
The rapid heart beat episodes came back again in the past few years and I had to get some work done on the wiring of my heart (not on the arteries, the actual wiring). I can drink caffeinated coffee now but I don't like the buzz so I stick to decaf. And I sleep better too.
I don't drink any soda, just a couple cups of black coffee or an americano every day. I used to drink more but getting covid messed up my coffee intake/tolerance permanently which is odd.
One of the symptoms of caffeine withdrawal is a headache.
My sister says she can't drink decaf coffee "because it gives her a headache". Caffeine withdrawal will do that.
No, the lack of caffeine bothers me. Been drinking coffee since I was 12… never really made me hyper/jittery unless I had a lot… though my “1 cup” is more like 4 according to the coffee maker.
I am down to one small cup in the morning
