Coffee and caffeine in general has completely ruined my health and energy levels. I've been addicted to it for years and I have every symptom described in this video:Quitting Caffeine and Coffee Addictionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kXq8na6Q9wWhat I've noticed over the years from drinking coffee alone:>poor sleep quality and quantity >low energy, constant fatigue, I'm tired all the time>mood swings and emotional instability >messed up sleep schedule>headaches>irritability >anxiety>elevated stress>depression >distraction and inability to focusI don't take any other drugs and I don't drink alcohol.
>>77368432imagine being filtered by coffee lmaozoomers are such pathetic little bitches
Can confirm. I'd argue that green and black tea are even worse than coffee because for some reason they really spike my anxiety
>>77368453>queers get anxiety attacks over drinking a cup of tea or coffeeKLOK
>>77368439>>77368500kekking my little butt off sipping my morning cuppa with my extra 200mg caffeine after 8h of highly restful sleep.
>>77368432I keep hearing caffeine is bad but when I quit it for 2 months I didn't feel any difference whatsoever. I get most of it from coke rather than coffee though, all coffee does is make me shit.
>>77368453i had to stop drinking pu erh because that shit would make me irrationally angry somehow. sometimes felt vaguely shitty on green and black tea too but idk either some weird fermentation byproduct or the amount i was having made me feel real fucked up from pu erh. meanwhile i can drink coffee all day.I think generally coffee isnt the problem mostly, it's just something easy to blame when you reach for it because you are stressed. Like, OP do you actually exercise regularly, are you at a healthy weight, are you doing well professionally or at school. Probably not.
>>77368432Just recently I acknowledged that I am, in fact, addicted to coffee. And I think it's not really just the coffee per se, but the "ritual" I've built around consuming it: preparing a cup, sitting down quietly, and taking a break from my own thoughts for a few minutes. It's a crutch. It feels comforting, although it's probably unhealthy. Regarding sleep, I'm clueless. I've been drinking coffee for so long that my brain probably doesn't even know what a night's sleep without caffeine feels like, so I guess I'd have to actually quit for as long as the guy in the video did to see if I notice any difference. Personally, I've been dealing with all the other symptoms you listed, especially depression, lack of focus, and irritability, but they started long after I started drinking coffee, so idk if there is a correlation.
>>77368575>preparing a cup, sitting down quietly, and taking a break from my own thoughts for a few minutes.How could that be a bad thing?>>77368432I'd bet it's actually internet/socialmedia addiction and not coffee that's causing all that
Caffeine Consumption Patterns, Health Impacts, and Media Influence: A Narrative Review:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12269801/"Caffeine is widely recognized as the most commonly consumed psychoactive substance globally."The Consumption of Caffeine-Containing Products to Enhance Sports Performance: An Application of an Extended Model of the Theory of Planned Behavior:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7912121/"Caffeine is the most-used psychoactive substance in the world. About 80% of the world’s population consumes caffeine every day, including athletes and lifestyle users."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee>Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted ground coffee beans.>Coffee has a stimulating effect on humans due to its caffeine content>Though coffee has become a global commodity, it has a history tied to food traditions around the Red Sea. >The earliest reports of coffee drinking pertain to the plant's use among the Sufis of Yemen in southern Arabia in the middle of the 15th century.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_coffee>Wild coffee plants originated in Ethiopia, while the beverage itself has its roots in Yemen, where it was harvested, roasted and brewed.>From Yemen, coffee spread to Mecca and the wider Arabian Peninsula, and by the early 16th century it had reached Cairo, Damascus, and Istanbul. >Debates over its permissibility arose in Muslim society, but it soon became a central part of urban social life. >Through Mediterranean trade routes, coffee entered Europe in the mid-16th century, first in Italy and later in other regions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_coffeehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks>Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington.>Starbucks was converted into a coffee shop serving espresso-based drinks under the ownership of Howard Schultz, who was chief executive officer from 1986 to 2000 and led the aggressive expansion of the franchise across the West Coast of the United States>As of November 2022, the company had 35,711 stores in 80 countries, 15,873 of which were located in the United States.>The rise of the second wave of coffee culture is generally attributed to Starbucks
>>77368453I actually love green tea
Nikola Tesla on coffee:"I was strongly addicted to coffee, with the result that my heart was subjected to a dangerous over-strain. It took me eleven years to vanquish my craving for this pernicious drink. The cure cost me a good deal of money. For eleven years I had the finest coffee prepared for me at my table every day, and never touched a drop. Its presence aroused my powers of resistance. If it had not been there I would have suffered from the craving. I, at least, have found coffee and tea rank poisons."https://teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla/articles/nikola-teslas-youth-and-strength-78
>>77368439>>77368500>>77368504And I'm over here starting the day off with 200mg caffeine + 25mg ephedrine, and when I make it to the gym I take a huge fucking rip from my epinephrine inhaler. LOL. OP def sounds like a zoomies. They're confirmed to have the highest anxiety rates ever. Bunch of little sensitive bitches.>>77368613100% agree>>77368782Who gives a shit what that schizo retard thought? Plenty of studies show it's improves lifts and has neurological/cognitive benefits.
>>77368782>incel moment
>>77368432I quit 3 months ago. I didn't feel normal until a month and a half after quitting.
>>77368792>Who gives a shit what that schizo retard thought?It's comments such as these which explains the dumpster fire which is /fit/.
Combine it with L-theanine and it is fine. Green tea has it naturally next to caffeine. Just supplement it together with your cup.Or drink decaf coffee to get all the benefits but no jitters.And never drink it after ~11:00 or ~12:00. Same goes for green tea desu
Caffeine:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519490/>Caffeine is a naturally occurring central nervous system stimulant belonging to the methylxanthine class and is widely recognized as the most utilized psychoactive stimulant worldwide.>Although this drug is most commonly sourced from coffee beans, it can also naturally occur in certain types of tea and cacao beans and as an additive to soda and energy drinks. >Caffeine's primary mechanism of action involves its effects on adenosine receptors in the brain.>Being both fat- and water-soluble component, caffeine easily crosses the blood-brain barrier and antagonizes all 4 adenosine receptor subtypes (A1, A2a, A2b, and A3).>The antagonism of the A2a receptor is particularly responsible for caffeine's wakefulness effects.>Adenosine receptors are not limited to the CNS but are present throughout the body.Adverse Effects:>Mild adverse effects of caffeine include anxiety, restlessness, fidgeting, insomnia, irritability, muscle twitches or tremors, agitation, irregular heart rate>Severe adverse effects may include disorientation, hallucinations, psychosis, seizures, arrhythmias, ischemia, and rhabdomyolysis.>Additionally, caffeine can lead to withdrawal symptoms if habitual users abruptly cease consumption.
>>77368432You sound like a bitch.
>>77368538I used to drink puerh but it started hurting my teeth for some reason. So now I just do extremely homosexual home pressed espresso.
>>77368782God damnit, I knew there had to be something wrong with the guy.
>>77368838Decaf is filled with toxins from the decaffination process
>>77368782>11 yearsxd
>>77368782>a autistic lanklet nerd afraid of eating meat managed to get laidWhat's your excuse /fit/?
>>77368432Even if you quit coffee right now, you would still complain about these problems.
>>77368619>If a lot of people do something, then it makes it okay and good for you.
>>77369166The point of highlighting how many people consume it is not to prove that it's healthy, but just to show how widely consumed it is. The vast majority of the world’s population consumes caffeine every day now. For most of European history no one consumed coffee until the mid-16th century.
>>77369223So basically your post had no actual relevance to the thread then
>>77368856There are different ways to decaffeinate coffee.Just get swiss water one if it worries you
