If you are struggling with quitting caffeine, here is a video I made on how to avoid the withdrawal symptoms : ruclips.net/video/xU7JiZ_i1BI/видео.html
I got fed up with having mind-bending anxiety over things that don't matter at all. I quit cold turkey 6 weeks ago: four days of misery, followed by feeling better than I have felt in several years. Never going back.
I'm looking forward to feeling better than ever, too. I'm on day 4 and I feel a little better each day but still dragging quite a bit. Caffeine has done far more bad than good in my life and I'm honestly afraid to even drink it now!
@@elusive4072 It’s been about 9 months since I quit caffeine. Best thing I ever did. Unnecessary anxiety is nonsense. Best luck on your relaxed journey!
My name is chase . I served in us marine corps from 2017-2021 and once on restriction of movement I hadn’t had any caffeine for more than 3 weeks and I woke up one morning feeling the single most rested I’ve ever felt . I felt full of joy and vibrant to be alive . After going back to caffeine I felt like I was poisoning myself . I’m back off it now and heading toward that amazing sleep and we’ll being . Anyone can do it i promise it’s worth trying at least .
@@soukainakanice today is day 40 and it has made a huge impact. Much less anxiety. Better focus and clean energy throughout the day. My motivation is better as well. Sleep is better than ever before . No wonder the wealthy one percent doesn’t drink coffee .
I stopped drinking coffee cold turkey, and ended up in the ER. My anxiety was through the roof. My heart rate was off the chart. I’m feeling better now.
Oh, jeez! Same thing here. Been drinking coffee for 15 years and my anxiety, sleep, was getting really bad & getting worse that it turned into a depression. Never been depressed in my life & it’s such a dark scary place. Cherry on top of the cake was 1st ever severe panic attack, I thought I’m going to die hence ended up in the ER. For reference I had 1 cup of Nespresso a day, very occasionally 2. This love & hate relationship is done! I quit cold turkey. The withdrawal was brutal & felt never ending … But finally after a while I see improvement in my sleep, mood and overall health. 🌱 Wasted 15 years of my life feeling anxious, jittery, & depressed 💔
Coffee caused muscule aches and joint pain. Like most other drugs, the more I drank, the more I needed. So happy to be off of it and have my life back.
the fact that it messes with your neurotransmitters (makes you more vulnerable to insomnia and depression) and puts you in a permanent fight or flight mode should be reasons enough to quit caffeine altogether.
Coffee actually reduces cortisol with chronic usage. This suggests it doesn't cause a fight or flight response, at least when used chronically. The study showed the cortisol increase was blunted after just a few days of usage.
@@alexjaljl Apples and oranges. Though alcohol has reduced effects with chronic use as well. My point still stands. Caffeine and other substances like nicotine stress the body in such a way that it becomes resistant to all stressors with chronic use.
Only Drink water for a week and you will see the change, it is truly drastic. I went back to RedBull and Coffee to see how i would feel and i felt like shit. Back to water and occasional milk and juice.
Excellent job! I've been addicted for 12 years and FINALLY stopped last week. It's hard to keep on track because life just feels slow/"normal" because you're not constantly on the run. Best benefit so far is that belly fat is disappearing super quick. It's the only place I hold excess fat. I think it has to do with chronically elevated cortisol levels.
Thank you ! For me, it's been a month since I quit (it's still hard cause coffee is everywhere) I am noticing a huge improvement in sleep quality and stress levels. Let's keep it up 💪🏼
Same here.. I addicted caffein about 15years.. I suggest u can replace caffein like decaf kombucha tea or homemade, decaff green tea , decaff black tea, rooibos tea, jiogulan tea.. But all of this kombucha really make me feel & forget the pleasure of caffein
@@soukainakanice please help I'm on day 11 and I feel like a wreck 😫 sad all the time, anxiety through the roof. I keep thinking weird thoughts I keep having random memories of when I was a kid and it gets me depressed ass crap. Life doesn't even feel real its like a dream, and I'm dizzy 24/7
@@Baseball4Life- Are you drinking enough water ? (1.5L per day minimum), try breathing exercises. Also, test for any mineral or vitamin deficiency (mainly vitamin D and magnesium). I think that adjusting these factors will really help. Keep it up !! Good luck :)
Thanks for making this video. A lot of people need to be aware of the risks of high doses of caffeine every day for decades. It takes its toll as cortisol levels remain constantly high leading to physical and mental harm. It is especially try when one has a stressful job. Caffeine will only make the stress worse. For me it’s day 5 caffeine free and I feel great 👍
Now I avoid drinking coffee in stressful settings such as the office. I do drink coffee during my days off and on holidays. Even then I only have a small espresso
I quit caffeine a month ago. The withdrawals vary depending on the person. For me they were pretty bad. However 100% worth it. I will never go back. I strongly suggest you either cut back significantly or just quit. You can absolutely do it. At least try it for a few weeks. You will wish you'd done it sooner. Promise!
I used to have 3 cups of strong black coffee everyday till 3 weeks ago. A day before I completely quit drinking coffee, my nose started twiching. I called up one of my relatives who is a doctor to find out the reason - he quickly pointed out that it is 'too much' coffee. I quit the next day! First three days were terrible but then I started feeling more energetic and positive. Then I thought no harm in having a small cup per day so I had it yesterday and it was a bad decision, felt terrible - I was anxious, lost focus on my work. I AM NOT GOING TO DRINK IT AGAIN, NEVER!!🙂🙂
@@an0therdimensi0n99Since I have now also found out that black coffee is beneficial for the liver, I take only a very small cup of black coffee as a medicine between 10 and 11 am. That is it and it is not having any adverse effect.
@@jayeshmahajan9391 Everything is in coffee beans, just find which coffee is most suits you best, for those who have arrhythmia and other issues do not use stronger blends like 60% arabica and 40% robusta or even stronger blends, just use 100% Arabica, also when you buy coffee look how much strong it is, generally Arabica has a lot less caffeine than mixed blends of arabica and robusta..
@@jayeshmahajan9391 yeah I started investigating, I had bought 5 coffees and add small amounts of beans into machine just for 2 or 3 coffees to make and then tried in few thays all of them and all of them is famous brands like Lavazza, Housebrandt, Rioba, Julius Meinl, And found out that when I have tried for example Housebrandt Academia which has 60% arabica / 40% robusta which is not suit me it is to much strong for me but taste is really nice, I had a small pressure in my ear after drinking it, then I switch for example to Lavazza ORO which is 100% arabica strong 5 of 10 and nothing negative like I even had s feeling that I had drank caffeine/coffee.. also helps in machine lower intensity of coffee(low to high) I set it to 2 of 1 to 5… And I enjoy coffee without any issues, hope this helps. Rest of my 4 coffees is all 100% arabica and in future I will be buying only 100% because for me that most suit me
I quit coffee 2 years ago and I wished I never drank coffee in my life. I am 57 now and my head starts shaking after drinking 1 coffee only. That started 2 years ago. I had my suspicion already on many problems I had described in this video but nobody supported me in that. So I started experimenting myself with longer (1 month) and shorter periods (few days) without coffee. The results became more and more clear to me. My wife forbid me sometimes to try more. Than I sneekly drank some coffee because of the cravings. But than my wife saw I had tremblings with my head and told me I was sneekly drinking coffee again. I never experienced the tremblings after quitting completely. But even after 2 years if I try to drink one coffee or coke only the tremblings come back including depression and all other bad stuff. For me coffee is a delicious poison. Just giving a short boost. But making things worse on the long run. Drinking Tulsi sleeping tea and vitamins and minerals to support my adrenals and life is so much better now. I lost weight, and I am more alert and happy than with the black stuff, no thanks.
Just to follow up this story. I observed that my adrenalin was depleted, taking adrenal supporting supplements helped. I also started taking extra magnesium before bed. And I observed that I was depleted in Vit B1 especially the water soluble version called thiamine. Because it was already few weeks frequently peeing at night. I took a test for my prostate and uti. But the doctors could not find anything. Accidentally I saw a video from doctor Berg explaining about peeing at night because of short on Vit B1. Benfotamine and thiamine. I looked up my diet and found my intake of B1 was 0. I don't eat sea fruit or pork, nor any other that contained Thiamin. I start eating lentils and added supplements. Since then I start to get OK. No more peeing at night and my blood pressure start to lower also.
Switch to decaf or drink dark roast coffee: the darker the roast the lower the caffeine level. Light roast has the most caffeine. You can also drink green tea. Blonde roast coffee and green teas do have health benefits. Look it up and learn how to manage caffeine. It’s like sugar if you eat a giant candy bar every day it’s not good, but a little square of dark chocolate (with your espresso) can be a treat with health benefits.
For the past 6 years, I believed I had ADHD, depression and bipolar, but it turns out it was the coffee all along. I used to consume Starbucks coffee daily which I had like 300 mg caffeine per cup, because I believed it would make me productive. But the more I drank, the more I became worse at my job. Looking back, things took a bit for the worse ever since I got addicted to that first cup. Reducing my caffeine was like my eyes opened to the reality after all these years. I want to stop it but I am still physiologically dependent on it. It's crazy how the negative effects of caffiene aren't talked much. I believe everything needs to be in moderation including coffee, but I wonder with the long cue I see at Starbucks, how many people are actually drinking in moderation.
I wouldn’t even use caffeine Responsibly, the affect of it is to give you more stress and flight or fight so even if u use it occasionally all it’s gonna do is stress out ur body
Thanks for the video. I'm glad you mentioned caffeine's effect on blood sugar. I experienced this situation. I was obese, so I started intermittent fasting. I gave up coffee so I could also quit the sugar and cream I used. I did the 16/8 fast along with 2-3 whole day fasts each week. In 5 months, I lost 60 pounds, and my blood sugar was great. Then, I started drinking black coffee, and my weight loss stopped almost immediately. However, it took me a while to connect caffeine with why my weight loss stopped.
Coffee causes a great and I reiterate great disruption on hormones. It affects every single hormone and affects all the adrenal glands and endocrine glands like the pituitary, hypothalamus, thymus, thyroid, and elevates the propensity of developing many conditions like diabetes which is a oxygen stealer. DIABETES disables the bodies oxygen absorption causing body parts to die starting with the limbs. Coffee also keeps the body constantly dehydrated and this in the long run is not good. It also damages skin cells and dna. It also makes the skin look horrible by breaking down elastin and collagen. After all this there is nothing absolutely no benefit from drinking coffee. And those that tout the benefits are affiliated with big Coffee. Don't believe the lies quit now because the body is a marvelous system that can correct everything but we need to help it and take care of it. Our bodies are our house. That's where we live once we mess up our house we live in it's game over and you don't get another chance.
Starting the evening of the day when I quit my morning coffee,I had a weird headache for about 12 hours, then I "came alive." My normal all-day feeling now is the same as the "high" I got after that first cup of coffee. But I have no downslide in my mood now. It's all "high" all day long. It's so great and it was so easy. (In my 30s I couldn't do it; something about my older self made it simple). Good video. Thanks. Good luck to all.
Only twelve hours?! You're so lucky! I'm on day 2 and almost fell off my bike because my headache is so bad despite taking a painkiller. Thanks! How have you been?
Suffered crippling anxiety and hand tremors/sweating for over a decade now, and it never occurred to me to stop drinking coffee because it was so embedded in my daily routine and tbh it tastes so good. During the days when i forget to drink coffee, i would feel a pulsating headache and i would just be like "ohhh it's because i forgot to drink coffee today" not realizing that in itself is a problem. Day 2 of quitting now, i really hope this helps with my anxiety cause i really cannot live with this anymore, the shaking/sweating is interfering with my life
Darn, I just bought a new coffee machine. I am seventy years old. For the past week, my blood pressure has been high. I drink a lot of coffee. I work out, but I lose muscle mass. I.m going cold turkey for a week and see what happens. Will get back to share my results. Thanks
A lot of people are unaware of just how serious caffeine is. I quit recently and got insane withdrawal symptoms pertaining to depression and borderline suicidal thoughts, and I'm not alone in going through this. There's no way a substance that can do that should be regarded as healthy.
Yeah I think its one of the greatest addictions there is yet its socially very accepted. I mean if you were to say this stuff to the average person they'd think you were crazy. But you only really see the truth of the issue when you withdraw from it and give up caffeine.........thats when the scales fall from your eyes and you see the true effects of caffeine.
I’ve been drinking it for ten years with one two year period of quitting. As with other drugs I’ve done recreationally, I feel almost no benefits from drinking caffeine now and horrible anxiety. I took one day off recently and slept the entire day. i am extremely fit and active and wondered how much this effect on my sleep was having on my recovery from exercise. i need to quit.
Thanks for this video - great work. I was in the same boat. I was only drinking one coffee a day, so I didn't think it would have a big effect. Only after quitting did I realise what a major effect it has on the body.
Drinking my one daily cup of coffee as I start to watch your video. Good point about making up our own mind. I did that recently regarding my intake of sugar. Horrified, I cut out as much added sugar (and all sweeteners) that I could. I just hope I can finish my brew before you get to the scary parts....lol!
I can not even believe how much better I felt after I quit. I could not get enough sleep( quality ). I did relapse, drank a cup and it just reinforced how crappy it made me feel. I was able to be way more productive and better mood when I quit. I thought I had diabetes or hyperglycemia. I couldn't believe it. Crazy transformation. I also drank 8-10 cups a day before
8-10 cups a day! Yeeeet! I'm glad you quitted man! I'm quitting too...the more I read the less I want to keep having it. I'm a huge overthinker, so much that I wake up thinking constantly about anything. That drains me of energy and I'm sick of it. Let's quit this crap!
Strange, I do quit for reasons I yet don't know. It takes months without coffee and I wonder why I do this to myself. So I drink for some for a while and so on... I guess the quality of coffee is way below what it was before the covid bs. So I don't even wanna drink anymore. Any differences I noticed? No. But even if do feel like I'm not addicted to it psychologically, the idea of opening your brain chemistry and your whole biochemistry to addiction can't work for my favor. Am I happy? No. Does coffee make me happy? Not anymore. Should I inject even more coffee into my veins? I'm out of here...
@@pablochamber411 Welcome to the worldwide wireless concentration cramp ! maybe if we'd kiss our corporate cattlerancher state pharmer KINGPIMPS of gangstas pair-o-dice asses hard enough --- they might treat us a little better huh ? (Stockholm syndrome) yet the overly-ambitious industrialized world would likely come to a screeching halt without caffeine to keep the slaves striving harder than is healthy. We best start sharpening our mental shivs yawl. Hold fast (intermittent fasting from the poi-zion food supply) , and stay vigilant (meditation is prayer) --- to achieve Goddesspeed yawl. Time to conscientiously rip the goddamn blindfold MASK veil off Lady Justice --- so she can properly thrash that greedy-sadistic judiciously corrupt fraternity of pig-raping motherfrackers out of the equation entirely. . . We need to change "good mourning." into "good dawning !" REJOICE for the kingdom of heaven is in play ! FREEK-OUT !
Thank you for this, I love the fact you are basing this off science and not a lifestyle trend. I'm going cold turkey off caffeine since I'm an insomniac, endometriosis riddled, on PPI meds for antacids and just so very exhausted. I felt so much better when I was pregnant and not drinking caffeine.
My experience over the years are that my day at work will start ok, then like usual i drink my coffee. An hour after, i start feeling weird, intrusive thoughts, extremely high anxiety, too much self awareness of every move in my body and thought pattern. I had always a level of anxiety so i always told myself thats the reason. What i did noticed later on is in the days when I don't drink coffee i feel much more clear in my head, my body movements are more align, no brain fog, a type of calmness that im really not used to. Personally in my case i believe its not just the caffeine but also gluten that causes me severe inflammation. Al that i mentioned above are actually an inflammation in the brain. It wasn't "just" the anxiety in itself.. these stuff makes everything worse 10 times
Yes inflammation is bad for our brain, coffee especially with cream and sugar increase inflammation. I hope you are feeling better now, please check the description for healthier alternatives.
I have been strict carnivore for 9 months with only an initial 20 lbs lost. I stalled and haven’t moved in 8 months but drink black coffee all day. I honestly think this may be why I am stalled. My weight is great everywhere, I feel fantastic (after my coffee) but this big belly fat will just not go away. I am 12 hours into zero coffee and feel like crap but going to stick to it 30 days and see what happens. Great video.
@@sparklebiscut1904 I didn’t make it past a few days and I fell right back into the coffee pot. I have another theory is I keep spiking my glucose with to much protein or chewing sugar free gum that is very sweet though. Either way I feel good, amazing energy, I just have a big belly still. 🤷♀️ I may try and get some hep from a coach one day but meh. I feel good and am not trying to find love so it’s not a big deal to me.
Oh I'm a diabetic & just yesterday started to drink coffee in the afternoon instead of tea since it tastes good & wonder how it so happened that your video just pops up today soon after I had my coffee. It really makes me think twice about coffee. I hv not even checked on coffee & wonder my phone knew that I started a new beverage. This is astonishing & believe God is advising me to be careful.
Thank you so much for this video! I've been trying to quit caffeine permanently since 2018, and I'm just now finally succeeding. Videos like yours, with such important and helpful information, make quitting that much easier. It's scary to know how normalized caffeine has become in our society, which is one of the main reasons it's been so difficult to quit in the past. Even bringing it up to my friends yields no results because they tend to defend their intake instead of looking into all of the reasons you listed in your video. I'm definitely going to share this with them to, if anything, plant a seed. But again, thank you for taking the time to share all of this information. You just strengthened my resolve to quit forever.
I quit caffeine 3 months ago.. I agree to what your saying about it masking your other issues. Initially I was happy about better sleep then my energy levels dropped.. I’m now finding I want to change my job, my health and diet as this is the real cause I think if the lethargy the caffeine masked. If I hadn’t quit caffeine I wouldn’t be working on these areas now
I agree, sometimes the addiction is just the top of the iceberg. For me, it was that I wasn't eating enough in the morning so I go for coffee to stop feeling hungry. Now that I have breakfast, I don't feel the need for caffeine anymore.
@@soukainakanice I find diet and modern addictions and life fascinating. really enjoyed the video. I’ll watch a few more you seem to do subjects I like. Keep it up. I’m just starting to do some RUclips videos and plan to do one on caffeine.. and how bad the UK’s diet is and could this be linked to how tired we are.
Thanks for this video. I use to drink 6 or so cups of tea a day. Several years ago i decided to cut my caffeine by 50% , i thought that way i won't have terrible withdrawal symptoms. I wanted to cut down due to heart palpitations and high B.P. I had terrible withdrawal symptoms for about 3 days, i felt awful, then it stoped and i felt much better. What shocked me was first i cut down by 50% and still had withdrawal symptoms, this also made me realise what a powerful drug caffine is, and people really don't realise. At the moment i drink one cup of caffeine tea in the morning then switch to decaff. In the evening i only have herbal tea. In the morning after my cup of caffeine tea, i still sometimes get palpitations, and i still have high B.P. might have to go on meds? I've decided when I've used up all my remaining caffeine tea bags i'm going to stop altogether and only drink decaff. I've been telling myself i need one caffeine fix to wake me up, but it's probably not true. I have a bit of a irregular heart beat and i am caffeine sensitive, so i can't afford to drink caffeine anymore. One thing i can say, even when i cut down by 50% i felt so much better! Caffeine is a strong drug! ❤👍🙏
OK! OK! You just ruined everybody's morning. We get it. Since you didn't mention donuts, they must be good for you. lol. Just joking. I quit caffeine every now & then, there is a significant positive affect. Great video. Thank you. BTW - intermitten fasting is another action that is beneficial in many aspects of living.
@@soukainakanice ~Did you become a Mormon.?? (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) ~Are you 'also' against drinking Green Tea, wine, & beer.??
Welcome to the worldwide wireless concentration cramp ! maybe if we'd kiss our corporate cattlerancher state pharmer KINGPIMPS of gangstas pair-o-dice asses hard enough --- they might treat us a little better huh ? (Stockholm syndrome) We best start sharpening our mental shivs yawl. Hold fast (intermittent fasting from the poi-zion food supply) , and stay vigilant (meditation is prayer) --- to achieve Goddesspeed yawl. Time to conscientiously rip the goddamn blindfold MASK veil off Lady Justice --- so she can properly thrash that greedy-sadistic judiciously corrupt fraternity of pig-raping motherfrackers out of the equation entirely. . . We need to change "good mourning." into "good dawning !" REJOICE for the kingdom of heaven is in play ! FREEK-OUT !
I understand you put the research in the descriptions. I'm a good judge of character so I trust you told the research to me correctly. I made it half way through your video before I come to the conclusion that I want to try quiting another drug. Thank you.
Omg! I drink coffee and smoke and go into an endless loop of extreme anxiety, and then when you mentioned it affects endometriosis I got more convinced to quit coffee because I have endometriosis and my friend told me coffee balances hormones, little she knows it's the opposite then!
Don't listen to anyone (not me or anyone else), make your own research, talk to your doctor and most importantly listen to your body. Good luck sweetie :)
just a few days ago I was on the verge of going to my GP thinking I had panic disorder and generalised anxiety disorder -as I was having physical symptoms of panic in my chest all day on and off. I was only having two cups of coffee a day but I am only an 8 stone female. then one day I thought let's not have the 2nd cup- and I noticed I didn't have the chest tightness in the afternoon or evening! even though it was busy at work which would normally lead to the symptoms (with caffeine in system) then I started looking for videos on the subject on RUclips. it really does exacerbate anxiety symptoms, if you are that way inclined anyway. I'm so glad I have discovered this cause of my symptoms!! great vid I didn't know about some of the facts you mentioned
"Your body will adjust and you will feel energetic again." Again. That word. That's what gives me hope. My body will adjust and I will feel energetic AGAIN. I'm on day 4 and I'm soooooo sleepy and tired.
@livvy1440 Thank you.😊I do love avocado. Sometimes I'll go through periods where I'll eat 1/2 to a whole avocado every day for months. So I'll try no avocado for a while and a big YES about chocolate and fatigue. I discovered several years ago that chocolate makes me extremely tired.
@@myth_bitemytoast1374 Soukaina is right. 😊 We DO start to feel energetic again. The only reason we need caffeine is because we DRINK caffeine! Drinking caffeine makes us NEED caffeine. The stuff is POISON. Of course, we also have to eat healthy foods and get moderate exercise to feel good. Living on fatal fast-food fare and sitting all day isn't going to make us feel energetic either.😊
Bravo!!! i stopped drinking coffee because of sheer vanity...Yesss !!! true story...while a university student in England i had noticed that whenever i had even a little coffee ,my face would look drawn & ugly & stressed...when i stopped, it would look so much more serene & BEAUTIFUL.. Also, being Greek w a very mediterranean temperament,coffee would turn me into a really short tempered non graceful girl...So i totally avoided caffeine for years...EXCEPT the occasional chocolate !!! Face = perfect !During lockdown i began having coffee ..devastating results. sleep badly affected, face looking aged & drawn,restless ..i d welcome suggestions on how to totally quit..as am kind of hooked now..
Hello, I can relate to you! I stopped because my boyfriend told me that my personality changes after drinking coffee ( less loving, anxious and preoccupied) . It was really hard at the beginning but he was my motivation. I don’t want a substance to control my mind. The more I stayed off coffee the clearer my thoughts were. I decided to have one coffee per week and usually the next day I felt sluggish and anxious. Sometimes panic attacks. Coffee is bad for hormones and I am soon 35 I don’t want to poison myself. Increasing the amount of protein I eat and fats helped me too. I also took naps when I was tired. It’s really worth it. I feel way better now and I hope I never see my dark eyes circles again. I don’t think the coffee has to do with your ancestry. I think humans are not meant to consume coffee because it’s a natural pesticide. If you care about your health that might help you stop. I always thought I had no problem with coffee I could have espresso and go to bed. But when you quit you notice how good it’s possible to feel without it.
I am so happy you did this video … I wish with all my heart I knew this years and years ago but I am beyond grateful to you to learn this period!!!! You may have just saved my life by many years!!!! I quit coffee two weeks ago and already the improvements are remarkable but this understanding sealed the deal for me!!!!
I have my caffeine addiction for as long as I can tell. I think I started drinking coffee with 15, now I am 35. for the first 15 years I did not have any idea that a lot of the symptoms I felt are caffeine related, it’s only for the last 4 or 5 I am somehow aware. Caffeine brought me some major panic attacks and states of mind I can hardly describe. The most recent only a few month back when I suddenly felt such a fear of falling from earth into the sky that I had to hide in a restroom and breath the hell out of me until I finally was able to at least leave the facility, still being horrified by only glancing towards the sky. That first incident lasted for about two days. A few weeks later I had another of the same attack, and that was 3 month ago and I can still not look to the sky without any neutral thoughts or simply to watch it. I quit caffeine- again - yesterday, probably for the 5th or 6th time now and hope that I will be able to stay off it. That drug is a major fuck up and I wonder more and more how my life could have been without it, since it puts me in a completely different state of mind.
Thank you for this video. I am a "casual" drinker of coffee, I just like the aroma, and never got hooked on caffeine, so for me stopping drinking coffee is like: Ok, whatever, I don't drink it anymore, no big deal. Thanks again, great video.
Great video! Thank you for sharing such interesting information. I quit coffee sometimes, but as of tomorrow the challenge will be to quit for a year, and this sure helped me with the decision 😁
I just want to comment on "few weeks or months your body will feel normal again", I want to add that for some it can take months, even half a year. Overall really good video !
This topic is under-discussed and needs to be talked about some more. I recently discovered what was causing my stress and anxiety and always feeling extremely frustrated by any little thing that won't go my way. I used to drink a Venti size Pike Coffee in the morning and sometimes I would switch it up to a Trenta Cold Brew, unknowingly making my anxiety worse and triggering the fight-or-flight response, leading to increased heart rate, blood pressure, and cortisol levels. If you are feeling overly anxious or stressed, consider quitting coffee do it for yourself and your loved ones around you because they suffer too.
I have had great success doing intermittent fasting over the last 3 years ( Normal blood sugar , 70+ lb weight loss , no insulin , weaned off Metformin in a few wks , corresponding reduction in blood pressure , etc , I agree with you about coffee & even tea. I drink only water. ( When I did several 8+ day water fasts I did a little lemon juice & a pinch of Himalayan salt in the water , but that is ALL. This is what Gandhi would do....If it is good enough for Gandhi it is good enough for me ! ) Also , please note people who make these concoctions with cream & other latte like things in their coffee & even tea ; WHEN YOU MIX A SOLUTION LIKE COFFEE WITH DAIRY YOU CREATE AN INDIGESTIBLE MESS THAT YOUR LIVER & KIDNEYS HAVE TO DEAL WITH !
I'm working on quitting smoking, so I quit coffee. Today is the 4th day without any caffeine. And I have drank over a pot a day in the last 10 years. Yesterday I noticed my anxiety has been cut in half. I was feeling good. I'm trying to get used to herbal teas now and I'm liking it. I'm sure I'll have coffee again, but not for a while, and not as much like before. Or maybe I'll never have it again. Thanks for the video.
@@soukainakanice no no , they filled my sippy cup with milk, sugar and coffee. I used to take it to school everyday. So imagine as a child if I didn’t have it 😆
Caffeine is a powerful drug that many people use around the world. This video does a good job explaining how everyone is different, and although it's not good for anyone, it can be helpful at times. I tried to quit caffeine, and I immediately regretted it because I have a rapid fire, stressful job. I'm naturally anxious, but the solution isn't quitting caffeine now because I need that astringent attention to detail. In the future when I have a less stressful life I can wean off it, but the reality is I've always hated the morning since I was child. I've always wanted to sleep late into the day and work at night. I grew up to be a painter, and illustrator, but since I still hold a rigid day job. I don't have the luxury of slowing down.
1 more fact about cortisol is the fact that inhibits weight loss when high. When people are stressed and try to work out, it won't work if their stress levels are high. If you know anyone who works out regularly, and they don't seem to be making progress, simply ask them if they've been stressing out or drinking coffee regularly.
I quit caffeine for the SECOND time. I have caffeine sensitivity, gives me headaches, dry skin, itchiness. Started drinking decaf tea. Got headaches etc..decaf also contains caffeine !! Went back to chickory, dandilion teas, Roobios...much calmer, less anxiety, depression...yep. Give it up. It exacerbates problems/ health.
Simply put it, you are out of your mind! After watching this video I am going to drink a cup of black coffee (I might need 2 or 3) to see if I can relax.
I have tried to quit coffee many times but i always fall back to it because i miss it so much. I want to quit because i am always tired and I wake up tired every morning. I quit for a few months once and these problems went away and I felt much better. But I still missed it very very much every morning! I want to quit again for real and for ever!
Good video Soukaina! I however fall asleep like a baby after a delicious cup of coffee and so does my mum (she has ZERO grey hair) and other people in family. Yes, we drink coffee after dinner (and all day long). Take this from a non-doctor, non-expert ... I have learnt to listen to your body (You said that yourself too :) ). It knows better that all the doctors on earth. I sometimes eat watermelon and bread to breakfast, other times eggs and tomato, other times nothing. Every morning I give to my body what it asks for. I am over 40, and I have to show my ID in alcohol shops. Let alone I have always heard that I look much younger than 40. I sleep max 4-5 hours a day! I am cheerful and happy and I do not take life seriously, but I do have plans and work hard. I do my best to stay away from all the information, because it decreases your time for other meaningful stuff! This discussion of coffee good or bad is LONG discussion and has been around for years, especially in BBC. Religious people, especially Muslims and Christians used coffee to "be able" to copy and recite their holy books. When I sit with my cup of coffee, it feels like meditation and I feel joy! I do not drink it for energy or to work hard. It is a time with myself. When I also feel for it, I smoke a cigarr and just leave the planet earth and enjoy a moment under the sun or in the veranda listening to the rain. What really can destroy your health is stress and your state of mind, not coffee, not certain food and not certain habits... Peace and stay joyful!
I have a friend who does what you describe: says he can drink multiple cups and fall fast asleep. A genetic assessment finds I have almost all of the genes that code for high caffeine sensitivity - also known as slow caffeine metabolism. That means, when I consume caffeine, it takes far, far longer for the caffeine to clear from my body. That means it has its effects over a longer period of time, and a 2nd cup just piles on top of the caffeine that is still circulating in my body. This is likely why some people can consume coffee readily while some of us cannot.
I addicted caffein about 15years.. Now about 5month life without caffein... I feel like my life before have been damage by caffein..i will never go back to caffein... Normal take 2month withdrawal.. I feel more energetic like 10years younger.. I not easy stress out.. No headache.. The best decision i make before quit sugar, chicken... I suggest u can replace caffein like decaf kombucha tea or homemade, decaff green tea , decaff black tea, rooibos tea, jiogulan tea.. But all of this kombucha really make me feel & forget the pleasure of caffein...caffein i heard block vitamin B1 & weaken our bones
My brother is a pharmacist and is strongly against caffeinated drinks. It's a horrible drug. I ignored his warnings for a while and strongly regretted it. Just the caffeine from a single daily soda made my anxiety skyrocket and I became more angry too. It was insane. Never again. Sometimes I still want a caffeinated soda, but it's really not worth the side effects for me
I drink one cup of black coffee everyday not because I want caffeine, in fact I am very caffeine sensitive so anymore than one cup and I'll get way too anxious, but for the health benefits of the antioxidants it has and I love the aroma.
For me I do the same, but with green tea... tons of health benefits with far less caffeine than coffee. But IMO it doesn't taste or smell so good, haha. (but been sticking with this routine now for over 5 years)
How long does caffeine last in the human body? “The effects of caffeine can be felt as soon as 15 minutes after it is consumed. The level of caffeine in your blood peaks about one hour later and stays at this level for several hours for most people. Six hours after caffeine is consumed, half of it is still in your body. It can take up to 10 hours to completely clear caffeine from your bloodstream.”
I need my dopamine. I have too much cortisol activity. Coffee is a double-edged sword that cuts two ways....I'm screwed! With two large bags of organic beans always at hand, I will find it difficult to resist my one daily morning cup...but I will do so for the next thirty days; and comment again at that time.
I am going to give this a trial for at least a month. Thank you so much for uploading such a very informative caffeine-free video. Blessings. Peace.❤️😘
I drink brewed coffee, no sugar, no creamer. It makes me feel awake during the day and keeps me in the mood. In between, I drink green tea. I do daily exercise (sit ups, jumping jack, push up) and intermittent fasting. My annual blood tests, ultrasound (whole abdomen), ECG, urine and stool analysis, PSA are all normal so far. I will keep my coffee and tea:-)
I will not give up my coffee. With some due diligence you will find that caffeine is not the detrimental substance this woman is saying that it is. There are other many factors that cause our bodies to have low energy. I suggest everybody start reading books written by Mark Sloan. One is titled Cancer the Metabolic Disease Unraveled, The Ultimate Guide to Methylene Blue and Red Light Therapy that's excellent. Mark Sloan mentions that caffeine is actually beneficial. Anyway, I strongly suggest people read these books
I thought coffee made me the hustler I am and I felt the same way until I quit for a month and now I'm 10 times more productive and feel 100% better. If you haven't quit for a month how would you even know the benefits
If you're trying to quit something and struggling, don't lose faith. Over the decades I've quit amphetamines, nicotine and caffeine. Each one took multiple attempts and each attempt was a completely different experience. One of the times when I tried to go cold turkey on caffeine my body freaked out! It was like trying to come off smack or something! Exhausted, paranoid days and destroyed sleeping patterns... it was a nightmare. But when I finally ditched it for good it was smooth sailing. Just keep trying
This evening I nearly died drinking caffein and after I worked out I felt my heart pounding and I nearly took my last breathe. At that moment I said to my self never again I'm going to take caffein for workout. I'm so lucky to be alive thank God. This video is helpful thank you
yeah I've really only drank caffeine right before working out once and I had a very bad experience too. I drained two cups of Keurig coffee and then ran 5 miles. An hour later I got blurred vision, palpitations, panic. Awful. I don't understand how people do that. It's a terrible idea.
Quit caffeine month ago. Withdrawal symptoms - not that long, I could not fall asleep for one night. I see positive change in my sleeping, waking up, level of anxiety and irritability. I used to got my caffeine mostly from strong tea, I was surprised when I connected those symptoms with a cup of tea. Now I'm using decaf tea.
I don't have any issues drinking coffee. The good thing is I never fall addicted to anything, from caffeine to alcohol and foods. Seriously I don't know what mean being addicted. I drink coffee daily for many decades. Randomly I am busy and forgot coffee ever existed, used to drink wine for dinner but lately because of aging I decided to restrict and only drink occasionally for social events. Well I totally agree that people should save money on caffeine and alcohol. They are useless if don't want to say harmful for many people.
I completely agree. I thought I had anxiety problems and needed to get medication, until I quit caffeine and realized this was the soul contributor to my anxiety. Great video.
Going against the widespread opinion of coffee could save a man's life. I grew up with two family doctors one of which was also a surgeon, who informed me to stay well away from coffee and tea despite their health benefits. He explained that both coffee and tea are irritants to the prostate gland in men. Apparently this irritation over time can lead to cancer.Just food for thought. |Great video
Caffeine is good. Make 1-2months break for caffeine so it hit you better and you can restore caffeine levels. But keep drinking - it is good for over all health and mind.
Fab video Soukaina! So refreshing to see something well researched and encouraging people to do their own research too. I'm going to give coffee a miss for a month and see how I go!
Great video!! I have loved my Folgers Black Silk for decades. A few months ago I decreased my overall consumption by 50% and stopped drinking coffee no later than 9:30 am. I tried to replace it with a herbal coffee but that just made me feel off. In any case, based on the half life and levels still being about 25% even after 12 hours, I’m going to sleep on basically a cup of coffee or 100mg. I may switch over to half caff as i continue my journey off of caffeine. I can’t go cold turkey, I’m just not man enough for that. :-)
I love that you started this video with saying that just because things are socially accepted and normal does not make them right. Everybody is out here eating all this chemicals and poisons seed oils artificial sugars and dies and etc the list goes on and on and they just don't care
Very well done and researched. I've been trying to get the word out about this as well, and will be releasing a video soon. Thank you for your work. It is also worth mentioning that some people have effects of caffeine that last several months.
@@soukainakanice Thanks Soukaina. I was able to complete my video on this subject last Sunday, and would be very glad to share it with you. It is published on my other channel called, "All about your faith." It is titled, "The Word of Wisdom: A Look at the LDS Nutritional Law of Health." RUclips sometimes doesn't like it if you put links in comments, I'll just offer you the information if you'd like to give it a look. I really appreciated you take on the subject of coffee. It helped to cement some of the ideas presented in my video that go even further and that you may find very interesting. My approach considers the health efficacy of a certain religious practice regarding what foods and beverages to consume. The LDS community has been practicing prohibition on Coffee, as well as Tea, alcohol, and tobacco for nearly 200 years. I thought it would be interesting to compare the practice with research from modern studies and see how it holds up. It actually does so, very well. I hope you'll have a look. Thanks again.
I’m here because I’ve been researching pregnancy tips. Married 3 years. I have nothing wrong with me but not getting pregnant. But the common thread that I am noticing is the coffee and the link to issues trying to get pregnant. Even looked into my severely cold hands and feet > low iron and hemoglobin > coffee blocks iron absorption 🤯 Chinese medicine states the feet is connected to the uterus and the uterus needs warmth. What I am thinking is that my implantation is failing due to high cortisol and low blood flow or hemoglobin. (My blood work came back fine so I’m not stating low iron for now) Coffee is in the middle of my issues theoretically and I’ve been drinking coffee daily since 2014 so I’m stopping yesterday lol! Pray for me ☺️
@@GloryToGod_xxx thank you! I have a 7 week old now 😅💙 So I stopped drinking coffee mid March ‘22 and had a positive test mid April ‘22. I want to say that my theory was correct 🤷🏾♀️ I still dealt with some low iron throughput my pregnancy per my OBGYN therefore the cortisol could have been the culprit
My mom is in the 50s and drink more then 3 cup of coffee a day. And she is healthy.. most importantly always drink water especially before going bed. To me sodas and alcohol are more surgery Coffee are healthy just don’t over drink it and be hydrated ❤
I swear on my mother's grave when I quit caffeine, and I mean all caffeine, no chocolate, no teas, no green teas, I wanted 0 caffeine in my body, the next 2 days I woke up with a rock hard erection, I hadn't had morning wood in years, this was all the proof I need that caffeine was terrible for me
I've always been addicted to coffee, multiple cups a day and I would get a migraine in the morning if I didn't drink it right away, but since recently getting pregnant - I've completely quit, my body is grossed out by it and it is a first trimester nausea trigger for me. I always wanted to quit, so I am grateful that pregnancy has allowed me to do so!
Good video 2 things : I don't know if anyone mentioned it already but coffee on a empty stomach (which is how most people consume it) causes acid secretion and over time can burn out your mucus cells protecting it and eventually your partial cells affecting protein digestion and then the bile and pancreatic response is reduced. Second I would get a DNA genomic test to see what kind of metabolizer your are. If your type is counter productive to coffee then Cardiovascular events may occur earlier than later. Nutrigenomix can do theses labs
I have stopped for a week, maybe a few days more. I feel so much better! I thought I was bloody pregnant cause I was crying over everything and being soo emotional my bf was so confused and scared but I wasn’t pregnant and i definitely believe it’s the cold turkey on caffeine. I had so much bad anxiety and now I’ve been feeling pretty good things won’t bother me so much.
Hello Soukaina, I've been exploring my life and health with the idea that coffee may not be so good for me! This last month has been very interesting. Tonight I was exploring on the internet and found you. Thank you, I think I've found my people!
Apparently, you’ve mentioned good points against drinking coffee although there’s a poor discussion about the quality of the studies you’ve read to defend your position. Those papers that you considered, are they published in refereed journals? If so, are those high impact journals? You should keep a skeptical position regarding every theory instead of accepting it as a dogma. Science isn’t infallible, just the Pope is supposed to be infallible :p. In your speech is missing the validity threats of those studies and their respective experimental settings? There’s a bias in your speech. Said that, your explanation is coherent and well organized, better yet, your arguments sound convincing.
Thank you for your feedback. All the ressources are linked in the description box, you can check all the research papers. Yes, science isn't infallible, but these research made sense to me (you can read them and make your own decision).
You do not need a “study” to know caffeine can reek havoc on your body. People seem to have lost the ability to trust themselves and constantly need ScIeNcE to back something up. If tens of thousands of people saw benefits from quitting coffee, there is the evidence.
@@gnic1717 Hi there! To be blunt no drinking coffee wreaks havoc on me (I’m joking). Considering what you say about science, the latter is limited and fallible, however, it’s a great method for discovering knowledge from experience and reasoning. Studying in an organized and systematized way whatever happens to a population that consumes coffee or not, is science in essence. On the other hand, what I question is to assume as a dogma what is published in scientific journals, this is my point. We ought to keep a skeptical attitude toward the conclusions drawn in prior research, otherwise we can’t deal with science boundaries and we’ll miss the chance of discovering new knowledge. There are good scientific evidences that supports coffee consumption as well as other studies evidence it’s better to leave coffee consumption. It’s interesting when we present this kind of information, to discuss and analyze the experimental setting that leads researchers to draw such conclusions.
If you are struggling with quitting caffeine, here is a video I made on how to avoid the withdrawal symptoms : ruclips.net/video/xU7JiZ_i1BI/видео.html
Decaf
@Yasser El Moujahid but it has highest caffeine of the tea's! I love blk tea. I love caffeine! Oh well. :)
Soukaina, thank you! Oh boy another challenge!
@Solo Traveller Yes I am, you ?
@Solo Traveller Nice to meet you ! Thanks for watching :) How did you know I am Moroccan ?
I got fed up with having mind-bending anxiety over things that don't matter at all. I quit cold turkey 6 weeks ago: four days of misery, followed by feeling better than I have felt in several years. Never going back.
I'm looking forward to feeling better than ever, too. I'm on day 4 and I feel a little better each day but still dragging quite a bit. Caffeine has done far more bad than good in my life and I'm honestly afraid to even drink it now!
Same!
im thinking i might do the same. I get anxiety etc from it too.
@@elusive4072 It’s been about 9 months since I quit caffeine. Best thing I ever did. Unnecessary anxiety is nonsense. Best luck on your relaxed journey!
@@buntie good job man dont think about just 1 cup but you will go back fulltime as me lol
I stopped coffee 3 weeks ago. I can never go back to coffee. This lady is right.
Keep it up !! Thanks for watching 😊
My name is chase . I served in us marine corps from 2017-2021 and once on restriction of movement I hadn’t had any caffeine for more than 3 weeks and I woke up one morning feeling the single most rested I’ve ever felt . I felt full of joy and vibrant to be alive . After going back to caffeine I felt like I was poisoning myself . I’m back off it now and heading toward that amazing sleep and we’ll being . Anyone can do it i promise it’s worth trying at least .
That’s great Chase !! Thanks a lot for sharing your experience 🙏🏻
@@soukainakanice today is day 40 and it has made a huge impact. Much less anxiety. Better focus and clean energy throughout the day. My motivation is better as well. Sleep is better than ever before . No wonder the wealthy one percent doesn’t drink coffee .
Thank you for your service, Marine.
I don’t understand why you needed to mention that you served in the military. It has nothing to do with your coffee experience…
3 days without coffee ☕️ so far so good. I feel immense calmness, serenity, and tranquility. 😊
Oh no withdrawal symptoms, that’s great !! Keep it up 👍🏻
@@soukainakanice I got Covid. 🦠 Withdrawal symptoms probably making me feel sicker 😂
@@DatDudeDEnd bad timing 😬
I stopped drinking coffee cold turkey, and ended up in the ER. My anxiety was through the roof. My heart rate was off the chart. I’m feeling better now.
Glad you're feeling better now :) Thanks for commenting !
Wo, how much were you drinking?
Oh, jeez! Same thing here. Been drinking coffee for 15 years and my anxiety, sleep, was getting really bad & getting worse that it turned into a depression. Never been depressed in my life & it’s such a dark scary place. Cherry on top of the cake was 1st ever severe panic attack, I thought I’m going to die hence ended up in the ER. For reference I had 1 cup of Nespresso a day, very occasionally 2. This love & hate relationship is done! I quit cold turkey. The withdrawal was brutal & felt never ending … But finally after a while I see improvement in my sleep, mood and overall health. 🌱 Wasted 15 years of my life feeling anxious, jittery, & depressed 💔
Coffee caused muscule aches and joint pain. Like most other drugs, the more I drank, the more I needed. So happy to be off of it and have my life back.
the fact that it messes with your neurotransmitters (makes you more vulnerable to insomnia and depression) and puts you in a permanent fight or flight mode should be reasons enough to quit caffeine altogether.
It doesn't necessarily.
Coffee actually reduces cortisol with chronic usage. This suggests it doesn't cause a fight or flight response, at least when used chronically. The study showed the cortisol increase was blunted after just a few days of usage.
It Doesn't
@@Opethfeldt bit like saying if you get pissed every day eventually you won’t feel as drunk
@@alexjaljl Apples and oranges. Though alcohol has reduced effects with chronic use as well. My point still stands. Caffeine and other substances like nicotine stress the body in such a way that it becomes resistant to all stressors with chronic use.
Only Drink water for a week and you will see the change, it is truly drastic.
I went back to RedBull and Coffee to see how i would feel and i felt like shit. Back to water and occasional milk and juice.
Excellent job! I've been addicted for 12 years and FINALLY stopped last week. It's hard to keep on track because life just feels slow/"normal" because you're not constantly on the run. Best benefit so far is that belly fat is disappearing super quick. It's the only place I hold excess fat. I think it has to do with chronically elevated cortisol levels.
Thank you ! For me, it's been a month since I quit (it's still hard cause coffee is everywhere) I am noticing a huge improvement in sleep quality and stress levels. Let's keep it up 💪🏼
Same here.. I addicted caffein about 15years.. I suggest u can replace caffein like decaf kombucha tea or homemade, decaff green tea , decaff black tea, rooibos tea, jiogulan tea.. But all of this kombucha really make me feel & forget the pleasure of caffein
@@soukainakanice please help I'm on day 11 and I feel like a wreck 😫 sad all the time, anxiety through the roof. I keep thinking weird thoughts I keep having random memories of when I was a kid and it gets me depressed ass crap. Life doesn't even feel real its like a dream, and I'm dizzy 24/7
@@Baseball4Life- Are you drinking enough water ? (1.5L per day minimum), try breathing exercises. Also, test for any mineral or vitamin deficiency (mainly vitamin D and magnesium). I think that adjusting these factors will really help. Keep it up !! Good luck :)
@@soukainakanice thank you for the comment I appreciate it
Thanks for making this video. A lot of people need to be aware of the risks of high doses of caffeine every day for decades. It takes its toll as cortisol levels remain constantly high leading to physical and mental harm. It is especially try when one has a stressful job. Caffeine will only make the stress worse. For me it’s day 5 caffeine free and I feel great 👍
Great !! Keep it up :)
Don't forget the nuances.
And now?
Now I avoid drinking coffee in stressful settings such as the office. I do drink coffee during my days off and on holidays. Even then I only have a small espresso
@@danielstassen813 so youre still addicted
I quit caffeine a month ago. The withdrawals vary depending on the person. For me they were pretty bad. However 100% worth it. I will never go back. I strongly suggest you either cut back significantly or just quit. You can absolutely do it. At least try it for a few weeks. You will wish you'd done it sooner. Promise!
Thank you!😊
I used to have 3 cups of strong black coffee everyday till 3 weeks ago. A day before I completely quit drinking coffee, my nose started twiching. I called up one of my relatives who is a doctor to find out the reason - he quickly pointed out that it is 'too much' coffee. I quit the next day! First three days were terrible but then I started feeling more energetic and positive. Then I thought no harm in having a small cup per day so I had it yesterday and it was a bad decision, felt terrible - I was anxious, lost focus on my work. I AM NOT GOING TO DRINK IT AGAIN, NEVER!!🙂🙂
howd that work out
@@an0therdimensi0n99Since I have now also found out that black coffee is beneficial for the liver, I take only a very small cup of black coffee as a medicine between 10 and 11 am. That is it and it is not having any adverse effect.
@@jayeshmahajan9391 Everything is in coffee beans, just find which coffee is most suits you best, for those who have arrhythmia and other issues do not use stronger blends like 60% arabica and 40% robusta or even stronger blends, just use 100% Arabica, also when you buy coffee look how much strong it is, generally Arabica has a lot less caffeine than mixed blends of arabica and robusta..
@@standza82 Wow! I didn't know that! Thank you for the information! Really appreciate it!😊😊
@@jayeshmahajan9391 yeah I started investigating, I had bought 5 coffees and add small amounts of beans into machine just for 2 or 3 coffees to make and then tried in few thays all of them and all of them is famous brands like Lavazza, Housebrandt, Rioba, Julius Meinl, And found out that when I have tried for example Housebrandt Academia which has 60% arabica / 40% robusta which is not suit me it is to much strong for me but taste is really nice, I had a small pressure in my ear after drinking it, then I switch for example to Lavazza ORO which is 100% arabica strong 5 of 10 and nothing negative like I even had s feeling that I had drank caffeine/coffee.. also helps in machine lower intensity of coffee(low to high) I set it to 2 of 1 to 5… And I enjoy coffee without any issues, hope this helps. Rest of my 4 coffees is all 100% arabica and in future I will be buying only 100% because for me that most suit me
I quit coffee 2 years ago and I wished I never drank coffee in my life. I am 57 now and my head starts shaking after drinking 1 coffee only. That started 2 years ago. I had my suspicion already on many problems I had described in this video but nobody supported me in that. So I started experimenting myself with longer (1 month) and shorter periods (few days) without coffee. The results became more and more clear to me. My wife forbid me sometimes to try more. Than I sneekly drank some coffee because of the cravings. But than my wife saw I had tremblings with my head and told me I was sneekly drinking coffee again. I never experienced the tremblings after quitting completely. But even after 2 years if I try to drink one coffee or coke only the tremblings come back including depression and all other bad stuff. For me coffee is a delicious poison. Just giving a short boost. But making things worse on the long run. Drinking Tulsi sleeping tea and vitamins and minerals to support my adrenals and life is so much better now. I lost weight, and I am more alert and happy than with the black stuff, no thanks.
Keep it up :)
Unfortunately I am just learning about my hidden enemy !
I moved to decaf coffee. I only drink normal Coffee when im doing cardio within the next 2 hours ,otherwise i drink decaf.
Just to follow up this story. I observed that my adrenalin was depleted, taking adrenal supporting supplements helped. I also started taking extra magnesium before bed. And I observed that I was depleted in Vit B1 especially the water soluble version called thiamine. Because it was already few weeks frequently peeing at night. I took a test for my prostate and uti. But the doctors could not find anything. Accidentally I saw a video from doctor Berg explaining about peeing at night because of short on Vit B1. Benfotamine and thiamine. I looked up my diet and found my intake of B1 was 0. I don't eat sea fruit or pork, nor any other that contained Thiamin. I start eating lentils and added supplements. Since then I start to get OK. No more peeing at night and my blood pressure start to lower also.
Switch to decaf or drink dark roast coffee: the darker the roast the lower the caffeine level. Light roast has the most caffeine. You can also drink green tea. Blonde roast coffee and green teas do have health benefits. Look it up and learn how to manage caffeine. It’s like sugar if you eat a giant candy bar every day it’s not good, but a little square of dark chocolate (with your espresso) can be a treat with health benefits.
For the past 6 years, I believed I had ADHD, depression and bipolar, but it turns out it was the coffee all along. I used to consume Starbucks coffee daily which I had like 300 mg caffeine per cup, because I believed it would make me productive. But the more I drank, the more I became worse at my job. Looking back, things took a bit for the worse ever since I got addicted to that first cup.
Reducing my caffeine was like my eyes opened to the reality after all these years. I want to stop it but I am still physiologically dependent on it. It's crazy how the negative effects of caffiene aren't talked much.
I believe everything needs to be in moderation including coffee, but I wonder with the long cue I see at Starbucks, how many people are actually drinking in moderation.
oh wow, thank you for sharing your experience ! Keep it up :)
ME TOO ! Ocd and adhd until the coffee ceased
Same here coffee making my depression & anxiety worse
moderation for addicts... ha!
I wouldn’t even use caffeine Responsibly, the affect of it is to give you more stress and flight or fight so even if u use it occasionally all it’s gonna do is stress out ur body
Thanks for the video. I'm glad you mentioned caffeine's effect on blood sugar. I experienced this situation. I was obese, so I started intermittent fasting. I gave up coffee so I could also quit the sugar and cream I used. I did the 16/8 fast along with 2-3 whole day fasts each week. In 5 months, I lost 60 pounds, and my blood sugar was great. Then, I started drinking black coffee, and my weight loss stopped almost immediately. However, it took me a while to connect caffeine with why my weight loss stopped.
Thanks for sharing :) Congratulations on your weight loss, keep it up !!!
Why?
It’s the high cortisol from coffee that stops weight loss
Coffee causes a great and I reiterate great disruption on hormones. It affects every single hormone and affects all the adrenal glands and endocrine glands like the pituitary, hypothalamus, thymus, thyroid, and elevates the propensity of developing many conditions like diabetes which is a oxygen stealer. DIABETES disables the bodies oxygen absorption causing body parts to die starting with the limbs. Coffee also keeps the body constantly dehydrated and this in the long run is not good. It also damages skin cells and dna. It also makes the skin look horrible by breaking down elastin and collagen. After all this there is nothing absolutely no benefit from drinking coffee. And those that tout the benefits are affiliated with big Coffee. Don't believe the lies quit now because the body is a marvelous system that can correct everything but we need to help it and take care of it. Our bodies are our house. That's where we live once we mess up our house we live in it's game over and you don't get another chance.
Gosh I've heard so many times that coffee helps weight loss especially black. Thats how I drink it but I use a cookie with it
Starting the evening of the day when I quit my morning coffee,I had a weird headache for about 12 hours, then I "came alive." My normal all-day feeling now is the same as the "high" I got after that first cup of coffee. But I have no downslide in my mood now. It's all "high" all day long. It's so great and it was so easy. (In my 30s I couldn't do it; something about my older self made it simple). Good video. Thanks. Good luck to all.
Only twelve hours?! You're so lucky! I'm on day 2 and almost fell off my bike because my headache is so bad despite taking a painkiller.
Thanks! How have you been?
Suffered crippling anxiety and hand tremors/sweating for over a decade now, and it never occurred to me to stop drinking coffee because it was so embedded in my daily routine and tbh it tastes so good.
During the days when i forget to drink coffee, i would feel a pulsating headache and i would just be like "ohhh it's because i forgot to drink coffee today" not realizing that in itself is a problem.
Day 2 of quitting now, i really hope this helps with my anxiety cause i really cannot live with this anymore, the shaking/sweating is interfering with my life
Any success? I'm about 3 weeks out now quitting caffeine and hoping it will help with my anxiety and hyperhidrosis
Did it help?
Darn, I just bought a new coffee machine.
I am seventy years old. For the past week, my blood pressure has been high.
I drink a lot of coffee. I work out, but I lose muscle mass.
I.m going cold turkey for a week and see what happens.
Will get back to share my results.
Thanks
I’m sure you have a buddy that would love a quality coffee machine
A lot of people are unaware of just how serious caffeine is. I quit recently and got insane withdrawal symptoms pertaining to depression and borderline suicidal thoughts, and I'm not alone in going through this. There's no way a substance that can do that should be regarded as healthy.
Omg I hope you are doing ok now. Good luck 👍🏻
Yeah I think its one of the greatest addictions there is yet its socially very accepted. I mean if you were to say this stuff to the average person they'd think you were crazy. But you only really see the truth of the issue when you withdraw from it and give up caffeine.........thats when the scales fall from your eyes and you see the true effects of caffeine.
I still don't understand how people get addicted to coffee
I’ve been drinking it for ten years with one two year period of quitting. As with other drugs I’ve done recreationally, I feel almost no benefits from drinking caffeine now and horrible anxiety. I took one day off recently and slept the entire day. i am extremely fit and active and wondered how much this effect on my sleep was having on my recovery from exercise. i need to quit.
@@eoinMB3949 bro how do people get addicted
Thanks for this video - great work. I was in the same boat. I was only drinking one coffee a day, so I didn't think it would have a big effect. Only after quitting did I realise what a major effect it has on the body.
What changes did you notice?
@@adinjohnson9658 Far less stress/anxiety, better sleep, more energy at the end of the day, better gut health.
Thanks for sharing!
Drinking my one daily cup of coffee as I start to watch your video. Good point about making up our own mind. I did that recently regarding my intake of sugar. Horrified, I cut out as much added sugar (and all sweeteners) that I could. I just hope I can finish my brew before you get to the scary parts....lol!
I hope it wasn't very scary 😅
😅😂🤣
I can not even believe how much better I felt after I quit. I could not get enough sleep( quality ). I did relapse, drank a cup and it just reinforced how crappy it made me feel. I was able to be way more productive and better mood when I quit.
I thought I had diabetes or hyperglycemia. I couldn't believe it.
Crazy transformation. I also drank 8-10 cups a day before
8-10 cups a day! Yeeeet! I'm glad you quitted man! I'm quitting too...the more I read the less I want to keep having it. I'm a huge overthinker, so much that I wake up thinking constantly about anything. That drains me of energy and I'm sick of it. Let's quit this crap!
Strange, I do quit for reasons I yet don't know. It takes months without coffee and I wonder why I do this to myself. So I drink for some for a while and so on...
I guess the quality of coffee is way below what it was before the covid bs. So I don't even wanna drink anymore.
Any differences I noticed? No.
But even if do feel like I'm not addicted to it psychologically, the idea of opening your brain chemistry and your whole biochemistry to addiction can't work for my favor.
Am I happy? No. Does coffee make me happy? Not anymore. Should I inject even more coffee into my veins?
I'm out of here...
@@pablochamber411 Welcome to the worldwide wireless concentration cramp !
maybe if we'd kiss our corporate cattlerancher state pharmer KINGPIMPS of gangstas pair-o-dice asses hard enough --- they might treat us a little better huh ? (Stockholm syndrome) yet the overly-ambitious industrialized world would likely come to a screeching halt without caffeine to keep the slaves striving harder than is healthy.
We best start sharpening our mental shivs yawl.
Hold fast (intermittent fasting from the poi-zion food supply) ,
and stay vigilant (meditation is prayer) --- to achieve Goddesspeed yawl. Time to conscientiously rip the goddamn blindfold MASK veil off Lady Justice --- so she can properly thrash that greedy-sadistic judiciously corrupt fraternity of pig-raping motherfrackers out of the equation entirely. . .
We need to change "good mourning." into "good dawning !" REJOICE for the kingdom of heaven is in play ! FREEK-OUT !
Its the caffeine. Theres a study of people who drink coffe, can only sleep 3-5 hours a night. Just drink decaff, or green/black tea.
You just confirmed a lot of questions i had about myself. Thank you for making this video. You're actually the push I needed to stop drinking coffee.
Thank you for your comment. Good luck quitting caffeine ! let us know how it goes ?
It is also important to abstain from coffee if you break a bone,as it sucks the calcium from your bones.
Thank you for this, I love the fact you are basing this off science and not a lifestyle trend. I'm going cold turkey off caffeine since I'm an insomniac, endometriosis riddled, on PPI meds for antacids and just so very exhausted. I felt so much better when I was pregnant and not drinking caffeine.
You got this! Thanks for your comment :)
My experience over the years are that my day at work will start ok, then like usual i drink my coffee. An hour after, i start feeling weird, intrusive thoughts, extremely high anxiety, too much self awareness of every move in my body and thought pattern. I had always a level of anxiety so i always told myself thats the reason.
What i did noticed later on is in the days when I don't drink coffee i feel much more clear in my head, my body movements are more align, no brain fog, a type of calmness that im really not used to. Personally in my case i believe its not just the caffeine but also gluten that causes me severe inflammation. Al that i mentioned above are actually an inflammation in the brain. It wasn't "just" the anxiety in itself.. these stuff makes everything worse 10 times
Yes inflammation is bad for our brain, coffee especially with cream and sugar increase inflammation. I hope you are feeling better now, please check the description for healthier alternatives.
I have been strict carnivore for 9 months with only an initial 20 lbs lost. I stalled and haven’t moved in 8 months but drink black coffee all day. I honestly think this may be why I am stalled. My weight is great everywhere, I feel fantastic (after my coffee) but this big belly fat will just not go away. I am 12 hours into zero coffee and feel like crap but going to stick to it 30 days and see what happens. Great video.
oh great !! Good luck, let us know how it goes after the 30 days ;)
Did quitting coffee help with weight loss?
Did quitting coffee help with weight loss?
Did quitting help with the weight loss?
@@sparklebiscut1904 I didn’t make it past a few days and I fell right back into the coffee pot.
I have another theory is I keep spiking my glucose with to much protein or chewing sugar free gum that is very sweet though. Either way I feel good, amazing energy, I just have a big belly still. 🤷♀️
I may try and get some hep from a coach one day but meh. I feel good and am not trying to find love so it’s not a big deal to me.
I have not drank coffee in 10 years and am so much healthier at 64 and I loved coffee as well being mostly Italian.
wow ten years
Oh I'm a diabetic & just yesterday started to drink coffee in the afternoon instead of tea since it tastes good & wonder how it so happened that your video just pops up today soon after I had my coffee. It really makes me think twice about coffee. I hv not even checked on coffee & wonder my phone knew that I started a new beverage. This is astonishing & believe God is advising me to be careful.
Thank you so much for this video! I've been trying to quit caffeine permanently since 2018, and I'm just now finally succeeding. Videos like yours, with such important and helpful information, make quitting that much easier. It's scary to know how normalized caffeine has become in our society, which is one of the main reasons it's been so difficult to quit in the past. Even bringing it up to my friends yields no results because they tend to defend their intake instead of looking into all of the reasons you listed in your video. I'm definitely going to share this with them to, if anything, plant a seed. But again, thank you for taking the time to share all of this information. You just strengthened my resolve to quit forever.
Thank you for sharing :) happy to hear that you finally succeeded !
What are the consequences of quitting coffee?
I have just started my 1 coffee a day vs 8 coffees a day.
This is my first day, wish me luck!
Best of luck !! You can do it :)
@@soukainakanice thank you !
Started today already had my one coffee !
No more for the rest.
Eventually I will come off it completely like you 😄
I quit caffeine 3 months ago.. I agree to what your saying about it masking your other issues. Initially I was happy about better sleep then my energy levels dropped.. I’m now finding I want to change my job, my health and diet as this is the real cause I think if the lethargy the caffeine masked. If I hadn’t quit caffeine I wouldn’t be working on these areas now
I agree, sometimes the addiction is just the top of the iceberg. For me, it was that I wasn't eating enough in the morning so I go for coffee to stop feeling hungry. Now that I have breakfast, I don't feel the need for caffeine anymore.
@@soukainakanice I find diet and modern addictions and life fascinating. really enjoyed the video. I’ll watch a few more you seem to do subjects I like. Keep it up. I’m just starting to do some RUclips videos and plan to do one on caffeine.. and how bad the UK’s diet is and could this be linked to how tired we are.
Thank you for your support :) I'll check your content, keep it up !!
Thanks for this video. I use to drink 6 or so cups of tea a day. Several years ago i decided to cut my caffeine by 50% , i thought that way i won't have terrible withdrawal symptoms. I wanted to cut down due to heart palpitations and high B.P. I had terrible withdrawal symptoms for about 3 days, i felt awful, then it stoped and i felt much better. What shocked me was first i cut down by 50% and still had withdrawal symptoms, this also made me realise what a powerful drug caffine is, and people really don't realise. At the moment i drink one cup of caffeine tea in the morning then switch to decaff. In the evening i only have herbal tea. In the morning after my cup of caffeine tea, i still sometimes get palpitations, and i still have high B.P. might have to go on meds? I've decided when I've used up all my remaining caffeine tea bags i'm going to stop altogether and only drink decaff. I've been telling myself i need one caffeine fix to wake me up, but it's probably not true. I have a bit of a irregular heart beat and i am caffeine sensitive, so i can't afford to drink caffeine anymore. One thing i can say, even when i cut down by 50% i felt so much better! Caffeine is a strong drug! ❤👍🙏
OK! OK! You just ruined everybody's morning. We get it. Since you didn't mention donuts, they must be good for you. lol. Just joking. I quit caffeine every now & then, there is a significant positive affect. Great video. Thank you. BTW - intermitten fasting is another action that is beneficial in many aspects of living.
You got that right!
@@soukainakanice
~Did you become a Mormon.?? (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
~Are you 'also' against drinking Green Tea, wine, & beer.??
Welcome to the worldwide wireless concentration cramp !
maybe if we'd kiss our corporate cattlerancher state pharmer KINGPIMPS of gangstas pair-o-dice asses hard enough --- they might treat us a little better huh ? (Stockholm syndrome)
We best start sharpening our mental shivs yawl.
Hold fast (intermittent fasting from the poi-zion food supply) ,
and stay vigilant (meditation is prayer) --- to achieve Goddesspeed yawl. Time to conscientiously rip the goddamn blindfold MASK veil off Lady Justice --- so she can properly thrash that greedy-sadistic judiciously corrupt fraternity of pig-raping motherfrackers out of the equation entirely. . .
We need to change "good mourning." into "good dawning !" REJOICE for the kingdom of heaven is in play ! FREEK-OUT !
@@soukainakanice what about decaf? :)
@@royjohnson465 Nah... This Christian is for green tea, beer & wine, not necessarily in that order. As long as you are in control.
I understand you put the research in the descriptions. I'm a good judge of character so I trust you told the research to me correctly. I made it half way through your video before I come to the conclusion that I want to try quiting another drug. Thank you.
Omg! I drink coffee and smoke and go into an endless loop of extreme anxiety, and then when you mentioned it affects endometriosis I got more convinced to quit coffee because I have endometriosis and my friend told me coffee balances hormones, little she knows it's the opposite then!
Don't listen to anyone (not me or anyone else), make your own research, talk to your doctor and most importantly listen to your body. Good luck sweetie :)
just a few days ago I was on the verge of going to my GP thinking I had panic disorder and generalised anxiety disorder -as I was having physical symptoms of panic in my chest all day on and off. I was only having two cups of coffee a day but I am only an 8 stone female. then one day I thought let's not have the 2nd cup- and I noticed I didn't have the chest tightness in the afternoon or evening! even though it was busy at work which would normally lead to the symptoms (with caffeine in system)
then I started looking for videos on the subject on RUclips. it really does exacerbate anxiety symptoms, if you are that way inclined anyway. I'm so glad I have discovered this cause of my symptoms!! great vid I didn't know about some of the facts you mentioned
Thanks for your comment ! Glad to hear you're feeling better :)
"Your body will adjust and you will feel energetic again." Again. That word. That's what gives me hope. My body will adjust and I will feel energetic AGAIN.
I'm on day 4 and I'm soooooo sleepy and tired.
Best of luck ! keep it up :)
@livvy1440 Thank you.😊I do love avocado. Sometimes I'll go through periods where I'll eat 1/2 to a whole avocado every day for months. So I'll try no avocado for a while and a big YES about chocolate and fatigue. I discovered several years ago that chocolate makes me extremely tired.
3 weeks later, give us the update lol
@@myth_bitemytoast1374 Soukaina is right. 😊 We DO start to feel energetic again. The only reason we need caffeine is because we DRINK caffeine! Drinking caffeine makes us NEED caffeine. The stuff is POISON.
Of course, we also have to eat healthy foods and get moderate exercise to feel good. Living on fatal fast-food fare and sitting all day isn't going to make us feel energetic either.😊
@@TheSouthIsHot Hi. How are y now?
Bravo!!! i stopped drinking coffee because of sheer vanity...Yesss !!! true story...while a university student in England i had noticed that whenever i had even a little coffee ,my face would look drawn & ugly & stressed...when i stopped, it would look so much more serene & BEAUTIFUL.. Also, being Greek w a very mediterranean temperament,coffee would turn me into a really short tempered non graceful girl...So i totally avoided caffeine for years...EXCEPT the occasional chocolate !!! Face = perfect !During lockdown i began having coffee ..devastating results. sleep badly affected, face looking aged & drawn,restless ..i d welcome suggestions on how to totally quit..as am kind of hooked now..
Hello, I can relate to you!
I stopped because my boyfriend told me that my personality changes after drinking coffee ( less loving, anxious and preoccupied) . It was really hard at the beginning but he was my motivation. I don’t want a substance to control my mind. The more I stayed off coffee the clearer my thoughts were. I decided to have one coffee per week and usually the next day I felt sluggish and anxious. Sometimes panic attacks. Coffee is bad for hormones and I am soon 35 I don’t want to poison myself. Increasing the amount of protein I eat and fats helped me too. I also took naps when I was tired. It’s really worth it. I feel way better now and I hope I never see my dark eyes circles again. I don’t think the coffee has to do with your ancestry. I think humans are not meant to consume coffee because it’s a natural pesticide. If you care about your health that might help you stop. I always thought I had no problem with coffee I could have espresso and go to bed. But when you quit you notice how good it’s possible to feel without it.
I am so happy you did this video … I wish with all my heart I knew this years and years ago but I am beyond grateful to you to learn this period!!!! You may have just saved my life by many years!!!! I quit coffee two weeks ago and already the improvements are remarkable but this understanding sealed the deal for me!!!!
Oh wow so happy for you !! Thanks for sharing your experience, keep it up :)
I have my caffeine addiction for as long as I can tell. I think I started drinking coffee with 15, now I am 35. for the first 15 years I did not have any idea that a lot of the symptoms I felt are caffeine related, it’s only for the last 4 or 5 I am somehow aware. Caffeine brought me some major panic attacks and states of mind I can hardly describe. The most recent only a few month back when I suddenly felt such a fear of falling from earth into the sky that I had to hide in a restroom and breath the hell out of me until I finally was able to at least leave the facility, still being horrified by only glancing towards the sky. That first incident lasted for about two days. A few weeks later I had another of the same attack, and that was 3 month ago and I can still not look to the sky without any neutral thoughts or simply to watch it. I quit caffeine- again - yesterday, probably for the 5th or 6th time now and hope that I will be able to stay off it. That drug is a major fuck up and I wonder more and more how my life could have been without it, since it puts me in a completely different state of mind.
You are right with everything. I quit coffe 8 months ago. I feel reborn :D.
Happy for you :)
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Thank you for this video. I am a "casual" drinker of coffee, I just like the aroma, and never got hooked on caffeine, so for me stopping drinking coffee is like: Ok, whatever, I don't drink it anymore, no big deal. Thanks again, great video.
Thanks for sharing!
thats an eye opener... im addicted to coffee now i have to forgo it due to my high blood sugar ... thanks for the info
Welcome !
Great video! Thank you for sharing such interesting information. I quit coffee sometimes, but as of tomorrow the challenge will be to quit for a year, and this sure helped me with the decision 😁
You can do it! Here's another video if you need some help with your goal : ruclips.net/video/xU7JiZ_i1BI/видео.html
This video changed my life. Never touching anything caffeinated ever! Thank you
You're welcome !
I just want to comment on "few weeks or months your body will feel normal again",
I want to add that for some it can take months, even half a year.
Overall really good video !
Thank you for your feedback :)
This topic is under-discussed and needs to be talked about some more. I recently discovered what was causing my stress and anxiety and always feeling extremely frustrated by any little thing that won't go my way. I used to drink a Venti size Pike Coffee in the morning and sometimes I would switch it up to a Trenta Cold Brew, unknowingly making my anxiety worse and triggering the fight-or-flight response, leading to increased heart rate, blood pressure, and cortisol levels. If you are feeling overly anxious or stressed, consider quitting coffee do it for yourself and your loved ones around you because they suffer too.
I have had great success doing intermittent fasting over the last 3 years ( Normal blood sugar , 70+ lb weight loss , no insulin , weaned off Metformin in a few wks , corresponding reduction in blood pressure , etc , I agree with you about coffee & even tea. I drink only water.
( When I did several 8+ day water fasts I did a little lemon juice & a pinch of Himalayan salt in the water , but that is ALL. This is what Gandhi would do....If it is good enough for Gandhi it is good enough for me ! )
Also , please note people who make these
concoctions with cream & other latte like things in their coffee & even tea ; WHEN YOU MIX A SOLUTION LIKE COFFEE WITH DAIRY YOU CREATE AN INDIGESTIBLE MESS THAT YOUR LIVER & KIDNEYS HAVE TO DEAL WITH !
Not true!
I'm working on quitting smoking, so I quit coffee. Today is the 4th day without any caffeine. And I have drank over a pot a day in the last 10 years. Yesterday I noticed my anxiety has been cut in half. I was feeling good. I'm trying to get used to herbal teas now and I'm liking it. I'm sure I'll have coffee again, but not for a while, and not as much like before. Or maybe I'll never have it again.
Thanks for the video.
Good Luck Jason ! Thanks for sharing your experience :)
Quit coffee 5 days ago, I feel really good ! I started drinking coffee in kindergartner. I’m now 25 years old !
Great, keep it up ! Curious to know though how did you start to drink coffee in kindergartner ?
@@soukainakanice 😂my mother and father used to drink it so yeah
@@selfimaged Oh yes that's true, through breast feeding.
@@soukainakanice no no , they filled my sippy cup with milk, sugar and coffee. I used to take it to school everyday. So imagine as a child if I didn’t have it 😆
@@selfimaged Oh noo, that's actually worse. I hope you are doing well now.
Caffeine is a powerful drug that many people use around the world. This video does a good job explaining how everyone is different, and although it's not good for anyone, it can be helpful at times. I tried to quit caffeine, and I immediately regretted it because I have a rapid fire, stressful job. I'm naturally anxious, but the solution isn't quitting caffeine now because I need that astringent attention to detail. In the future when I have a less stressful life I can wean off it, but the reality is I've always hated the morning since I was child. I've always wanted to sleep late into the day and work at night. I grew up to be a painter, and illustrator, but since I still hold a rigid day job. I don't have the luxury of slowing down.
1 more fact about cortisol is the fact that inhibits weight loss when high. When people are stressed and try to work out, it won't work if their stress levels are high. If you know anyone who works out regularly, and they don't seem to be making progress, simply ask them if they've been stressing out or drinking coffee regularly.
When I've quite caffeine I've noticed losing 5-10 pounds without making any other changes. One reason why I'm going back off!
I quit caffeine for the SECOND time. I have caffeine sensitivity, gives me headaches, dry skin, itchiness. Started drinking decaf tea. Got headaches etc..decaf also contains caffeine !! Went back to chickory, dandilion teas, Roobios...much calmer, less anxiety, depression...yep. Give it up. It exacerbates problems/ health.
Also this video felt very professional! Great job
Thank you !!!
Simply put it, you are out of your mind! After watching this video I am going to drink a cup of black coffee (I might need 2 or 3) to see if I can relax.
Yep, they also use to tell people smoking was good for you. So.....🤔
2 years later I am here..lol I’ve been drinking coffee since I was 6, am now 34. It’s about time I make this life change! Thank you!
Caffeine make us anxious and exhaust our nervous system
I have tried to quit coffee many times but i always fall back to it because i miss it so much. I want to quit because i am always tired and I wake up tired every morning. I quit for a few months once and these problems went away and I felt much better. But I still missed it very very much every morning! I want to quit again for real and for ever!
Don't quit. Drink in moderation.
Good video Soukaina! I however fall asleep like a baby after a delicious cup of coffee and so does my mum (she has ZERO grey hair) and other people in family. Yes, we drink coffee after dinner (and all day long). Take this from a non-doctor, non-expert ... I have learnt to listen to your body (You said that yourself too :) ). It knows better that all the doctors on earth. I sometimes eat watermelon and bread to breakfast, other times eggs and tomato, other times nothing. Every morning I give to my body what it asks for. I am over 40, and I have to show my ID in alcohol shops. Let alone I have always heard that I look much younger than 40. I sleep max 4-5 hours a day! I am cheerful and happy and I do not take life seriously, but I do have plans and work hard. I do my best to stay away from all the information, because it decreases your time for other meaningful stuff! This discussion of coffee good or bad is LONG discussion and has been around for years, especially in BBC. Religious people, especially Muslims and Christians used coffee to "be able" to copy and recite their holy books.
When I sit with my cup of coffee, it feels like meditation and I feel joy! I do not drink it for energy or to work hard. It is a time with myself. When I also feel for it, I smoke a cigarr and just leave the planet earth and enjoy a moment under the sun or in the veranda listening to the rain. What really can destroy your health is stress and your state of mind, not coffee, not certain food and not certain habits... Peace and stay joyful!
I have a friend who does what you describe: says he can drink multiple cups and fall fast asleep. A genetic assessment finds I have almost all of the genes that code for high caffeine sensitivity - also known as slow caffeine metabolism. That means, when I consume caffeine, it takes far, far longer for the caffeine to clear from my body. That means it has its effects over a longer period of time, and a 2nd cup just piles on top of the caffeine that is still circulating in my body. This is likely why some people can consume coffee readily while some of us cannot.
@@coldstreamsThis is interesting info. Where did you get the genetic testing done for caffeine sensitivity?
I addicted caffein about 15years.. Now about 5month life without caffein... I feel like my life before have been damage by caffein..i will never go back to caffein... Normal take 2month withdrawal.. I feel more energetic like 10years younger.. I not easy stress out.. No headache.. The best decision i make before quit sugar, chicken... I suggest u can replace caffein like decaf kombucha tea or homemade, decaff green tea , decaff black tea, rooibos tea, jiogulan tea.. But all of this kombucha really make me feel & forget the pleasure of caffein...caffein i heard block vitamin B1 & weaken our bones
My brother is a pharmacist and is strongly against caffeinated drinks. It's a horrible drug. I ignored his warnings for a while and strongly regretted it. Just the caffeine from a single daily soda made my anxiety skyrocket and I became more angry too. It was insane. Never again. Sometimes I still want a caffeinated soda, but it's really not worth the side effects for me
Thank you for sharing ❤️
Caffeine is added to sodas and many other drinks... and that caffeine is a chemical ... made in a lab ... I agree with your Rx brother ....
I wonder how many dozens of neurotoxic drugs he slangs to “customers” daily.
I drink one cup of black coffee everyday not because I want caffeine, in fact I am very caffeine sensitive so anymore than one cup and I'll get way too anxious, but for the health benefits of the antioxidants it has and I love the aroma.
For me I do the same, but with green tea... tons of health benefits with far less caffeine than coffee. But IMO it doesn't taste or smell so good, haha. (but been sticking with this routine now for over 5 years)
How long does caffeine last in the human body?
“The effects of caffeine can be felt as soon as 15 minutes after it is consumed. The level of caffeine in your blood peaks about one hour later and stays at this level for several hours for most people. Six hours after caffeine is consumed, half of it is still in your body. It can take up to 10 hours to completely clear caffeine from your bloodstream.”
I need my dopamine. I have too much cortisol activity. Coffee is a double-edged sword that cuts two ways....I'm screwed! With two large bags of organic beans always at hand, I will find it difficult to resist my one daily morning cup...but I will do so for the next thirty days; and comment again at that time.
Been 5 months , what’s up?
The two large bags of organic beans took steve hostage
I am going to give this a trial for at least a month. Thank you so much for uploading such a very informative caffeine-free video. Blessings. Peace.❤️😘
I drink brewed coffee, no sugar, no creamer. It makes me feel awake during the day and keeps me in the mood. In between, I drink green tea. I do daily exercise (sit ups, jumping jack, push up) and intermittent fasting. My annual blood tests, ultrasound (whole abdomen), ECG, urine and stool analysis, PSA are all normal so far. I will keep my coffee and tea:-)
I will not give up my coffee. With some due diligence you will find that caffeine is not the detrimental substance this woman is saying that it is. There are other many factors that cause our bodies to have low energy. I suggest everybody start reading books written by Mark Sloan. One is titled Cancer the Metabolic Disease Unraveled, The Ultimate Guide to Methylene Blue and Red Light Therapy that's excellent. Mark Sloan mentions that caffeine is actually beneficial. Anyway, I strongly suggest people read these books
but your watching a video on stopping caffeine 🤔
I thought coffee made me the hustler I am and I felt the same way until I quit for a month and now I'm 10 times more productive and feel 100% better. If you haven't quit for a month how would you even know the benefits
@@ottokroupa7379 you are free to keep drinking coffee for the rest of your life but don’t lie to yourself...
If you're trying to quit something and struggling, don't lose faith. Over the decades I've quit amphetamines, nicotine and caffeine. Each one took multiple attempts and each attempt was a completely different experience. One of the times when I tried to go cold turkey on caffeine my body freaked out! It was like trying to come off smack or something! Exhausted, paranoid days and destroyed sleeping patterns... it was a nightmare. But when I finally ditched it for good it was smooth sailing. Just keep trying
This evening I nearly died drinking caffein and after I worked out I felt my heart pounding and I nearly took my last breathe. At that moment I said to my self never again I'm going to take caffein for workout. I'm so lucky to be alive thank God. This video is helpful thank you
yeah I've really only drank caffeine right before working out once and I had a very bad experience too. I drained two cups of Keurig coffee and then ran 5 miles. An hour later I got blurred vision, palpitations, panic. Awful. I don't understand how people do that. It's a terrible idea.
Thank you, hope you are feeling better after quitting
Quit caffeine month ago. Withdrawal symptoms - not that long, I could not fall asleep for one night. I see positive change in my sleeping, waking up, level of anxiety and irritability. I used to got my caffeine mostly from strong tea, I was surprised when I connected those symptoms with a cup of tea. Now I'm using decaf tea.
I don't have any issues drinking coffee. The good thing is I never fall addicted to anything, from caffeine to alcohol and foods. Seriously I don't know what mean being addicted. I drink coffee daily for many decades. Randomly I am busy and forgot coffee ever existed, used to drink wine for dinner but lately because of aging I decided to restrict and only drink occasionally for social events. Well I totally agree that people should save money on caffeine and alcohol. They are useless if don't want to say harmful for many people.
That’s great ! Thanks for sharing :)
I completely agree. I thought I had anxiety problems and needed to get medication, until I quit caffeine and realized this was the soul contributor to my anxiety. Great video.
This was really helpful. I knew coffee raised cortisol but didnt know how to explain until watching your video. Cheers.
Great to hear it was helpful ! So nice of you, thanks :)
This was a great lesson. The best I can promise is that I will go down to consuming coffee 1-2 days per week.
Great video. I have tried alot of substances but nothing comes even close to caffeine. Crazy
Going against the widespread opinion of coffee could save a man's life. I grew up with two family doctors one of which was also a surgeon, who informed me to stay well away from coffee and tea despite their health benefits. He explained that both coffee and tea are irritants to the prostate gland in men. Apparently this irritation over time can lead to cancer.Just food for thought. |Great video
Thank you 🙏🏻
Caffeine is good. Make 1-2months break for caffeine so it hit you better and you can restore caffeine levels. But keep drinking - it is good for over all health and mind.
It’s not
I quit coffee last year, I'm just here cause.. well, you're beautiful and smart
Since I quit drinking coffee, I no longer have acid reflux and belly burn and I sleep better , my head is clear.
Fab video Soukaina! So refreshing to see something well researched and encouraging people to do their own research too. I'm going to give coffee a miss for a month and see how I go!
Great video!! I have loved my Folgers Black Silk for decades. A few months ago I decreased my overall consumption by 50% and stopped drinking coffee no later than 9:30 am. I tried to replace it with a herbal coffee but that just made me feel off. In any case, based on the half life and levels still being about 25% even after 12 hours, I’m going to sleep on basically a cup of coffee or 100mg. I may switch over to half caff as i continue my journey off of caffeine. I can’t go cold turkey, I’m just not man enough for that. :-)
Thank you :) Keep it up !
Ones day it good, tomorrow it bad life 🥴
I love that you started this video with saying that just because things are socially accepted and normal does not make them right. Everybody is out here eating all this chemicals and poisons seed oils artificial sugars and dies and etc the list goes on and on and they just don't care
I had at least 2 cups a day for a decade. I quit 5years ago due to hypertension.
Very well done and researched. I've been trying to get the word out about this as well, and will be releasing a video soon. Thank you for your work. It is also worth mentioning that some people have effects of caffeine that last several months.
Awesome, thank you! I’ll make sure to check your video 😊
@@soukainakanice Thanks Soukaina. I was able to complete my video on this subject last Sunday, and would be very glad to share it with you. It is published on my other channel called, "All about your faith." It is titled, "The Word of Wisdom: A Look at the LDS Nutritional Law of Health." RUclips sometimes doesn't like it if you put links in comments, I'll just offer you the information if you'd like to give it a look. I really appreciated you take on the subject of coffee. It helped to cement some of the ideas presented in my video that go even further and that you may find very interesting. My approach considers the health efficacy of a certain religious practice regarding what foods and beverages to consume. The LDS community has been practicing prohibition on Coffee, as well as Tea, alcohol, and tobacco for nearly 200 years. I thought it would be interesting to compare the practice with research from modern studies and see how it holds up. It actually does so, very well. I hope you'll have a look. Thanks again.
I love coffee but kept watching as this person is so beautiful
She is very lovely indeed.
I gave up coffee not because of all this things you mentioned, but because upsets my stomach
I’m here because I’ve been researching pregnancy tips. Married 3 years. I have nothing wrong with me but not getting pregnant. But the common thread that I am noticing is the coffee and the link to issues trying to get pregnant. Even looked into my severely cold hands and feet > low iron and hemoglobin > coffee blocks iron absorption 🤯 Chinese medicine states the feet is connected to the uterus and the uterus needs warmth. What I am thinking is that my implantation is failing due to high cortisol and low blood flow or hemoglobin. (My blood work came back fine so I’m not stating low iron for now) Coffee is in the middle of my issues theoretically and I’ve been drinking coffee daily since 2014 so I’m stopping yesterday lol! Pray for me ☺️
I pray for you. 🙏🏼 results??❤️
@@GloryToGod_xxx thank you! I have a 7 week old now 😅💙 So I stopped drinking coffee mid March ‘22 and had a positive test mid April ‘22. I want to say that my theory was correct 🤷🏾♀️ I still dealt with some low iron throughput my pregnancy per my OBGYN therefore the cortisol could have been the culprit
@@wearecreatorz5688 awww congrats 🤗bless you
My mom is in the 50s and drink more then 3 cup of coffee a day. And she is healthy.. most importantly always drink water especially before going bed.
To me sodas and alcohol are more surgery
Coffee are healthy just don’t over drink it and be hydrated ❤
I've been drinking coffee every single day for 62 years. I started at 6 when I would drink a black coffee with my dad before he went to work.
I swear on my mother's grave when I quit caffeine, and I mean all caffeine, no chocolate, no teas, no green teas, I wanted 0 caffeine in my body, the next 2 days I woke up with a rock hard erection, I hadn't had morning wood in years, this was all the proof I need that caffeine was terrible for me
yep morning wood for me allways comes when i have deep deep sleep. caffeine = no deep sleep
Haha. Same here.
I've always been addicted to coffee, multiple cups a day and I would get a migraine in the morning if I didn't drink it right away, but since recently getting pregnant - I've completely quit, my body is grossed out by it and it is a first trimester nausea trigger for me. I always wanted to quit, so I am grateful that pregnancy has allowed me to do so!
This is a great video. I will quit caffeine till the end of the year 👍🏻
Thank you ! Good luck with quitting caffeine :)
I quit coffee a month ago and my skin has been better and I feel more energetic and wake up feeling good.
Good video 2 things : I don't know if anyone mentioned it already but coffee on a empty stomach (which is how most people consume it) causes acid secretion and over time can burn out your mucus cells protecting it and eventually your partial cells affecting protein digestion and then the bile and pancreatic response is reduced. Second I would get a DNA genomic test to see what kind of metabolizer your are. If your type is counter productive to coffee then Cardiovascular events may occur earlier than later. Nutrigenomix can do theses labs
I have stopped for a week, maybe a few days more. I feel so much better! I thought I was bloody pregnant cause I was crying over everything and being soo emotional my bf was so confused and scared but I wasn’t pregnant and i definitely believe it’s the cold turkey on caffeine. I had so much bad anxiety and now I’ve been feeling pretty good things won’t bother me so much.
It's just another addiction... glad I quit
It also has tannins, that stop certain vitamins from working in the body, weather from food or supplements!
Good to know !
I stopped drinking coffee 2 days ago and feeling better already. I was just drinking for fun until I realized it was not fun anymore :)
Hello Soukaina, I've been exploring my life and health with the idea that coffee may not be so good for me! This last month has been very interesting. Tonight I was exploring on the internet and found you. Thank you, I think I've found my people!
You’re welcome ! ☺️
Apparently, you’ve mentioned good points against drinking coffee although there’s a poor discussion about the quality of the studies you’ve read to defend your position. Those papers that you considered, are they published in refereed journals? If so, are those high impact journals? You should keep a skeptical position regarding every theory instead of accepting it as a dogma. Science isn’t infallible, just the Pope is supposed to be infallible :p. In your speech is missing the validity threats of those studies and their respective experimental settings? There’s a bias in your speech. Said that, your explanation is coherent and well organized, better yet, your arguments sound convincing.
Thank you for your feedback. All the ressources are linked in the description box, you can check all the research papers. Yes, science isn't infallible, but these research made sense to me (you can read them and make your own decision).
You do not need a “study” to know caffeine can reek havoc on your body. People seem to have lost the ability to trust themselves and constantly need ScIeNcE to back something up. If tens of thousands of people saw benefits from quitting coffee, there is the evidence.
@@gnic1717 Hi there! To be blunt no drinking coffee wreaks havoc on me (I’m joking). Considering what you say about science, the latter is limited and fallible, however, it’s a great method for discovering knowledge from experience and reasoning. Studying in an organized and systematized way whatever happens to a population that consumes coffee or not, is science in essence. On the other hand, what I question is to assume as a dogma what is published in scientific journals, this is my point. We ought to keep a skeptical attitude toward the conclusions drawn in prior research, otherwise we can’t deal with science boundaries and we’ll miss the chance of discovering new knowledge. There are good scientific evidences that supports coffee consumption as well as other studies evidence it’s better to leave coffee consumption. It’s interesting when we present this kind of information, to discuss and analyze the experimental setting that leads researchers to draw such conclusions.