You know what I like about your videos ???!!! They are not 37 minutes long. They are exact and to the point in 7 minutes or less. That means I’ll watch more ❤
@@geoffodom5187guess everyone's different...I'll watch a 2-hour lecture on a subject but I definitely dislike too much "small talk" in the beginning of a video. 🤷✌️
@@RepublicOfWesternCanadaNOW What are you even talking about. So you eat cholesterol, saturated fat and uric acid. All body wreckers. And you are worried about some oxalate that are flushed out of the system by fibre. You can't make this up.
I've been a life long coffee drinker and when I went carnivore I switched to only have a small amount of heavy cream and it never seemed to affect me. A few months ago I decided to try giving up coffee as I've heard a number of people said it helped them a great deal. I went about 6 or 7 weeks without coffee and when I got over the caffeine addiction quickly enough I never gave up my desire for coffee. I really missed the ritual of having a cup of coffee. Later I tried replacing that with caffeine tea or caffeine free coffee and it did not do the trick. I never really felt any benefit giving up coffee but after nearly 2 months of no coffee I still wanted it for the ritual. I went back to regular coffee with heavy cream again and I love it. I felt no benefit giving up coffee and felt no negative effects going back to coffee. The longer I'm carnivore the more I realize that there is a lot of benefit listening to what others experience with their diet changes but most of all you have to test it out to see how things affect you.
@@keepdoingyourbest If you get the the shits reading comments, don't read them. Do something else, rather than taking out your frustrations with the your own time wasting on other people.
I have had IBS (Diahrrea) for nearly 50 years. In February 2022 I started converting to a carnivore diet, and was fully carnivore before the end of March. I immediately stopped taking daily Imodium, and have not used it since. My IBS improved significantly, but I still had bad days every week. So, I decided to slowly wean myself off coffee by cutting down on the amount of caffeine, mixing regular with decaf, and eventually going full decaf (December 9, 2022). I found that even the decaf still bothered my bowels, so after two months on decaf, I stopped drinking it too. Since February 10, 2023 my main hot beverage has been hot water. Occasionally, I will drink hot water with butter. Since Feb 10, my bowels have been very healthy, and almost normal. It has changed my life!
Well, maybe trying this will fix my gut issues. You could switch your hot water out with lovely bone broth. That is what I will probably do. Thank you for your comment.
Been pushing meat and eggs for years, and I live carno pretty religiously, but if I give up coffee I will lose my will to live. Tried it once, and I've never done heroin, but I think I'd rather try to come off smack than coffee again. Life has to have SOME joy.
I drank only 1-2 cups a day, but going a few days without certainly surfaced some withdrawal symptoms like headaches, listlessness, etc., which got better with some tee. I switched to decaf after that.
Speaking as someone from the Northland who has a 7 day a week year round outdoor job, there is more to coffee than just a beverage. When you are bone chilled, soaking wet, it is snowing and blowing a bastard, and you have 8 more hours to work, no heated building to warm up, no dry clothes, that hot cup of strong black coffee is a lifeline of warmth and hope for me.
I can definitely relate to that. I have also worked out in the cold, hauling hay with a team of horses every day throughout the winter regardless of the weather. I live in northern Canada. Sometimes I drove a team in _50° . Hot coffee. Yes! And after work, a shot of rum or whiskey goes good with coffee.
My husband and I are both carnivore. He happily drinks coffee and does well with the diet. I drank coffee until one day, my body said “no thanks”… so I gave it up, it works better for me. Everyone is different 👍👍
I love how you explained this. You listened to your body and stopping coffee wasn’t a huge struggle. I have noticed my body wants less coffee. This way of eating has been so freeing from the way I used to over think everything 😂
I grew up in an old-fashioned family that started putting a little coffee in my milk glass when I was 10 years old. The amount increased over time until I drank coffee with the adults. I was a strong coffee drinker all my life. I quit coffee after Carnivore and never looked back. I feel MUCH BETTER!
I quit drinking, i don't smoke, i do carnivore, meat, eggs, fish, cheese, and butter, and i drink strong black coffee. As a long-distance truck driver, coffee is very important to me. It keeps me alert, and the ritual of it makes me happy. I'm never gonna give that up, NÉVER!
I quit coffee 108 days ago after long-time use. I have arthritis in my right hip, and I heard oxalates can negatively affect it. So now I'm 100% carnivore and water. The one thing I noticed is no more diarrhea and my sleeping is phenomenal every single night now. I really love that!
I gave up coffee for 3 months after I started carnivore, never noticed a difference and proved I could do it, didn't miss it, just like the taste, So went back to it and still feel great. Just one cup in the morning.
I was a coffee addict some 4 years ago. Then I went cold turkey. No coffee for 1 whole year then for the 2nd year just have a little in social situations. Lately, I drink a few times a week but never early in the morning. The dependency is the worst.
I just made it 9th day off coffee. Holy Moley! I had no idea how insidious caffeine is! It was excruciatingly painful to withdraw from it. The leg throb coming in waves was awful. I endured and made it out of that bondage. I feel sooo goood! Best sleep ever and dreaming again. I will not go back because the detox is too painful to ever endure again. I am free!!!🙌
I applaud 👏 you. I am getting sick from coffee i'm sure and can't seem to quit. That is so hard for me. I need a coffeeholics group to go to. How did you do it?
@@whatta1501 It was difficult initially because of the withdrawal symptoms. I just drank a hot cup of water instead of coffee each morning and prayed daily for deliverance. It was so worth it! It feels so great to be free of addiction. It gets better and better every day and made all the difference in my digestion. You can do it! Designate a ten day time frame when you have the fewest commitments and hunker down. 10 days to freedom, you can do it!!
@SKsBabe awwww, i appreciate your words of encouragement. Thank you so much. I'm getting joint pain and numbness in my feet. It has to be the coffee. I pretty much gave everything else up.
@@nakitanash I agree. Mine went away a few years ago when I realized that I was drinking a lot of artificial sweeteners. Cut those out completely (check those labels - they're even in jarred pickles) and no more attacks.
@@ktcarl everyone is different in for some people even black tea does it. Even just one or two cup over a long period of years you are prone to it. Sometimes it is a matter of a cumulative effect
I just started Carnivore a month and a half ago. Down 26 pounds because of it. I stopped everything cold turkey....stopped drinking the beer I love and I "HAD" to have coffee every morning. I decided to go strict Carnivore and only drink water now. I feel great and LOVE how I am losing the weight I have had for years. I'm 6'2" and was 271, now am down to 244. Am going for 20 more then I should be good weight wise. I did feel like total crap the first 3 days but all cravings and rough feeling is gone. Thanks Dr. Baker for all that you do. I am 52 years old and the best shape I've been in for years
When I started carnivore I was drinking coffee, as soon as I cut it out cold turkey I felt a MASSIVE difference. It turned me to a “not a coffee” person. It was hard to let go mentally, because coffee for me was a “feel good” thing to start my day. I looked forward to having my cup of coffee. It helped me get out a of bed sometimes, haha. So outside of the initial adjustment to that, it’s been absolutely wonderful. Been about 10 months and idk if I’ll go back. I feel so much better mentally, emotionally and physically when I’m not drinking coffee. No more anxiety, no more overthinking, better sleep and saving money! 🙌
I recommend reading the book “caffeine blues”. I gave up coffee 8 month’s ago and have never felt better. My sleep, mental focus, energy level, mood & overall health drastically improved. I will never knowingly consume any caffeine again.
I 100% agree 😁 I too have read the book and was shocked on what does the caffeine does to my brain and body, so I have made the best decision of my life. Now I'm full of energy and motivation, I honestly feel like a child again. Next I want to start carnivore diet in the near future 👍🏻🙂
Since going carnivore, I have reduced my coffee consumption to one cup (with butter & heavy cream). It’s my morning ritual while watching the sun rise. I savor those few minutes.
I quit coffee about two weeks ago. Huge difference! The biggest difference is that I no longer suffer from leg, foot, and side cramps, which for me is a big improvement; instead of drinking electrolytes, stopping the coffee corrected this problem. I also sleep better and the minor aches in my knees are gone. No more coffee for me. I'm glad to say good bye to it! I saw somewhere (which I now cannot find) that coffee binds minerals and protein and that was impetus for quitting.
I gave up coffee a few years ago for several months and I don’t think I saw any benefits in doing so. Once I got back on it, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Granted, that was long before I was carnivore… But I have no interest in giving it up at this point. I feel like I’d be quite content to drink coffee and follow the carnivore lifestyle for the rest of my life. Thanks for all you do to encourage us in this journey, Dr. Baker!
I quit drinking coffee back in December, went one month without it and stopped using betaderm cream for my eczema. I was down to using it once a week beforehand. I wasn't thinking and started to drink coffee again recently ''decaf this time'' thinking that would fix my issues. Nop, lol Eczema came back. So I stopped again and it went away. I myself have a direct link to eczema and it comes from coffee, even decaf. Hope this helps someone.
I am one of those persons who has benefitted enormously by giving up coffee, even though I had to go through withdrawel, but I made up my mind and am glad I pushed through. No more anxiety, heartpalpitations after drinking coffee. But, for me the greatest gift is how amazing my sleep is, I dream the most vivid dreams. I feel so mellow, rested with an inner peace I only experienced when I was a kid. I think dr. Baker's advice is so great, because I do believe you should try to do the Carnivore diet first for a while and afterwards quit coffee if that is what you want. This way it might be better to differentiate. My opinion is that people who say they have no ill effect of it, is because you are constantly drinking it and you don't know or remember what it is like without it. I started drinking coffee from the age of 15 and if someone would have said to me: "from now on you will drink this everyday for the next 30 years" I would have thought they were crazy. Its just so available everywhere you go, at schools, libraries, and offered to you mostly for free as well. If you wouldn't offer a coffee to a 10 year old, why would you drink it yourself? age limits for everything except for coffee, that's peculiar
@@jenniferibarra7737 thanks! Well the thing is, because the withdrawal was so severe for me, I am now very reluctant to have just one cup of coffee. Maybe compare it to just having one drink or one cigarette.
I can think back on times where I was so happy, so easy going and calm. I always thought it was just youth. I started drinking coffee daily around 23years old; I’m now 39 and can’t go a day without it. It’s funny how one day you just start doing something and never stop. I just started carnivore . I won’t be upset if it makes me stop drinking coffee
@@thetampabaynononsenserealt785 it takes about a week...(If you want to) Gradually drink less and less and prepare for a headache and being very very tired for a few days. I quit for a year now and could not go back if I wanted to because one cup of coffee now has the effect of speed or coke, not kidding accidentally had it once and it took me 3 hours to come down 🤭
In my second year of consistent carnivore, I quit coffee, which I had been drinking with MCT oil and butter. Within three months I had lost 20lbs, without changing anything else. Five years out on carnivore, still coffee-free and just fine with a glass of plain water to rehydrate my brain.
@@TheRealRealOKWhy because your weak ass can not do it? 😂 Manner fact caffeine barrows energy from the future mess up your brain receptors and increase adrenals, not to mention your glands will fatigue. Trying to convince your self with "boring" is just sad 😂
I agree with you it’s important to drink it after 3 hours of waking . The first few hours of waking the human body is the most energetic . Caffeine blocks adenosine from binding, thus making you feel alert and also helping you feel better. But later adenosine hormones comes out the hidden cave and BOOM releases that sugar caffeine crash we all get around 2 pm . So now I drink coffee 3 hours after waking and no more anxiety or overly hyper the first 3 hours at work like I used to be .
I love coffee but definitely am better without it. Less anxiety, way less chronic muscle tension and my acne and blackheads disappear and my eyes become clear and I don’t get dry eyes. My hair becomes less greasy also. My body composition also improves
I have been carnivore for a bit over 1 year and for the last 5 months i have given up coffee. My sleep patterns have evened out and i have more energy than i ever did before but the biggest difference i see is that i stopped getting sore from workouts. I can now train until muscles are exhausted and get up the next day feeling fine. I have broken 2 times in that 5 months and each time for about 48 hours after my sleep was screwed up and my muscles just ached non stop.
For over 3 years on carnivor a still had frequent diarrhea. I was a heavy drinker of coffee since i went to college. I then stop coffee and the diarrhea stopped abruptly... amazing!
I went without tea or coffee. For 20 years (1984-2004 roughly). Then started again until recently. Went full carnivore 6 years ago after 2 years of keto. Found keto good, but still had metabolic issue. Full carnivore resolved over 18 different metabolic disorders. Never been healthier. But one final one, skin sclerosis did not resolve until I stopped coffee. So no more for me. So many other benefits. Never spent so little on food! I eat about 30% of what I used to and it’s all top quality organic meats. Wastage is down from 50% thrown out to < 5% (few bones and sometimes a bit of fat). My brother (so similar genetics) crippled with arthritis, waiting for hip replacements. My best friend now dead from diabetes. All paths that I was on (now 69). I don’t think people on typical western diets have any idea what healthy is for them. They have never experienced it. I was astounded at my personal changes with about 2-3 months of full carnivore.
A big factor which is commonly overlooked on all of these discussions about coffee is that it is high in histamine while also being a histamine liberator. If you have allergies and especially eczema you should probably cut back or eliminate it completely to see if your symptoms improve.
Thanks for that info. I've been doing Paleo, high meat, and my allergies and eczema but have improved tremendously - but not completely. I have had the feeling that I should give it up but I need a replacement.
Caffeine is a naturally occurring pesticide, there's no way to deny that. After 38 years of being a HEAVY coffee drinker, I gave up all forms of caffeine about 60 days ago and feel much better. If I can do it, anyone can.
@@dyldabeast9176 makes sense if it keeps pests away and it would add minerals to the depleted soil...neither of which make it healthy for human consumption. If it's growing locally outdoors in nature some seasonal use could be beneficial.
Stopped coffee a month into the carnivore diet and felt sluggish for about a week but then had a calm steady energy… my aches and pains and low back stiffness were all gone - I could pretty much wake in the minting and immediately work out! No need for an extended warm up… however I very much missed the morning ritual of coffee drinking so I fell off the wagon and started drinking 2 cups a day, the stiffness came back, muscle cramps came back and my sleep suffered… I want to try again to give it up but am so addicted to this stuff that I keep pushing off my “start date” to stop coffee every morning… need to join a CA (Coffee Anonymous) group to help me quit…
While going through perimenopause, it became clear that coffee was triggering hot flashes, so I quit coffee and the hot flashes went away. Aside from that, being freed from the daily grind of thinking about and making and craving coffee has been such a blessing. It has lightened the load of this character. Coffee really is an addictive substance.
Coffee stays in my lifestyle…but i have no ill effects from it. I totally agree with the logic of testing to find out and making a dynamic decision at that point. Great advise!
I've always had dark skin folds and more recently dark patches on my face. I've been weaning myself off of coffee by drinking very watered down organic decaf, a splash of heavy cream, and sugar-free caramel. This has drastically reduced the dark skin areas. But when purchasing decaf at coffee shops, the dark skin returns, my hands get rough and dry, and my face looks aged. I've been on carnivore for 6 months and decaf is my only plant food. Initially, I noticed the same thing with lettuce when I was on keto. As soon as I dropped the lettuce, my hands became soft and hydrated.
I have gone without coffee for months before and I just prefer my life with coffee. I have ADHD and it helps with my focus since I weaned off the Ritalin and also I have asthma and it helps me breath. So I have medicinal perks in addition to loving the taste. Now I did make a couple of adjustments. I went to cold brew-French press. This helped me so much with my stomach. The hot coffee is much harder on me. Of course I no longer use sugar as I have been Carnivore since Jan of this year. I also make sure the heavy cream I use has no junk in it. Horizon is good. I did cut back from 2, 16 0z mugs a day to one.
Coffee helps me with depression and helps me focus too. Cold brew is my go to because the brewing process is healthier and it doesn’t cause acid reflux like regular coffee since the process of cold brew is so natural and unique . The cold brew taste so rich and like dark chocolate . It even makes me feel much better than regular coffee. It’s a Gem.
I am def a coffee addict. I grind fresh beans every morning and do pour over, I use a little whole milk with it. No sweetener. And, I love it. Just really signifies that start of a day for me. I do Chai tea or unsweet iced tea sometimes later in the day. But, I also drink a ton of water daily. I quit cigarettes in 1999. That was truly a glorious morning ritual of coffee and smoke. But, had to let that one go. I have so few vices left...I am married after all...so, for now, I will keep my coffee. 🙂
I love coffee, the smell, the taste, the culture, the ritual, everything. I used to drink way too much. Now a days I normally I have 2 or 3 small cups per day with some heavy cream. If it is a holiday or I'm super duper jonesin' for something sweet, I will sneek in a stevia. Overall, it doesn't seem to have any negative affects. Several times I have abstained for periods of time and didn't notice any major benefits. I will definitely continue to experiment with it and see if not drinking it will offer any benefits.
2 weeks caffeine free!!! First week was rough but I’m already feeling benefits so it’s worth it! The main reason to quit was because My cortisol was high and caffeine messes with it and I want to balance it out. Another reason was to take out another addiction from my life and last reason, to save $
Nice balanced discussion!!! I drink 2 cups a day... with heavy cream on feeding days and black on fasting days. I stopped it for a month a while back, never noticed anything except I missed my morning Joe! In retrospect, perhaps I should have monitored my blood pressure... but didn't.
I wonder why so many people seem to be as or more addicted to caffeine than carbs, willing to give up the latter and resistant to do the same with the former. I was the other way around. Giving up caffeine is simple, but it took many years of struggle before I finally kicked by carb habit. Of course, back when I was severely depressed, it was the combo of sugar and caffeine that I used for self-medication.
Very helpful, thank you. I only started drinking coffee when I turned 50. I’ll be 77 in a few days and I now drink a couple of cups a day. Usually make it my morning meal with butter added. I insist on buying organic and feel happier that it’s less toxic then. I’ve only been carnivore for 4 1/2 months. I’ve gained weight instead of losing. Metabolic syndrome, I suspect. I’m happy with myself and the changes I’ve made, so I’m not going to be strict about coffee yet. ☕️ ☕️
After starting carnivore, I naturally just stopped drinking coffee after about 4months. It was making me shake and feel nervous! However I miss the coffee aromas filtering the house on a cold morning!
Easier said than done. I quit coffee cold turkey because I was curious what will happen. So I had 2 days of severe headache. Then headache is gone. One thing I noticed is the cravings are gone. I think it is not only sugar and carbs and junk food that triggers cravings. It is the comfort feeling offered by the coffee that the addicted brain seeks out after and in between meals. With coffee gone, I find it very easy to do intermittent fasting.
I will add about my experience. Coffee is highly addictive. Very strong cancellation effect. When you stop drinking coffee, your head hurts a lot for two or three days.
Can attest to this. I had unending headaches worse than any other kind. I was the most irritable and unfocused SOB ever. If you ARE going to drink coffee, use a paper/cloth filter. It removes (most) cafestol, which interacts poorly with dietary cholesterol and causes elevated cortisol levels, resulting in stubborn fat retention.
@@DeimosSnake4Interesting about the paper filter, since the convenience of the Keurig with those little pods has entered our world. I wouldn’t have known that. It seems the easier our food is to access the worse it is for us.
Best way to quit coffee is by slowly tapering off for 3 or 4 days, increasing decaf percentage some with each cup. Works better for me to avoid terrible withdrawal headaches.
I have been carnivore for 2 yrs I feel great lost 55lbs and am at my ideal body weight now. But I am not giving up my coffee I love it! And it's great for curbing my appetite so I don't feel hungry if I drink it I do drink 2-3 cups a day.
a while ago i gave up coffee for 3 months, and felt much better without it. i was able to truly relax and had less anxiety and felt more happy. withdrawal is brutal but there is things which can help, like tapering etc. now I am thinking of going off again for good
I enjoyed the unintended humor aspect of this 'fast talking' coffee video...must have been the B vitamins in the steak! 😉 Keep up the good work, you're helping to change lives for the better.😎
I love that you reference scientific research in your video information section. This is intellectual honesty. This is how scientists communicate. Please, keep up the good work!
I drink lots of black coffee everyday, non brand or roast style specific. As for sleep, I can drink a full pot just before going to bed, and fall instantly asleep when I lay down for the night.
You may want to look up how caffeine affects the actual quality of your sleep rather than the fact you can fall asleep, as that is where the actual problems are. I love my coffee too, drink 3-4 espressos a day but I have my last one at least 8 hours before I sleep
I am on day 31 carnivore and am very much a coffee drinker. It certainly could be a problem. I appreciate this video and the suggestion to wait 4-5 months and test it out on myself. That’s what I will do. Thank You for all of your work. It’s helping me. I previously did 28 days carnivore then went off track and saw one of your videos encouraging at least 60 days. That was my goal starting this time. I have played around with my own health and wellness specifically nutrition for probably a little over 5 years now. Carnivore is the best for me. Still likely need to figure out how to get more fat as I probably eat too much protein and not enough fat. Too much fat and it just comes out…
One coffee per day drinker here. But I've seen recipes for fatty lattes that I'm thinking of trying. May be the replacement for hot comfort drink many people seek. 1 or 2 egg yolks, 1 or 2 tbs butter, maybe a few drops of vanilla extract and hot water blended to a froth.
Thanks again Shawn for all the awesome content. I have been drinking coffee lately simply because I like it. I have however been noticing that I am just tense while I'm on it and when I try to quit its really clear that the addiction has me. I've been doing carnivore off and on for awhile now, but the rubberbanding is becoming a more apparent pattern. I have got rid of coffee these last few days and in general feel better, particularly mentally. I just don't think that coffee is a good idea for anyone, but I also cant deny that it really makes society work more efficiently. I don't like being addicted to things so I am going to do my best to stay off it and see if my mood improves and overall how I feel gets better
I so appreciate your matter of fact, level headed, problem solving approach. I’m a die hard coffee drinker, and spend a fair amount on the “good stuff.” That said I have this notion that I’d be better off ditching the CNS stimulants at least for a while, to see how that impacts my health and well being. 🙏🏼
I’m a coffee lover. I’ve been doing carnivore for a few months now. I admit that some days I I have two too many in the mornings. I think I will surely cut back. Not NOW, but someday I may try giving it up completely for a while.
I never developed a taste for coffee. I was, however, a diet coke / diet Dr Pepper fiend. When I first went low carb, I decided to give up caffeine. I wanted to improve my sleep and reduce my cortisol production. It is hard to say definitively how significant getting off caffeine was since I was making other dietary changes at the same time. My feeling is that it helped me get better sleep. I believe I was getting the beginning stages of sleep apnea. Going low carb and dropping caffeine helped me drop 40+ pounds, reduce my inflammation, and I no longer have any sleep apnea. Looking back, I believe I was using caffeine to try to fight off the tiredness of poor sleep. That was a losing strategy. I have no plans, at this point, to ever incorporate caffeine back into my daily life.
I’m a coffee drinker. I used to steal sips from my mothers cup as a child, and was scolded when caught. I didn’t really start drinking coffee on the regular until I lived in Germany. My Italian boss made enough espresso for the both of us and it was my creative drug. I got so much work done! I do have some days where I’m not feeling it and some where I look forward to morning so I can suck some down. 😊
I've been roasting my own coffee for over 11 years now, having a flat white in the morning and one early arvo. Been carnivore since Nov 22. No health issues at all, but did adjust amount of cream down to 45ml/drink with some butter in my coffees a couple weeks ago. Have been losing some fat after making those adjustments along with eating meat to satiety and not excess. One of my guilty pleasures I won't give up along with the occasional low carb beer. Thanks for all the commentary Doctor Baker
Coffee is what I look forward to that starts of my day! It’s my invitation to happily get out of bed. So…..it would be really hard to give it up. It really is a blessing to have such pleasures to look forward to. A gift from the Lord! I can’t think of anything that would replace it!😃
Yes I gave up coffee eventually on my ketovore/ animal based diet. I did lose some workout motivation and performance but after the adjustment I felt calmer and slept a little deeper so stayed off it. I was generally only drinking one, first thing in the morning, but it was still very hard to quit and took weeks to adjust, which proved to me how damn addictive it actually is. I do still currently drink a little green tea which I think is a lesser evil, and gives me the pleasure of a warm stimulating drink, but I may be ready to ditch that eventually.
I want to love how I feel when I quit coffee. I’ve done it a few times for a few months at a time. Something about quitting feels better but I’m not sure what it is. Perhaps it’s not feeling tied to that particular habit. But invariably I get back on it after a coffee with a friend and I have to say initially I feel so much better and love it so much more each time I return to it. Addicted? Perhaps!
I didn't start drinking coffee until my early 30's....why I started at that point...I have no idea but only would have during the winter. Then my annual winter coffee season would drag on through spring then I would stop right before summer. Next year my coffee ritual went through the winter, spring and summer so by year 3 I was full time coffee with the creamer and bullcrap that most people put in. Did that for nearly 20 years. 2 years ago I decided to cut out the flavored cream and crap and slowly cut back until over a few months I was down to just plain black coffee, now I only have 1 cup in the morning per day. No more than I cup, I don't feel there would be any difference felt since I feel great already on carnivore so it's the one thing I really look forward to in the morning even though I only have 1 cup. Maybe some day I'll give it up but I have NO IDEA what point I was trying to make here.....
I drink a lot of coffee. I've tried quitting in the past and noticed no benefit, so I don't see a good reason to quit. I've always drank it black too though, so don't have the sweetener and caloric addition issues most people have with coffee.
@@dreaminginnoother if you’re an elite athlete maybe it makes a bit of a difference. But if you’re a regular guy working a regular/desk job, don’t think you’ll get anything significant out of quitting coffee.
I gave up coffee at 65. I was a moderate coffee drinker. I switched to tea. I had no problems switching. Now I'm 70. I haven't seen a great difference in my metabolism. I may start coffee again just to double check.
Nothing to do with coffee but with teeth :D I had a black spot on my back molar, it has now turned light grey, been low carb for about 3 months, sorry no before shots cause I didn't expect this could happen :) Cool huh? ;D I notice this TODAY. Thank you for all your good work Dr Baker!!!
Dr. B...you just showed up in my feed last night. i am grateful to the algorithm. Subbed. You are speaking my thoughts as well. Gonna binge watch today. Thank You for being here & being You.
Well said Shawn. I don't generally drink coffee but I did take it up for a couple of months when my autoimmune symptoms were really knocking me around. It certainly helped get me through that period. The carnivore diet has solved many issues for me however like Mikhaila Peterson I still can only eat just meat. It would be nice to be able to eat eggs, maybe one day.
Gave it up for 40 days. I love the taste of coffee and I missed the ritual of having a coffee with my wife or friends. A glass of hot water or sparkling water wasn’t the same. I didn’t notice any difference except that I’ve now drink decaffeinated and when I occasionally have caffeinated coffee I do feel a surge of energy whereas before even after 4 cups I never felt anything.
Even contaminated drinking water from swallow well and even city water (Flint Michigan is a good example, there are many. Now the chemical spill in Ohio,....love channel, thousands of examples). Smog, vehicle exhaust, manufacturing pollution, mold in home,... Many things we have to be vigilant while trying to eat healthy.
I stopped coffee many years ago and don't remember exactly when or what year. Back in february 2022 I started keto and went complete carnivore in October and stayed with it since. I will say I did try coffee again as an experiment in the past 2 months with carnivore to see how I react and each time it was terrible. Felt jittery and had terrible workouts. I'm happier knowing it makes me feel crappy otherwise I'll be on the stuff again. I haven't tried just caffeine alone tho. And besides coffee bean is a plant seed. Nuts and seeds of any kind are on my no list no exceptions.
As a sufferer of Crohns which I manage with carnivore diet, I find that if I'm doing well on carnivore I can tolerate a small amount of coffee with no problem at all (which keeps me happy as I'm quite an addict). If I'm not doing well I do need to avoid the strong brewed stuff and stick to only one extremely weak cup of instant in the morning. Actually these days I just stick to the instant as it seems to be less potent and I've actually gone right off the flavour of strong coffee anyway. I find that tea is way more detrimental to my gut than coffee, which seems counterintuitive but that's what I've personally experienced, so I avoid tea at all costs.
I quit drinking coffee 4 years ago and am so glad I did. I no longer have gut problems, don’t feel addicted to coffee or need it to help wake up, plus I’m saving lots of money. I feel great, and it made starting the carnivore diet easier for me.
Always drank two cups of coffee in the morning. Got a rule I never drink after midday. I found black coffee to be a useful tool to help me transition into Carnivore. Especially at work where as a contractor I don't have time to eat till the afternoon so a black coffee really helps with that
Lifelong coffee drinker. Stopped ~ 20 years ago. But re-started. Two weeks ago, drank morning butter coffee and developed massive headache behind eyeball sockets. Rarely get headaches. So I stopped coffee. Tested it again ten days later. This time 50% diluted with water. Another headache. Stopped for good. Substituted dark cocoa to make hot butter drink in the morning. Will test black tea another time. Herbal tea seems OK for now. Thanks for the helpful, practical information!
I like how you tell us the time instead of building us a clock like Thomas DeLauer does. I quit coffee several months ago thinking oxalates were negatively affecting my right hip osteoarthritis. Well, that didn't help at all ( I ended up with hip replacement surgery ), so now I'm back drinking it again. I missed have morning coffee with my wife anyway.
You know what I like about your videos ???!!! They are not 37 minutes long. They are exact and to the point in 7 minutes or less. That means I’ll watch more ❤
I couldn’t agree more. More is less, I don’t want to watch a RUclips video for 1/2 hour. Good to see someone else feels the same.
@@geoffodom5187guess everyone's different...I'll watch a 2-hour lecture on a subject but I definitely dislike too much "small talk" in the beginning of a video. 🤷✌️
Agreed.
Agreed. I've pretty much figure if a vid is over 10 min....it's 97% Bull Roar ...
Same!
If you replace your morning cup of coffee with green tea, you can eliminate any little joy you have left in your life.
And also fill your kidneys with oxalates!
Eating red meat the least of your worries are oxalates. You silly people follow this charlatan.
Oh just what I was looking for!
Yeah for some of us coffee wreaks havoc on our system
@@RepublicOfWesternCanadaNOW
What are you even talking about. So you eat cholesterol, saturated fat and uric acid. All body wreckers. And you are worried about some oxalate that are flushed out of the system by fibre. You can't make this up.
The best part of quitting coffee is getting back on it again. 😊 The love gets deeper and deeper each time.
"Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it one thousand times"
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That first cup after a while off coffee is excellent. But then staying on coffee, I found everything physical slowly degraded again.
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I've been a life long coffee drinker and when I went carnivore I switched to only have a small amount of heavy cream and it never seemed to affect me. A few months ago I decided to try giving up coffee as I've heard a number of people said it helped them a great deal.
I went about 6 or 7 weeks without coffee and when I got over the caffeine addiction quickly enough I never gave up my desire for coffee. I really missed the ritual of having a cup of coffee. Later I tried replacing that with caffeine tea or caffeine free coffee and it did not do the trick. I never really felt any benefit giving up coffee but after nearly 2 months of no coffee I still wanted it for the ritual. I went back to regular coffee with heavy cream again and I love it. I felt no benefit giving up coffee and felt no negative effects going back to coffee.
The longer I'm carnivore the more I realize that there is a lot of benefit listening to what others experience with their diet changes but most of all you have to test it out to see how things affect you.
All that to say nothing my cats breath smells like cat food
Way to justify your addiction... so pathetic
@@keepdoingyourbest If you get the the shits reading comments, don't read them. Do something else, rather than taking out your frustrations with the your own time wasting on other people.
@@keepdoingyourbest He said plenty. Learn to read/listen to understand rather than to respond.
@@keepdoingyourbest 🤣🤣🤣
I have had IBS (Diahrrea) for nearly 50 years. In February 2022 I started converting to a carnivore diet, and was fully carnivore before the end of March. I immediately stopped taking daily Imodium, and have not used it since. My IBS improved significantly, but I still had bad days every week. So, I decided to slowly wean myself off coffee by cutting down on the amount of caffeine, mixing regular with decaf, and eventually going full decaf (December 9, 2022). I found that even the decaf still bothered my bowels, so after two months on decaf, I stopped drinking it too. Since February 10, 2023 my main hot beverage has been hot water. Occasionally, I will drink hot water with butter. Since Feb 10, my bowels have been very healthy, and almost normal. It has changed my life!
Well, maybe trying this will fix my gut issues. You could switch your hot water out with lovely bone broth. That is what I will probably do. Thank you for your comment.
Thank you.
Damned liar. Meat and dairy cause IBS!
But being dead isn't my idea of a cure.
Most people will die of scurvy within 6 to 8 months.
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He is a liar !
Been pushing meat and eggs for years, and I live carno pretty religiously, but if I give up coffee I will lose my will to live. Tried it once, and I've never done heroin, but I think I'd rather try to come off smack than coffee again. Life has to have SOME joy.
Sounds like your a Drama queen
I drank only 1-2 cups a day, but going a few days without certainly surfaced some withdrawal symptoms like headaches, listlessness, etc., which got better with some tee. I switched to decaf after that.
@@defeqel6537 decaffeinated coffee is decaffeinated with arsenic maybe look into it instead of just believing your FDA is protecting you
I second that motion!
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Speaking as someone from the Northland who has a 7 day a week year round outdoor job, there is more to coffee than just a beverage. When you are bone chilled, soaking wet, it is snowing and blowing a bastard, and you have 8 more hours to work, no heated building to warm up, no dry clothes, that hot cup of strong black coffee is a lifeline of warmth and hope for me.
Yeah I think in situations like that coffee is a must have
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I can definitely relate to that.
I have also worked out in the cold, hauling hay with a team of horses every day throughout the winter regardless of the weather. I live in northern Canada. Sometimes I drove a team in
_50° .
Hot coffee. Yes!
And after work, a shot of rum or whiskey goes good with coffee.
Man, that sounds like literal torture. No offense but why would you want to live/work in those conditions?
There’s an old saying, a hot drink is just as good as a warm overcoat.
My husband and I are both carnivore. He happily drinks coffee and does well with the diet. I drank coffee until one day, my body said “no thanks”… so I gave it up, it works better for me. Everyone is different 👍👍
I love how you explained this. You listened to your body and stopping coffee wasn’t a huge struggle. I have noticed my body wants less coffee. This way of eating has been so freeing from the way I used to over think everything 😂
Coffee is a hug you get from the inside. ☕️ ❤
LOL
I grew up in an old-fashioned family that started putting a little coffee in my milk glass when I was 10 years old. The amount increased over time until I drank coffee with the adults. I was a strong coffee drinker all my life. I quit coffee after Carnivore and never looked back. I feel MUCH BETTER!
I quit drinking, i don't smoke, i do carnivore, meat, eggs, fish, cheese, and butter, and i drink strong black coffee. As a long-distance truck driver, coffee is very important to me. It keeps me alert, and the ritual of it makes me happy. I'm never gonna give that up, NÉVER!
You diet is going to kill you. I just hope you don't die while behind the wheel of your truck.
Well, still here, still trucking, still loads of coffee, and still on carnivore.
Bloodworks excellent
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And trucker are famous for lying.
A middle aged trucker friend just died. Oh he said he was healthy to.
@@herbbowler2461 keep on eating grass and herbs, and have a nice life
@@benchipi2317 STUPID!!!!!!!!!!
I quit coffee 108 days ago after long-time use. I have arthritis in my right hip, and I heard oxalates can negatively affect it. So now I'm 100% carnivore and water. The one thing I noticed is no more diarrhea and my sleeping is phenomenal every single night now. I really love that!
Do you drink tea at all? Like black tea. If so, does that cause you any issues?
We are not coffee drinkers, we are coffee addicts.
Caffeine is the most used drug in the world.
Truth
Nicotine is worse, disgusting drug.
@@redreuben5260 Only if you smoke it
@@narmo7989 well Derrrr
I gave up coffee for 3 months after I started carnivore, never noticed a difference and proved I could do it, didn't miss it, just like the taste, So went back to it and still feel great. Just one cup in the morning.
I drink three cups a day and it doesn't do s*** to me. I've taken a week off from it and didn't notice a bit of difference.
I was a coffee addict some 4 years ago. Then I went cold turkey. No coffee for 1 whole year then for the 2nd year just have a little in social situations. Lately, I drink a few times a week but never early in the morning. The dependency is the worst.
I just made it 9th day off coffee. Holy Moley! I had no idea how insidious caffeine is! It was excruciatingly painful to withdraw from it. The leg throb coming in waves was awful. I endured and made it out of that bondage. I feel sooo goood! Best sleep ever and dreaming again. I will not go back because the detox is too painful to ever endure again. I am free!!!🙌
can relate to that ouff headaches and sleepy for a week !!! I went back on it lol
I applaud 👏 you. I am getting sick from coffee i'm sure and can't seem to quit. That is so hard for me. I need a coffeeholics group to go to. How did you do it?
@@whatta1501 It was difficult initially because of the withdrawal symptoms. I just drank a hot cup of water instead of coffee each morning and prayed daily for deliverance. It was so worth it! It feels so great to be free of addiction. It gets better and better every day and made all the difference in my digestion.
You can do it! Designate a ten day time frame when you have the fewest commitments and hunker down.
10 days to freedom, you can do it!!
@SKsBabe awwww, i appreciate your words of encouragement. Thank you so much. I'm getting joint pain and numbness in my feet. It has to be the coffee. I pretty much gave everything else up.
Hurray for the dreams! 💤
For me, quitting coffee was one of the best decisions I've made. Coffee is pure anxiety in a cup to me....
How much were you drinking in a day?
I don’t think most people realize they can completely curb their panic attacks by avoiding caffeine.
@@nakitanash I agree. Mine went away a few years ago when I realized that I was drinking a lot of artificial sweeteners. Cut those out completely (check those labels - they're even in jarred pickles) and no more attacks.
@@ktcarl everyone is different in for some people even black tea does it. Even just one or two cup over a long period of years you are prone to it.
Sometimes it is a matter of a cumulative effect
Yea, for me, each cup of coffee gives me a hour of relaxation and increases anxiety for the rest of day. Not a worthy tradeoff
I just started Carnivore a month and a half ago. Down 26 pounds because of it. I stopped everything cold turkey....stopped drinking the beer I love and I "HAD" to have coffee every morning. I decided to go strict Carnivore and only drink water now. I feel great and LOVE how I am losing the weight I have had for years. I'm 6'2" and was 271, now am down to 244. Am going for 20 more then I should be good weight wise. I did feel like total crap the first 3 days but all cravings and rough feeling is gone. Thanks Dr. Baker for all that you do. I am 52 years old and the best shape I've been in for years
Quitting coffee didn’t help you. Quitting donuts and soda helped you.
When I started carnivore I was drinking coffee, as soon as I cut it out cold turkey I felt a MASSIVE difference. It turned me to a “not a coffee” person. It was hard to let go mentally, because coffee for me was a “feel good” thing to start my day. I looked forward to having my cup of coffee. It helped me get out a of bed sometimes, haha. So outside of the initial adjustment to that, it’s been absolutely wonderful. Been about 10 months and idk if I’ll go back. I feel so much better mentally, emotionally and physically when I’m not drinking coffee. No more anxiety, no more overthinking, better sleep and saving money! 🙌
I recommend reading the book “caffeine blues”. I gave up coffee 8 month’s ago and have never felt better. My sleep, mental focus, energy level, mood & overall health drastically improved. I will never knowingly consume any caffeine again.
I 100% agree 😁 I too have read the book and was shocked on what does the caffeine does to my brain and body, so I have made the best decision of my life. Now I'm full of energy and motivation, I honestly feel like a child again.
Next I want to start carnivore diet in the near future 👍🏻🙂
I like the approach of the video. Present the pros and cons and have individuals figure out what works for them. Coffee fan here.
agree totally I like the simplicity and no 'pressure' to take a side.. of it or not.. simple short and informative..bravo !
It’s a BS list of pros and cons.
Since going carnivore, I have reduced my coffee consumption to one cup (with butter & heavy cream). It’s my morning ritual while watching the sun rise. I savor those few minutes.
tried butter in my coffee personally did not like it.
@@lupaswolfshead9971 try frothing it in.
@@chalktalkwithshari4173 Not the comment i was expecting after answering a question about a woman who flashed her tits at an oilers game lmfao.
Since I stopped drinking coffee my knee stopped hurting and other joint pains. I’m 29!
You are so too young for joint pain
@@sir.reelcinema I was crippled in my 20s docs told me I was injured athlete. Carnivore reversed it almost completely in less than a month
Baloney
@@JK-vc7ie Pepperoni
@@infiad1275 Cannelloni
I quit coffee about two weeks ago. Huge difference! The biggest difference is that I no longer suffer from leg, foot, and side cramps, which for me is a big improvement; instead of drinking electrolytes, stopping the coffee corrected this problem. I also sleep better and the minor aches in my knees are gone. No more coffee for me. I'm glad to say good bye to it! I saw somewhere (which I now cannot find) that coffee binds minerals and protein and that was impetus for quitting.
I quit coffee 6 years ago, I will never go back to drinking it.
Cool
I have cramps all the time. I'll try removing the decaf coffee as well. Thanks!
Coffee is not the reason for having cramps, LOL
@@shogunofharlem8240 how do you know that?
I gave up coffee a few years ago for several months and I don’t think I saw any benefits in doing so. Once I got back on it, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Granted, that was long before I was carnivore… But I have no interest in giving it up at this point. I feel like I’d be quite content to drink coffee and follow the carnivore lifestyle for the rest of my life. Thanks for all you do to encourage us in this journey, Dr. Baker!
☕️ I'll drink to that ! 😊
@@jamescalifornia2964me to, can't give up coffee
I quit drinking coffee back in December, went one month without it and stopped using betaderm cream for my eczema. I was down to using it once a week beforehand.
I wasn't thinking and started to drink coffee again recently ''decaf this time'' thinking that would fix my issues. Nop, lol Eczema came back. So I stopped again and it went away.
I myself have a direct link to eczema and it comes from coffee, even decaf. Hope this helps someone.
I also have eczema and it itches more when I drink more coffee. I'm so addicted though I don't know if I can stop.
thank you for post.
I am one of those persons who has benefitted enormously by giving up coffee, even though I had to go through withdrawel, but I made up my mind and am glad I pushed through. No more anxiety, heartpalpitations after drinking coffee. But, for me the greatest gift is how amazing my sleep is, I dream the most vivid dreams. I feel so mellow, rested with an inner peace I only experienced when I was a kid.
I think dr. Baker's advice is so great, because I do believe you should try to do the Carnivore diet first for a while and afterwards quit coffee if that is what you want. This way it might be better to differentiate.
My opinion is that people who say they have no ill effect of it, is because you are constantly drinking it and you don't know or remember what it is like without it. I started drinking coffee from the age of 15 and if someone would have said to me: "from now on you will drink this everyday for the next 30 years" I would have thought they were crazy. Its just so available everywhere you go, at schools, libraries, and offered to you mostly for free as well.
If you wouldn't offer a coffee to a 10 year old, why would you drink it yourself? age limits for everything except for coffee, that's peculiar
I like how u out it into words .. Dinh miss coffee or have it as treat every now and then ?
@@jenniferibarra7737 thanks! Well the thing is, because the withdrawal was so severe for me, I am now very reluctant to have just one cup of coffee. Maybe compare it to just having one drink or one cigarette.
I can think back on times where I was so happy, so easy going and calm. I always thought it was just youth. I started drinking coffee daily around 23years old; I’m now 39 and can’t go a day without it. It’s funny how one day you just start doing something and never stop. I just started carnivore . I won’t be upset if it makes me stop drinking coffee
@@thetampabaynononsenserealt785 it takes about a week...(If you want to) Gradually drink less and less and prepare for a headache and being very very tired for a few days. I quit for a year now and could not go back if I wanted to because one cup of coffee now has the effect of speed or coke, not kidding accidentally had it once and it took me 3 hours to come down 🤭
In my second year of consistent carnivore, I quit coffee, which I had been drinking with MCT oil and butter. Within three months I had lost 20lbs, without changing anything else. Five years out on carnivore, still coffee-free and just fine with a glass of plain water to rehydrate my brain.
Boring.
Sounds like it was the empty calories of MCT oil and butter. Not the coffee
@@TheRealRealOKWhy because your weak ass can not do it? 😂 Manner fact caffeine barrows energy from the future mess up your brain receptors and increase adrenals, not to mention your glands will fatigue. Trying to convince your self with "boring" is just sad 😂
Don’t but freaking butter and oil in your coffee. Coffee has zero calories.
I reduced my coffee/ caffeine consumption to one a day around 3 hours after waking. Life changing. Way more energetic and also calm at the same time.
I agree with you it’s important to drink it after 3 hours of waking . The first few hours of waking the human body is the most energetic . Caffeine blocks adenosine from binding, thus making you feel alert and also helping you feel better. But later adenosine hormones comes out the hidden cave and BOOM releases that sugar caffeine crash we all get around 2 pm . So now I drink coffee 3 hours after waking and no more anxiety or overly hyper the first 3 hours at work like I used to be .
I love coffee but definitely am better without it. Less anxiety, way less chronic muscle tension and my acne and blackheads disappear and my eyes become clear and I don’t get dry eyes. My hair becomes less greasy also. My body composition also improves
I have been carnivore for a bit over 1 year and for the last 5 months i have given up coffee. My sleep patterns have evened out and i have more energy than i ever did before but the biggest difference i see is that i stopped getting sore from workouts. I can now train until muscles are exhausted and get up the next day feeling fine. I have broken 2 times in that 5 months and each time for about 48 hours after my sleep was screwed up and my muscles just ached non stop.
I've heard that. No coffee, no muscle pain and that is what has convinced me to give it a try.
For over 3 years on carnivor a still had frequent diarrhea. I was a heavy drinker of coffee since i went to college. I then stop coffee and the diarrhea stopped abruptly... amazing!
Do you drink any tea? And if so, does that cause you any problems?
I went without tea or coffee. For 20 years (1984-2004 roughly). Then started again until recently. Went full carnivore 6 years ago after 2 years of keto. Found keto good, but still had metabolic issue. Full carnivore resolved over 18 different metabolic disorders. Never been healthier. But one final one, skin sclerosis did not resolve until I stopped coffee. So no more for me. So many other benefits. Never spent so little on food! I eat about 30% of what I used to and it’s all top quality organic meats. Wastage is down from 50% thrown out to < 5% (few bones and sometimes a bit of fat). My brother (so similar genetics) crippled with arthritis, waiting for hip replacements. My best friend now dead from diabetes. All paths that I was on (now 69). I don’t think people on typical western diets have any idea what healthy is for them. They have never experienced it. I was astounded at my personal changes with about 2-3 months of full carnivore.
A big factor which is commonly overlooked on all of these discussions about coffee is that it is high in histamine while also being a histamine liberator. If you have allergies and especially eczema you should probably cut back or eliminate it completely to see if your symptoms improve.
Thank you.
I did not know coffee was high on histamine.
It makes sense what you are saying
Thanks for that info. I've been doing Paleo, high meat, and my allergies and eczema but have improved tremendously - but not completely. I have had the feeling that I should give it up but I need a replacement.
Caffeine is a naturally occurring pesticide, there's no way to deny that. After 38 years of being a HEAVY coffee drinker, I gave up all forms of caffeine about 60 days ago and feel much better. If I can do it, anyone can.
Bummer so where and how do you get any Sirtuin activity? Chocolate, perhaps in small amounts
I’m drinking coffee while reading this, we’re all going to die of something people, now drop and give me a thousand pushups.
Anyone that can't do what you've done should search out Darko Velcek for his caffeine video... congrats on your accomplishment!
But also if your put coffee grinds around the bases of plants it’s also a fertiliser and stimulates growth soooooo.. what you wanna believe?
@@dyldabeast9176 makes sense if it keeps pests away and it would add minerals to the depleted soil...neither of which make it healthy for human consumption. If it's growing locally outdoors in nature some seasonal use could be beneficial.
Stopped coffee a month into the carnivore diet and felt sluggish for about a week but then had a calm steady energy… my aches and pains and low back stiffness were all gone - I could pretty much wake in the minting and immediately work out! No need for an extended warm up… however I very much missed the morning ritual of coffee drinking so I fell off the wagon and started drinking 2 cups a day, the stiffness came back, muscle cramps came back and my sleep suffered… I want to try again to give it up but am so addicted to this stuff that I keep pushing off my “start date” to stop coffee every morning… need to join a CA (Coffee Anonymous) group to help me quit…
Sounds very familiar…
Yep - its the ritual that I love. That's definitely part of it.
While going through perimenopause, it became clear that coffee was triggering hot flashes, so I quit coffee and the hot flashes went away. Aside from that, being freed from the daily grind of thinking about and making and craving coffee has been such a blessing. It has lightened the load of this character. Coffee really is an addictive substance.
I really appreciate the presenting of facts, pros and cons, potential risk/benefit analysis, and leaving it up to the individual.
Coffee stays in my lifestyle…but i have no ill effects from it. I totally agree with the logic of testing to find out and making a dynamic decision at that point. Great advise!
I've always had dark skin folds and more recently dark patches on my face. I've been weaning myself off of coffee by drinking very watered down organic decaf, a splash of heavy cream, and sugar-free caramel. This has drastically reduced the dark skin areas. But when purchasing decaf at coffee shops, the dark skin returns, my hands get rough and dry, and my face looks aged. I've been on carnivore for 6 months and decaf is my only plant food. Initially, I noticed the same thing with lettuce when I was on keto. As soon as I dropped the lettuce, my hands became soft and hydrated.
I have gone without coffee for months before and I just prefer my life with coffee. I have ADHD and it helps with my focus since I weaned off the Ritalin and also I have asthma and it helps me breath. So I have medicinal perks in addition to loving the taste. Now I did make a couple of adjustments. I went to cold brew-French press. This helped me so much with my stomach. The hot coffee is much harder on me. Of course I no longer use sugar as I have been Carnivore since Jan of this year. I also make sure the heavy cream I use has no junk in it. Horizon is good. I did cut back from 2, 16 0z mugs a day to one.
Coffee helps me with depression and helps me focus too. Cold brew is my go to because the brewing process is healthier and it doesn’t cause acid reflux like regular coffee since the process of cold brew is so natural and unique . The cold brew taste so rich and like dark chocolate . It even makes me feel much better than regular coffee. It’s a Gem.
I like coffee and I don't see any need to give it up but I agree that it's not for everyone and that you shouldn't overdo it.
I am def a coffee addict. I grind fresh beans every morning and do pour over, I use a little whole milk with it. No sweetener. And, I love it. Just really signifies that start of a day for me. I do Chai tea or unsweet iced tea sometimes later in the day. But, I also drink a ton of water daily. I quit cigarettes in 1999. That was truly a glorious morning ritual of coffee and smoke. But, had to let that one go. I have so few vices left...I am married after all...so, for now, I will keep my coffee. 🙂
If you want to thrive more, I suggest you read a book called caffeine blue 🙂
2 cups a day and 6thyear carnivore....lost diabetes, A fib...hbp...102 lbs. Love coffee beans
I love coffee, the smell, the taste, the culture, the ritual, everything. I used to drink way too much. Now a days I normally I have 2 or 3 small cups per day with some heavy cream. If it is a holiday or I'm super duper jonesin' for something sweet, I will sneek in a stevia. Overall, it doesn't seem to have any negative affects. Several times I have abstained for periods of time and didn't notice any major benefits. I will definitely continue to experiment with it and see if not drinking it will offer any benefits.
NOT giving up coffee Dr. B. I have two cups every day!
2 weeks caffeine free!!! First week was rough but I’m already feeling benefits so it’s worth it! The main reason to quit was because My cortisol was high and caffeine messes with it and I want to balance it out. Another reason was to take out another addiction from my life and last reason, to save $
Nice balanced discussion!!! I drink 2 cups a day... with heavy cream on feeding days and black on fasting days. I stopped it for a month a while back, never noticed anything except I missed my morning Joe! In retrospect, perhaps I should have monitored my blood pressure... but didn't.
I wonder why so many people seem to be as or more addicted to caffeine than carbs, willing to give up the latter and resistant to do the same with the former. I was the other way around. Giving up caffeine is simple, but it took many years of struggle before I finally kicked by carb habit. Of course, back when I was severely depressed, it was the combo of sugar and caffeine that I used for self-medication.
it's all about dopamine. Keto cuts your dopamine by cutting sugar, so what's left to get that dopamine ?... caffeine.
Very helpful, thank you. I only started drinking coffee when I turned 50. I’ll be 77 in a few days and I now drink a couple of cups a day. Usually make it my morning meal with butter added. I insist on buying organic and feel happier that it’s less toxic then. I’ve only been carnivore for 4 1/2 months. I’ve gained weight instead of losing. Metabolic syndrome, I suspect. I’m happy with myself and the changes I’ve made, so I’m not going to be strict about coffee yet. ☕️ ☕️
Happy birthday 🎈
After starting carnivore, I naturally just stopped drinking coffee after about 4months. It was making me shake and feel nervous!
However I miss the coffee aromas filtering the house on a cold morning!
Are you telling that drinking coffee made you nervous?
Easier said than done. I quit coffee cold turkey because I was curious what will happen. So I had 2 days of severe headache. Then headache is gone. One thing I noticed is the cravings are gone. I think it is not only sugar and carbs and junk food that triggers cravings. It is the comfort feeling
offered by the coffee that the addicted brain seeks out after and in between meals. With coffee gone, I find it very easy to do intermittent fasting.
I will add about my experience. Coffee is highly addictive. Very strong cancellation effect. When you stop drinking coffee, your head hurts a lot for two or three days.
Can attest to this. I had unending headaches worse than any other kind. I was the most irritable and unfocused SOB ever.
If you ARE going to drink coffee, use a paper/cloth filter. It removes (most) cafestol, which interacts poorly with dietary cholesterol and causes elevated cortisol levels, resulting in stubborn fat retention.
wow tell me about it... tought my head was going to crack open... and as soon as I took a sip of coffee... was gone !!!!
@@DeimosSnake4Interesting about the paper filter, since the convenience of the Keurig with those little pods has entered our world. I wouldn’t have known that. It seems the easier our food is to access the worse it is for us.
Best way to quit coffee is by slowly tapering off for 3 or 4 days, increasing decaf percentage some with each cup. Works better for me to avoid terrible withdrawal headaches.
ill try that cause I tried quitting before and ouff coudnt handle the headaches
I have been carnivore for 2 yrs I feel great lost 55lbs and am at my ideal body weight now. But I am not giving up my coffee I love it! And it's great for curbing my appetite so I don't feel hungry if I drink it I do drink 2-3 cups a day.
a while ago i gave up coffee for 3 months, and felt much better without it. i was able to truly relax and had less anxiety and felt more happy. withdrawal is brutal but there is things which can help, like tapering etc. now I am thinking of going off again for good
I enjoyed the unintended humor aspect of this 'fast talking' coffee video...must have been the B vitamins in the steak! 😉 Keep up the good work, you're helping to change lives for the better.😎
I love that you reference scientific research in your video information section. This is intellectual honesty. This is how scientists communicate.
Please, keep up the good work!
I drink lots of black coffee everyday, non brand or roast style specific. As for sleep, I can drink a full pot just before going to bed, and fall instantly asleep when I lay down for the night.
Who asked you my cats breath smells like cat food
I've talked with a few weird birds like you, i'm the complete opposite. Definitely some receptor thingy going on....
You may want to look up how caffeine affects the actual quality of your sleep rather than the fact you can fall asleep, as that is where the actual problems are. I love my coffee too, drink 3-4 espressos a day but I have my last one at least 8 hours before I sleep
I quit coffee at lunch time. Felt no difference so this afternoon I’m drinking coffee again.
I have been drinking coffee since 1965....😊
Excellent, objective opinion. Thanks for all you do, Dr. Baker.
how i appreciate your sensible, accomodating attitude! Love u Dr. Baker!
Thank you, Dr Baker for the encouragement and inspiration. I will take your advise and see how it goes in a couple months.
I am on day 31 carnivore and am very much a coffee drinker. It certainly could be a problem. I appreciate this video and the suggestion to wait 4-5 months and test it out on myself. That’s what I will do. Thank You for all of your work. It’s helping me. I previously did 28 days carnivore then went off track and saw one of your videos encouraging at least 60 days. That was my goal starting this time. I have played around with my own health and wellness specifically nutrition for probably a little over 5 years now. Carnivore is the best for me. Still likely need to figure out how to get more fat as I probably eat too much protein and not enough fat. Too much fat and it just comes out…
One coffee per day drinker here. But I've seen recipes for fatty lattes that I'm thinking of trying. May be the replacement for hot comfort drink many people seek. 1 or 2 egg yolks, 1 or 2 tbs butter, maybe a few drops of vanilla extract and hot water blended to a froth.
That was extremely informative, balanced, and nonjudgmental. Thanks!
Thanks again Shawn for all the awesome content. I have been drinking coffee lately simply because I like it. I have however been noticing that I am just tense while I'm on it and when I try to quit its really clear that the addiction has me. I've been doing carnivore off and on for awhile now, but the rubberbanding is becoming a more apparent pattern. I have got rid of coffee these last few days and in general feel better, particularly mentally. I just don't think that coffee is a good idea for anyone, but I also cant deny that it really makes society work more efficiently. I don't like being addicted to things so I am going to do my best to stay off it and see if my mood improves and overall how I feel gets better
I so appreciate your matter of fact, level headed, problem solving approach. I’m a die hard coffee drinker, and spend a fair amount on the “good stuff.” That said I have this notion that I’d be better off ditching the CNS stimulants at least for a while, to see how that impacts my health and well being. 🙏🏼
I’m a coffee lover. I’ve been doing carnivore for a few months now. I admit that some days I I have two too many in the mornings. I think I will surely cut back.
Not NOW, but someday I may try giving it up completely for a while.
I never developed a taste for coffee. I was, however, a diet coke / diet Dr Pepper fiend. When I first went low carb, I decided to give up caffeine. I wanted to improve my sleep and reduce my cortisol production. It is hard to say definitively how significant getting off caffeine was since I was making other dietary changes at the same time. My feeling is that it helped me get better sleep. I believe I was getting the beginning stages of sleep apnea. Going low carb and dropping caffeine helped me drop 40+ pounds, reduce my inflammation, and I no longer have any sleep apnea. Looking back, I believe I was using caffeine to try to fight off the tiredness of poor sleep. That was a losing strategy. I have no plans, at this point, to ever incorporate caffeine back into my daily life.
Love the short and on point advice. Thank you for not trying to impress us with word overload.
I’m a coffee drinker. I used to steal sips from my mothers cup as a child, and was scolded when caught. I didn’t really start drinking coffee on the regular until I lived in Germany. My Italian boss made enough espresso for the both of us and it was my creative drug. I got so much work done!
I do have some days where I’m not feeling it and some where I look forward to morning so I can suck some down. 😊
I've been roasting my own coffee for over 11 years now, having a flat white in the morning and one early arvo. Been carnivore since Nov 22. No health issues at all, but did adjust amount of cream down to 45ml/drink with some butter in my coffees a couple weeks ago. Have been losing some fat after making those adjustments along with eating meat to satiety and not excess. One of my guilty pleasures I won't give up along with the occasional low carb beer. Thanks for all the commentary Doctor Baker
Coffee is what I look forward to that starts of my day! It’s my invitation to happily get out of bed. So…..it would be really hard to give it up. It really is a blessing to have such pleasures to look forward to. A gift from the Lord! I can’t think of anything that would replace it!😃
I love screenshots of medical studies. It's so unique and relevant. Thank you for adding them in video.
Yes I gave up coffee eventually on my ketovore/ animal based diet. I did lose some workout motivation and performance but after the adjustment I felt calmer and slept a little deeper so stayed off it. I was generally only drinking one, first thing in the morning, but it was still very hard to quit and took weeks to adjust, which proved to me how damn addictive it actually is. I do still currently drink a little green tea which I think is a lesser evil, and gives me the pleasure of a warm stimulating drink, but I may be ready to ditch that eventually.
I want to love how I feel when I quit coffee. I’ve done it a few times for a few months at a time. Something about quitting feels better but I’m not sure what it is. Perhaps it’s not feeling tied to that particular habit. But invariably I get back on it after a coffee with a friend and I have to say initially I feel so much better and love it so much more each time I return to it. Addicted? Perhaps!
THANK YOU Dr. Baker, for the wisdom and information that you share with the world!
I didn't start drinking coffee until my early 30's....why I started at that point...I have no idea but only would have during the winter. Then my annual winter coffee season would drag on through spring then I would stop right before summer. Next year my coffee ritual went through the winter, spring and summer so by year 3 I was full time coffee with the creamer and bullcrap that most people put in. Did that for nearly 20 years. 2 years ago I decided to cut out the flavored cream and crap and slowly cut back until over a few months I was down to just plain black coffee, now I only have 1 cup in the morning per day. No more than I cup, I don't feel there would be any difference felt since I feel great already on carnivore so it's the one thing I really look forward to in the morning even though I only have 1 cup. Maybe some day I'll give it up but I have NO IDEA what point I was trying to make here.....
I drink a lot of coffee. I've tried quitting in the past and noticed no benefit, so I don't see a good reason to quit. I've always drank it black too though, so don't have the sweetener and caloric addition issues most people have with coffee.
For how long did you quit it ?
@@HonkGoldfisz a few months. What benefits should I have expected?
@@dreaminginnoother if you’re an elite athlete maybe it makes a bit of a difference. But if you’re a regular guy working a regular/desk job, don’t think you’ll get anything significant out of quitting coffee.
@@dreaminginnoother I think my sleep got better after I quit and my mood. At least you tried it!
I gave up coffee at 65. I was a moderate coffee drinker. I switched to tea. I had no problems switching. Now I'm 70. I haven't seen a great difference in my metabolism. I may start coffee again just to double check.
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Thanks for the very thorough rundown on coffee!
Well, the guy making this video has no idea what he has missed out on. Because coffee is a gift from God almighty.
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@@brandonsantoso I bet you are vaxxed and boosted
Nothing to do with coffee but with teeth :D I had a black spot on my back molar, it has now turned light grey, been low carb for about 3 months, sorry no before shots cause I didn't expect this could happen :) Cool huh? ;D I notice this TODAY.
Thank you for all your good work Dr Baker!!!
I appreciate that, have a black mark on my wisdom.
Great content, Shawn Baker! Keep fighting the good fight, sir!
Dr. B...you just showed up in my feed last night. i am grateful to the algorithm. Subbed. You are speaking my thoughts as well. Gonna binge watch today. Thank You for being here & being You.
Well said Shawn. I don't generally drink coffee but I did take it up for a couple of months when my autoimmune symptoms were really knocking me around. It certainly helped get me through that period. The carnivore diet has solved many issues for me however like Mikhaila Peterson I still can only eat just meat. It would be nice to be able to eat eggs, maybe one day.
Gave it up for 40 days. I love the taste of coffee and I missed the ritual of having a coffee with my wife or friends. A glass of hot water or sparkling water wasn’t the same. I didn’t notice any difference except that I’ve now drink decaffeinated and when I occasionally have caffeinated coffee I do feel a surge of energy whereas before even after 4 cups I never felt anything.
I really appreciate your practical approach!
Coffee is fine, the food most people eat is worse, not to mention the chemicals and plastics from everything found household products.
Even contaminated drinking water from swallow well and even city water (Flint Michigan is a good example, there are many. Now the chemical spill in Ohio,....love channel, thousands of examples). Smog, vehicle exhaust, manufacturing pollution, mold in home,... Many things we have to be vigilant while trying to eat healthy.
Excellent video Dr. Baker! Great advice 👍
I stopped coffee many years ago and don't remember exactly when or what year. Back in february 2022 I started keto and went complete carnivore in October and stayed with it since. I will say I did try coffee again as an experiment in the past 2 months with carnivore to see how I react and each time it was terrible. Felt jittery and had terrible workouts. I'm happier knowing it makes me feel crappy otherwise I'll be on the stuff again. I haven't tried just caffeine alone tho. And besides coffee bean is a plant seed. Nuts and seeds of any kind are on my no list no exceptions.
As a sufferer of Crohns which I manage with carnivore diet, I find that if I'm doing well on carnivore I can tolerate a small amount of coffee with no problem at all (which keeps me happy as I'm quite an addict). If I'm not doing well I do need to avoid the strong brewed stuff and stick to only one extremely weak cup of instant in the morning. Actually these days I just stick to the instant as it seems to be less potent and I've actually gone right off the flavour of strong coffee anyway. I find that tea is way more detrimental to my gut than coffee, which seems counterintuitive but that's what I've personally experienced, so I avoid tea at all costs.
I quit drinking coffee 4 years ago and am so glad I did. I no longer have gut problems, don’t feel addicted to coffee or need it to help wake up, plus I’m saving lots of money. I feel great, and it made starting the carnivore diet easier for me.
A solid, no-nonsense recommendation!
Been carnivore 3+ years and my only ailment still lingering is frequent headaches and I know it's the coffee, BUT IT'S SO GOOD!! 😭😭😭
Or it's not. Cut it out and see.
Always drank two cups of coffee in the morning. Got a rule I never drink after midday. I found black coffee to be a useful tool to help me transition into Carnivore. Especially at work where as a contractor I don't have time to eat till the afternoon so a black coffee really helps with that
Lifelong coffee drinker. Stopped ~ 20 years ago. But re-started.
Two weeks ago, drank morning butter coffee and developed massive headache behind eyeball sockets. Rarely get headaches. So I stopped coffee. Tested it again ten days later. This time 50% diluted with water. Another headache. Stopped for good.
Substituted dark cocoa to make hot butter drink in the morning.
Will test black tea another time.
Herbal tea seems OK for now.
Thanks for the helpful, practical information!
I like how you tell us the time instead of building us a clock like Thomas DeLauer does. I quit coffee several months ago thinking oxalates were negatively affecting my right hip osteoarthritis. Well, that didn't help at all ( I ended up with hip replacement surgery ), so now I'm back drinking it again. I missed have morning coffee with my wife anyway.