Over the years I’ve given up drugs, alcohol, and more recently given up carbs (treating it as an addiction, as you do, Doc, has helped me immensely) but if someone wants to take my coffee, they will have to pry it out of my cold, dead, insulin resistant hands! 😂😂
Hahahahahahaha!! What a great laugh !!!!! I can give up anything and pretty much have - i went Carnivore 3 wks ago and omg I feel amazing and miss NOTHING . But let me tell you - I will not give up my coffee !!!!!!!!
You didn't gave up all the drugs. You're completely attached to the crap coffee. It's just a vice like alcohol, sugar and cocaine and you're proving it.
I drank coffee almost my entire life. Three years ago, at 60, I was curious if I could live without coffee. The withdrawals where intense. Two days of brutal headache and one week completely depleted and depressed. Afterwards I felt better and better and was surprised at how much better it felt without coffee. Since then I never drank coffee again.
Coffee has been shown to help guard against Parkinson’s and Dementia and I have been doing a pot a day for 65 years and do not take ANY medications. Don’t expect to quit anytime soon.
Only helps if you don't pour flavoring/ sugar in it. But it does have thiaminase in it which depletes thiamine "B1". Drinking several cups everyday is a good way to get BeriBeri like many do from their drive-throughs
I have more recently gotten into the ritual I'm drinking black coffee and skipping breakfast. This practice helps me to maintain an intermittent fasting regimen.
Glad I found you Dr. Cywes! You and Dr. Ken Berry are really so easy to listen to and to understand and it all makes sense! I have hope again that I can make a change in my health
No, grammar. I’m doing well. You may also be doing good and I pray that you are doing good things, but when you’re well and life is well and your family, work and ect. I find myself doing well. I also do good! All in fun lol. Enjoy life!
I gave up coffee for a month before I did a full lipid panel, because Dr. Paul Mason said that for *some people* coffee can raise triglycerides. I did a little N of 1 experiment. I am happy to report that abstaining from coffee had zero effect on my triglycerides, or any other lipid markers. As soon as I got my results, I put in a batch of cold brew mocha using my French press... coffee plus 1/2 cup of CrioBru (coffee nibs you brew like coffee). Next morning, I put 4tbs of the cold brew concentrate and a tablespoon of grassfed butter, teaspoon of beef gelatin (makes the froth frothier), poured boiling water half way, used the milk frother to whip the butter into a froth, added more water to fill the cup... after a month away from coffee or mocha, this was a cup of heaven.
Keto should mean nothing more than eating normally, before the industrialization,modernization and globalization of agriculture(every vegetable/legume/grain you eat is genetically modified) you would not be able to eat as many carbs as you can now because they were simply not available, everyone before was in ketosis for the majority of the year just think about it
My grandmother always drank black coffee. I wish I could get into it. Coffee without a bit of milk & sugar is just too bitter for me. Any suggestions? Brand or roast?
Sarah, I was told, if you add a small amount of salt to your cup of coffee, it removes the bitterness. I don’t know. I prefer light roast peaberry coffee that has flavor without bitterness. The peaberry coffees have one coffee bean in the pod, not two. In my experience, it is the dark roast coffee that has more bitterness. I woukd think how it is prepared makes coffee more bitter, also. I prefer cold brew, light roast, peaberry coffee for full flavor and pleasant taste.
@@backpackingonline yes I do enjoy the light roasts. I have yet to try the "blonde" roasts. I'll definitely have to find the peaberry coffee you talk about. It sounds like my cup of tea 😊. Thanks for the suggestions. ☕
This was timely. I gave up carbs and sugar. I unconsciously started to drink sparkling water. It seemed like a non guilty treat to me as there is no sugar, or sweetners, or anything but carbonated water and some essence of lime (my favorite). I did not realize until this video that it was my serotonin high that I was chasing. I just knew it was what I liked and I didn't even realize that as an addict I NEEDED to replace one addiction with another and that other one needed to be healthy and non harmful. I am viciously defensive of my sparkling water. I LOVE it. It makes perfect sense. The first thing we have to realize is that this overeating and carb/sugar problem is an addiction and needs to be treated as such. Thanks for your no nonsense approach of education that really hits home.
With all the lovely-tasting mineral waters around, why have they not brought out powders that have the same taste as these wonderful mineral waters like Perrier or Badoit etc? So that a half teaspoonful of the powder added to artificially carbonated water and voila! Save a fortune and do not add to the plastic-filled environment! Take it away you entrepreneurs. Jim Murray
Swapping a vice with other is not the solution. Coffee is NOT healthy. It's an addictive harmful drug just like cocaine. People all over this comment section just prove it.
Omg I thought he was gonna tell me to give up my coffee. I get so much comfort from it and it gets me through the day. I must have about 4/5 cups of decaff a day....tell myself it's better than the snickers and bags of crisps I used to munch on!
I’m three months into being a ketogenarian and also love my coffee. However, I was still experiencing real difficulty getting to sleep at night, so had to reduce my caffeine intake. Even when having only one “proper” coffee first thing in the morning and the remainder decaf, I was still suffering with insomnia, so I cut out caffeine altogether and now only drink decaf. I still enjoy my coffee even though every cup is decaf. I know decaf has traces of caffeine, but significantly less, and I am sleeping better.
Me too! My doctor said some people metabolize caffeine at a slower rate, and suggested not having any caffeine (or chocolate) after 12 noon. I only started drinking coffee 2-3 years ago while trying to reduce my Diet Cola habit. In spite of being a sugar hound, I have adapted to decaf that is 2/3rds reduced fat milk. It tastes sweet to me now - I am grateful for that. Maybe I'll try that at other times in the day after seeing this talk.
My wife and I went on an all-in holiday in Gambia a few Christmases ago. There was filtered coffee - as much as you could drink. We had a headache and were a bit jittery for a day or so and out it down to jet-lag. Found out at holiday end that the coffee was ersatz - probably chicory or some such but tasted ok. Anyway, we came back detoxed from caffeine after decades of addiction and decided to carry on. Bought decaffeinated coffee beans and they tasted great and we have never looked back. The taste fulfils the need and the sleep is wonderful. Try decaffeinated coifed beans - you will never regret it.
@@kathy32850 Hi Kathy. Don't know from which country you hail. If the UK, Marks and Spencer carry Columbian decaff beans which are really good. I am sure that Amazon will source decaff beans from wherever you are. Jim Murray
Tea! Never been a fan of coffee but I love my tea. Especially that fresh cup I make in the early afternoons. I use loose leaf tea from places like China, Taiwan, Japan, India, and similar. It requires I spend a couple of minutes fiddling with infuser, the leaves themselves, waiting for water to boil, and a steeping. I then sit down, close my eyes, and spend a couple of minutes sipping the tea and relaxing. The entire process, including boiling the water, takes about 5 minutes, but its five minutes where I've separated myself from the chaos going on around me. That afternoon ritual is probably my favorite part of the day.
Tea is fun! Lots of different flavors and levels of caffeine, you can drink herbal sleepy teas in the evening too! I tend to forget I have a lot of tea around and that I like it!
Coffee (usually decaf) and liquid stevia are the last things in my life that ideally I could give up but I won’t. I choose not to. These truly make my days happier and keep everything else in check.
@codymadison9993 if you buy decaff (preferably organic, 100% Arabica bean) that is Swiss water processed, it does not have the chemicals of other decaff coffees.
in the 70's i was diagnosed as hyperactive. i was told to drink coffee as it would calm me down. i would sit with my mother and drink coffee, cream and sugar before she would go to work. it started me out on the roller coaster of life which led to alcohol and drug addiction. putting substances in my body to change how i feel. later in life i tried black coffee with mct oil and it led me to such intense cravings, it was like torturing myself; my day was ruined by 9am. my family members think its a complete joke as they waddle around with their obese bodies guzzling dunkin donuts and complaining of tiredness.. coffee is dangerous for alot of people with insulin issues and should be avoided. ive watched so many drunks switch to smoking and coffee and believe they are no longer addicted because they stopped drinking alcohol. until you can stop putting things in your body to change how you feel you will always be an addict and will never find peace
"diagnosed as hyperactive. i was told to drink coffee ".....something I have learned is to do the exact opposite the conventional health professionals (and government) tells me to do. Works well for me!
@@relentlessmadman plus migraines during and if don't have it for three days....also hyper and mood changes......plus depletes adrenals....osrry can't prove last....just my sense after years of trying it....no nothing is perfect but we have to limit bad exposures....you'll get enuf posons even if u try to be purist.....dr. still is on first leg of journey....older generation can get away with coffee......not if below 60.....or 70.....just observations
Coffee and tea both I have both caf and decaf. Decaf only after 2pm or so unless I have some emergency or major event late at night I need to be up for.
@@relentlessmadman take more Himalayan salt you may have low stomach acid. Also check your food mixings some foods need to be eaten alone or with specific food groups only for good digestion.
I had the same experience. After giving up coffee for 9 years, I tried it again and have no problem. Actually, I believe the problem was the creamer, now I drink it black.
Whew...I thought you were going to say stop drinking coffee and we were just gonna have to break up LOL I think in our "diet" mentality of giving everything up....coffee is my savings grace
Emmy : I too think organic is quite important considering that it is something that we consume every day at least once, usually more. Unfortunately, the apricot and mango teas I enjoy are not organic but I’m not using a lot of that anyway.
Yeah, I'm sitting here with my first cup, was almost too scared to watch this vid...whew! I used to sit for a few hours at my small town McD's and sip coffee whilst surfing the web. Post-COVID, I'm a Keurig man....Walmart sells house brand K-cup coffee I like for around 25 cents per K-cup....
My morning butter coffee has become so essential. I actually look forward to it when I wake up. Something so rich and almost sinful that makes it possible for me to fast through the day is like a double miracle!
One 20oz cup of fresh ground coffee, 2tsp erythritol, 2 tblsp double (heavy) cream. This stops me snacking, craving and is my once a day treat and helps me keep keto ❤️ Love your chats 😘
Add 1 tsp organic coconut oil to your first cup in the Am. At 16 hours plus IMF, it takes the edge off:)- keeps my fast going without feeling deprived.
Nothing wrong with an expert giving us all of the facts that they have... nobody has all of the facts, but if we all keep sharing the ones that we do have, eventually hopefully humanity will arrive at a better position. That's all anyone can ask for until a God shows up who knows all things and can give us the truth of all things, which obviously isn't going to happen for basically everyone prior to death. But one thing can be for sure... we don't have all of the fact. But before I give a few additional facts, I just wanted to reiterate that I'm happy these experts stand up and do videos sharing with us all that they can, all that they know. Nothing wrong with that. And I truly appreciate it, and I continue to devour their videos like a sponge trying to soak up every factor and variable that I didn't before know. I appreciate them, as teachers, the greatest profession and charity and benefit in the universe. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, forever! Excellent video. Keep 'em coming! Now to add my insignificant two cents. And I add these as an addition, not a replacement, and not to say that the video didn't give us plenty of new and vital and precious and valuable information. Add my two cents to it, don't detract from, or belittle this video, it's more knowledge, and truly a great video. Now just to add a part two, footnote, additional information... here are my two cents. I love when everybody says that they lived a long and healthy life drinking coffee (I'm not referring to any remarks made in this video, but exclusively to the masses, the billions of people, and especially in the comments section of countless videos, and even thousands of people I have interviewed personally), because they forget the fact that they could've lived longer and healthier. It's sad to think that they could've lived even longer (and higher quality of years), but if they're happy with the lesser lifespan and lesser quality that they did have (or still are having) then I'm happy too. Their happiness is all that matters. Reading the comments section is horrifying, sounds like AA meeting Alcoholics Anonymous in reverse, Addicts Anonymous much? The fallacy, I won't say ignorance (because certainly it's out of everyone's hands and not intentional), of humanity is that everyone here is talking about lipids, triglycerides, sugar levels, insulin, mental clarity, and a plethora of diseases and other conditions and so on... imagining that those are the only health factors and variables which exist in the body which has millions of components and conditions, infinite number of possibilities on how it can go and end. Lets focus on the wheels of the train and the stability of the bridge and the velocity and the number of passengers and the reliability of the pilot and so on... and forget about the infinite number of other variables involved in arriving at the station on time and in one piece, because if that makes everyone happy, just to let nature take its course aside from us dumping whatever we want into it, then sure, everyone has that right, and for those who want to be a little more certain, a little more insured, a greater possibility of even more years and more quality... also have that right, and they have the right to know... that there is more data involved, that everything is being astronomically over simplified for the sake of pleasure... hopefully not greed... perhaps even just for entertainment purpose which is also totally an awesome part of the human experience... it's okay to have humor about things, even death... just so long as everybody gets all the information that exists (which unfortunately seems inaccessible to the average person and not yet found online)... so that they can choose as optimum of a quality of life as possible or the opposite, freely. I think most people comment the way they do, out of helpless despair, trying to add a touch of humor to a dire situation, a quality of humanity which is our greatest quality, that we can have hope or at least a good laugh regardless our circumstance. For example, I could say in the comments section that "I drink more coffee than any of you... chuckle... in spite of the fact that inside I'm crying not laughing about that fact. And all day long at the coffee shop I can be heard mentioning repeatedly how delicious my caramel machiato is... which could be an entirely new video on an entirely different but equally explosive health topic (caramel machiato is the most sugar heavy coffee you can drink), don't worry I have since cut back, and now mostly do White Choco Mocha which possibly isn't much better... the bottom line is that our comments shouldn't be taken at face value and our constant pursuit of more knowledge and more power regarding our health and humanity's progression needs to continue unhindered, thanks to RUclips and other mediums for mass communication and dissemination of the facts that we do have, hopefully one day culminating in humanity's attainment of all facts, the truth of all things, i.e.- that perfect day, even Utopia. And hopefully there is coffee there, albeit it'll have to be a hybrid, somehow made perfectly healthy and yet super delicious and as good a kick of energy or good feeling or whatever it is that we love so much about it, as ever. Continue on! Keep the vids coming!!! Keep growing!!! Thank you for it, forever!
Thank you for giving the thumbs up on coffee! It is my greatest vice on carnivore and keto. In fact, I almost quit the carnivore/keto lifestyle because of all the coffee haters saying we couldn’t have coffee on it. I’m so glad I didn’t listen to them. I totally agree it is my serotonin grab! Thank you 😊
My Mother in law drank coffee her whole life.... WITH her cigarettes... and in her last 30 years after being shot she was blind... and sat in a chair 99% of the time she was not sleeping and drank at least 24 cups of coffee a day... and a pack of cigarettes Every day... till 85.
I was addicted, stopped taking it and after three horrible days, I no longer need it. Have not taken any in about two months, but the smell of fresh coffee, oh my..
Thenk goodness! Having a cup of coffee with a splash of cream satisfies me and takes the place of something with sweetener, which causes carb cravings for me.
Love my coffee....never going to give it up. I was told my acid reflux was because of coffee...I cut out my carbs (20mg per day) but kept the coffee and my reflux went away ...magic !!! Thanks for sharing Doc God bless Gilly wife of Mark
I love decaf coffee!🙂 I've been drinking it for years even after I broke my caffeine addiction. I love the taste. However, I got back on caffeine a few months ago when I started keto to help prolong my fast. I start the morning with decaf, and have my real coffee around noon. Any later and it messes with my sleep.
As an athlete, competitive cyclist, coffee is a huge part of the day. The caffeine hit after a hard training ride helps with recovery by opening up blood flow. It can also turn you around mid ride when feeling fatigued.
I have never had the link between concentration and dopamine explained before. That helps me understand why I crave chocolate so much when under pressure at work & unber standing is the first step in finding an effective way to manage then remove them problem.
I can’t tell you how happy I am to have found your channel. I had the gastric sleeve 12 years ago and lost 100+ pounds, but I have gained 45 back. I started Keto 6 months ago and I am successfully well on my way back to health. You are the only place I have found that understands the carb addiction aspect of this journey. I am finding hope for the addiction stress that I am experiencing. It just seemed like there was no light at the end of the tunnel with my addiction, but now I can learn your strategies to get through. Thank you
May I suggest you try mango or apricot teas? I get mine sent from Harney and Sons (this is not a promotion ) but I discovered it quite recently and find both delicious for the summer.
Doc I love my coffee but the caffeine later in the day prevents me from sleeping. I drink regular coffee early and decaf later. Thank you for being here for us.
While listening to my goto carnivore guy (dr Ken Berry), he introduces clean carnivore (water and meat) for the first 3 months, and at losing all negative symptoms, reintroduce 1 ingredient and watch the result. If the symptoms return, then that ingredient is not good for you. That way one can determine whether any ingredient has a negative response on our body. I think, that that particular use of strictly drinking water for a short period of time is a sensible way to clean up, before you test the results of ingredients (coffee, thee, any vegetable, etc). Thank you for the video. In a few months, I hope to enjoy coffee again!
Coffee made me over think everything, and have negative thoughts, it made me afraid to attempt the smallest tasks, and I always put a damper on everything and every situation, I quit drinking Coffee 3 years ago and I'm never touching it ever again, it's fake nervous energy that leaves you tired and confused after a 2 hour adrenaline rush, stay away from energy drinks and coffee,
Wow!!!! Freed from guilt at last. Whew. I knew that something was happening to offset the dopamine from concentrating, learning as much as I can, creating as much as I can, and omg, at last, I have found a peace. Darby Lettik
Thank you so much for being real. I was giving myself such a hard time for drinking 0 calorie Bang drinks for a ‘snack’ and felt so guilty. Water was always all I drank. It’s nice to know it’s ‘ok’ to have something else 😃
Thank you so very very much. I have been stressing about having to give up my tea with sweet-n-low. I gave up diet coke (that I have been drinking since 1978) and substituted with my green tea. Then I started hearing that I can't have my sweetener.... On top of that people saying that I have to drink black coffee (YUK!) I just started my carnivore/keto way of eating. I'm a natural meat eater and have already had a mind change that I don't want that junk food in my body ever again. It has been about 6 weeks. No, I'm not seeing body changes, but there is major mind change. At any rate, I did not want to have to give up my tea or my coffee...especially my tea. I drink over 100 ounces a day of tea. That would have been a deal breaker for me. Thank you again for letting me know I can still stay on this path of eating.
I wasn’t able to verbalize this but you stated it well. Since I love coffee and use it this way I make sure it’s as fresh as possible. It just makes me so happy. It’s also the same for me with carbonated water like Topo Chico or San Peligrino. It just calms me.
That makes so much sense. I started drinking tea and coffee habitually as I got higher up in academia. I've started drinking cacao and decaffeinated tea and coffee in the afternoon so it doesn't interfere with my sleep. I dont think I could finish my PhD without it!
No doctor is perfect either....a case of coke and bags of M&M per day...OMG!! What makes him "perfect" now is that he has made his own journey through the deep fat forest and can help us all with direct first hand expereince coupled with factual science. A real doctor.
Don't we all just LOVE it when a doctor says that coffee is just ok ?! 😊😊 I add salt to my coffee and that has really solved my heart arrhythmia issue. For quite a while I restricted myself to only 2 small cups of coffee a day trusting that would solve my issue bit it did not . Now I drink 3 to 4 small cups a day , add salt and I'm dandy......
@@dianalivingconsciously9013 You know what, I like it! I did have 2 cups of salted coffee yesterday and I literally didn't feel that "shaky" thing from caffeine. Thanks!
In Tibet they drink a strong Tea with salt and butter instead of sugar and milk. I was told it helped with living at high altitudes. The first sip was a shock but I grew to love it. Thanks for that hint, I'll try it in my butter coffee !
Thank you for this! I have tried in the distant past more than once to quit coffee, and I just can't. I always came back. Now I drink my coffee and enjoy every yummy sip!
My mother-in-law drank several cups of coffee a day and loved her chocolates!! She lived to be 2 month shy of 98 years old.As the old saying goes I’ll drink to that
Yes..God only, decides our Check out Time. Quality of Life is more important than Quantity. to some of us.though . There are Some Diseases you don t want to take into your 90,s, no matter how much Coffee you get to Drink ... Stories Like that always come from People that are not going to Change their "Habits" until the "Unthinkable" happens and affliction sets in, unfortunately.. It s Fatalistic. the same way People Repeat ,. "Everybody dies from something".. Receive Jesus and Live Again. : )
You are great!!! I just discovered you today. I have listened to a bunch of doctors on RUclips, but you are the first that gelled with me. I know I am on the right track.
Thank you! I love my coffee, and with my eating lifestyle that I have had to change to be healthier I didn’t want to give up my coffee. I just like the warm taste of it in the mornings. Sometimes with MCT and butter in it:
Dr Cywes, I had to downsize my coffee intake. I had already swapped to instant coffee to go on having lots of cups along the day. In bed at night my leftside belly ached a lot each time. One day I decided to cut all of it but for two 50ml cups in the morning and one cup at 6-7pm plus some in the milk later on. Problem solved. No more pain. Not missing the long string of coffee intake events during the day. Cheers!
Great video. I love coffee. I’m trying to cut back though because of adrenal fatigue. The rationale is that coffee causes your adrenals to release cortisol and adrenaline, and if you have over stressed adrenals, they can burn out and stop working normally. This often shows up with sleep problems like difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. Of course, your adrenals can become over stressed because of physical and emotional stresses. Coffee simply adds workload to the adrenals. Also, the brain adapts to the amount of caffeine you consume so I would love to be able to get similar dopamine benefits from coffee but with less coffee.
Listen to your own body. Robert has his own bias just like every other human and just hasn't believed the people who do badly on caffeine. Some get panic attacks from it if they are generating predisposed to getting them from stimulants - even at a low dose. I work in mental health and it exasperates me how many psychiatrists prescribe powerful and addictive benzodiazepines to patients with anxiety, before they even suggest trialling getting off caffeine.
Love this! I have gone back and forth about coffee. I always come back to it with a bit of butter frothed into it. I have kept my 80lbs off with a nearly zero carb diet for over a year and my health has greatly improved. I'm off all 5 prescriptions at age 63yr. I choose to continue enjoying my coffee until we have proof otherwise. Progress, not perfection. Cheers to that! 🎉
Thanks for your honesty. None of us are perfect and rigidity does lead to crash and burn consequences. I don’t know why I never put the dopamine/serotonin link together with coffee before. Hormones are complex!
I agree with your assertion that coffee does not cause acid reflux. I used to get it really bad. Eating packets of antacids a week. Reduced it by eating gluten free for a year. Removed it completely when going carni at the end of 2018. I only quit coffee about a month ago.
I love this! I needed the justification to keep drinking coffee 😂 I've been struggling with the idea to be more healthy and quitting coffee. It doesn't affect my sleep, I can go weeks without and have no withdrawals and I love the taste so that's why I want it. I only drink it as a morning ritual and occasionally in the afternoon if there is good tasting coffee available. Otherwise I don't crave it. So thnx for this, I will drink my two cups a day with no guilt from now on 😍😍😘
You raise great points. I stopped drinking coffee for a period of time and I will start again after I certain time when I feel it is right just to see if it affects my health or my sleep.
Hi doc! I personally love coffee so much to the point of addiction. After I started my ketogenic diet a couple of years ago and managed to reverse my diabetes and insulin resistance I turned my attention to my adrenal fatigue. I learned in that journey that caffeine is a neurotoxin and an endocrine disruptor in that it has a negative effect on the hormonal balance especially the adrenal gland hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, so I decided to drink only decaf coffee. I've been drinking decaf for almost a year. Now I feel much better in terms of sleep cycle and stress. Recently I turned my attention to my iron deficiency which in my case is originating from low stomach acid, so I started supplementing with iron. The problem I faced was that my morning cup of coffee is definitely going to block the absorption of that iron pill which I also take in the morning. So I decided to drop that morning cup of coffee, which is my only cup of coffee. It's been now 2 weeks coffee free. I never felt any better. I'm really surprised that you say that coffee is ok when you know very well that, along with tea, it blocks the absorption of many nutrients like iron. I'm convinced that caffeine in coffee and tea is bad for health, not to mention the other constituents they contain.
Finally, another sane person in this comments thread who is not just another caffeine addict thanking the doc for permission to carry on with their drug of choice.
Caffeine is more toxic to some than others. It's all about how efficient your liver is at making enzymes to break down the caffeine so it has minimal impact on other biochemical functions. That's the explainable reason why some people can consume copious amount of caffeine and it has minimal negative effects.
Thanks ! I suffer from excess Iron so for me your comment is a cue to drink more coffee lol. Seriously we are all different. If two coffees a day enables me to succeed in my life which some would call stressful, then I reckon the good outweighs the bad. For me.
@@hendrickadalm3294 I have hemachromatosis also hence regular blood checks. Strangely, since keto, I was actually anaemic 2 tests ago. and low level normal on the next. I'll keep you posted !
Def love my coffee... usually only eat meat... but my hardest to kick thing has been the Cabernet... I quit smoking cold turkey over 13 years ago. I cut carbs and that really didnt bother me... but the red wine in the evenings has def my hardest challenge! So, I def admire when i hear you say things like we are not perfect and that even things like coffee are ok even if they are def not the best for you :)
Thanks Doc. I needed this confirmation. I only have two coffees a day, one after each meal because that is all I need. It pacifies my soul and that helps me keep far away from carbs.
That might be so for some people, but not all. My coffee consumption does not affect my anxiety or sleep. Coffee relaxes me, especially when drunk in a social setting with friends or family. When alone, I find it grounding and it distracts from current anxiety.
Coffee is a little strong, but tea is better. I can use stevia or monk fruit to taste. Thanks Dr. Cywes for telling me that its ok not to be perfect in what I drink or how I eat. Ive known for years I was a carb addict, and didnt know how to fix it. I tried diet after diet thinking I'd fixed it each time. I was a perfectionist when dieting, then when the crash came(it always did), also came the feeling of failure. Ive always said that once I failed, I would get up and try again, which I did. This is the first time that anyone has really gone into detail about carb addiction the way you have. The info in this video made so much sense to me. Ive been a ketovore for over a year and have lost 109 lbs. The best part is the mental calm I feel not obsessing about food. I fell into intermittant fasting mainly because Im never hungry. I feel great now. Question- any chance this addiction is hereditary? My father's carb addiction was far worse than mine. Most of what he ate were process foods. Fast food commercials were a big trigger for him. Thanks again!
A work colleague once asked me if I chose one for the rest of my life, coffee or alcohol, what would it be? I answered coffee in any form without thinking. And that’s despite the fact that I really enjoy craft beers and fine reds, even if it is much less often nowadays. Am down 13 kg using a combo of IF and keto with one cheat day a week. Slow but steady wins the race.
I love my coffee too! Thanks again for the reminder to stop trying to be perfect. This has helped me so much since you did the video on the character types. Looking forward to the vid on artificial sweeteners. I have stopped all sweeteners for the month of January.
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When I stopped drinking coffee and tea with caffeine I began to have the deepest sleep at night. I fall asleep within minutes and sleep very deeply as I was in my teens.
Live for my once a day 20 oz. dark coffee at 1:30 in the afternoon. Have it with half and half or heavy cream and one teaspoon of raw honey 🍯. Not perfect I know but god do I love it. I do not have any health issues that I know of, but I am $3.20 richer every day because of it🤗
Even at my highest weight I never drank my calories. I didn't grow up on soda or juice so it was never appealing to me. For me it is bread like things. Doesn't necessarily have to be sweet
The dopamine/serotonin action is useful to know! I did try to enjoy caffeinated and sweetened drinks instead of eating/drinking carbs based on your recommendations. But I couldn't sleep from the caffeine (even in one green tea) and I got horrible headaches from the artificially sweetened sodas. I've never been interested in coffee. So I'm sticking to my favourite drink, which is sparkling water with a squeeze of lemon or lime. Even if the bit of lemon or lime might not be ideal for my teeth, I just love it. I also like herbal tea, my favourite is Celestial Seasonings Cinnamon Apple Spice, which has quite a sweet taste, actually (I think it's the chicory in it). I also like decaff iced tea with lemon, and though I don't want to drink too many decaffeinated drinks, it's certainly nice to have occasionally.
Good to hear that coffee works for you. Others have quite a different experience. For me coffee delivers a rush of energy for a couple of hours followed by extreme tiredness. Also while coffee has no calories itself it destabilizes my blood sugar level which results in eating foods high in sugar. This is the last thing needed for a person trying to loose fat, obviously.
@@tjburr1968 Yes, I am sure based on 20+ years of experience. For me drinking coffee also leads to bonking (hitting the wall) when running or cycling, a phenomenon of low blood sugar. In this situation you will eat anything around that ist high in sugar even out of a trashcan. This does not happen when not drinking coffee. There are also secondary symptoms like knee pain and diarrhea. So coffee is not for everyone.
Coffee is amazing, I use decaf as caffeine triggers migraines but I blend it with a tablespoon of salted butter. I love it. The explanation of serotonin was very informative.
Dr. Rob, you are becoming my #1 Keto/Carnivore Doc! I have been struggling with my coffee consumption lately wondering if it is the culprit with loose stools and bloating transitioning from keto to carnivore (only been 1.5 mos.) I love my butter coffees in the morning (only two) and don't want to give them up!
I'm an endurance swimmer and swim between 2-8 hours at a time. I have a problem with gastric reflux when swimming if I eat anything with oil, fat and protein. What I can eat before I swim in large quantities for energy before I swim without suffering is Sour dough bred with potato flakes. I can't eat whole grain bread even because it too causes reflux for when swimming longer than an hour. So I eat up about a half a loaf of sour dough bread and can swim up to 8 hours with loads of energy and no problems with gastric reflux. Coffee is a killer before swimming but I do enjoy a cup of decaf after I'm done. Caffeine raised my b/p slightly so I avoid it. Some people are more Sensitive than others. I'm so happy coffee works for you to reduce your caloric intake. Enjoying your videos. Thank you.
Yes, same here. AFIB actually. For me caffeine is a very dangerous drug. Magnesium seems to help a bit. B1 doesn't appear to help at all at least in my case.
I like the don't be a perfectionist suggestion. Also, I work at not over thinking or obsessing about diet. In 6 months I've reversed 9 years T2 diabetes, lost over 30 lbs to get in normal weight range. Very low carb foods Healthy fats. Working on a sustainable maintenance program. Love coffee. Do you think it stops autophagy? Some Drs recommend water &salt fasts only for autophagy.
In 2020, I went keto/carnivore and within months lost 50 lbs, got off all meds and am now lean and even athletic at 62. I run circles around the 6 grandkids. I’m also drinking my 2-3 cups of delicious coffee every day and am not even remotely concerned.
Great perspective. Really appreciate it! Was having some health issues and cut out coffee completely. Big picture, it wasn't the coffee. Got the bigger problem under better control, now I might slowly add coffee, or tea, back in. Take care of the big stuff, don't sweat the small stuff so much. Sounds like a pretty healthy approach to me.
I am a chiropractor who recently started eating ketovore/carnivore who has lost 40 pounds in very short order. I believed that fat made me fat and salt would make me have a heart attack and all of the other "bullshit" that the world would have you believe until you and Dr Berry have completely changed my way of thinking! Thank you so much!!!!! I have one question though, I have helped thousands of people stop having lower back pain by stopping them from drinking caffeine and drinking more water. I truly don't completely understand why this works but I can assure you that it does work. So I am hoping that maybe you can shed some light on why it works so well? Is it getting them off of sugary drinks that causes them to not have back spasms anymore or was it caffeine that I had suspected that performs as a diuretic that I thought it was or is there something else that I am just not putting together? I would truly appreciate your input. Once again thank you so much for all of the work that you do, I would not have ever changed my way of eating without input from someone as educated as you explaining to me what I was doing to my body by eating all of those carbs.
I am writing this 1 year after your post, Matt, so you likely will not see this. I have such frequent back pain with almost any exertion - granted I am a senior citizen, but this seems almost inexplicable. I am going totally caffeine free to see if this situation improves. You never know when your own story will help someone else!
@@Pondapple please let me know if it works for you! I assure you it has helped many of my patients! If not you can always go back to drinking caffeine again anyway.
I like this Dr. he speaks from experience and knowledge. By the way, I do a boat load of carbs when racing my bike. However, I water fast for five days every 30 days. I'm flexible.
I drink coffee with heavy cream, my second cup, i juice tumeric and ginger root and strain it into the cup and put pepper in it. This kills my appetite untill noon or after. The only side effect is i talk too much
Coffee & a product called Zevia helped ween me off sugar soda. Now I'm down to just coffee (cream maybe, no sugar), tea (no sugar) or water. I'm definitely sparing myself 2 cans or more of soda a day, as compared to several years ago. May still drink bourbon. Don't judge me, haha
*big sigh* love my coffee! It took me a month to like it with heavy cream and butter, but it's my favorite moment! I only drink 2, maybe 3 a day. I like drinking hot water too.
Coffee has been proven to increase the life expectancy...of people near me.
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Thank you ❤️👍🏼🎉
Over the years I’ve given up drugs, alcohol, and more recently given up carbs (treating it as an addiction, as you do, Doc, has helped me immensely) but if someone wants to take my coffee, they will have to pry it out of my cold, dead, insulin resistant hands! 😂😂
Hahahahahahaha!! What a great laugh !!!!! I can give up anything and pretty much have - i went Carnivore 3 wks ago and omg I feel amazing and miss NOTHING . But let me tell you - I will not give up my coffee !!!!!!!!
Same here!
100%!!!!
You didn't gave up all the drugs. You're completely attached to the crap coffee. It's just a vice like alcohol, sugar and cocaine and you're proving it.
Pathetic.
I drank coffee almost my entire life. Three years ago, at 60, I was curious if I could live without coffee. The withdrawals where intense. Two days of brutal headache and one week completely depleted and depressed. Afterwards I felt better and better and was surprised at how much better it felt without coffee. Since then I never drank coffee again.
Congrats I am trying to quit now. It's garbage. I hate cafeine.
2 months without coffee and I feel great. So true, withdrawals totally intense.
Why? A medical reason?
Me too I feel way better. My reason is that I couldn’t run without it and so couldn’t fast because i need to eat with it
Yes it is very intense! I’ve gone through that withdrawal a few times
"Be factual in your argument, not emotive." Love that!
Very hard to do at times though!
Coffee has been shown to help guard against Parkinson’s and Dementia and I have been doing a pot a day for 65 years and do not take ANY medications. Don’t expect to quit anytime soon.
It's also shown to contribute to esophageal cancer, stomach cancer and other problems
That and nicotine. I prob won’t ever use it, but if I’m old one day and it would enhance my cognition, then sure
@@matthewhunter6421 Recent studies don’t show that coffee is tied to stomach or esophageal cancer.
Only helps if you don't pour flavoring/ sugar in it.
But it does have thiaminase in it which depletes thiamine "B1". Drinking several cups everyday is a good way to get BeriBeri like many do from their drive-throughs
@@matthewhunter6421 I've been drinking an average of 20 cups of coffee a day for 60 years and am cancer free
I have more recently gotten into the ritual I'm drinking black coffee and skipping breakfast. This practice helps me to maintain an intermittent fasting regimen.
My moms aunt is 102 years old
She still enjoy her cup of Colombian coffee every morning and another one in the afternoon.
@wulfgar3000 tks for the information
You could've just said your great aunt
@@mickeyxoxo5363 Well, it might have been his Dad's aunt. But it wasn't: it was his Mom's aunt!
I do the same thing a coffee in the morning with some butter and sometime in the afternoon black coffee and that's it
Ah Colombian coffee, the second best stimulant to grow in Colombian soil.
Glad I found you Dr. Cywes! You and Dr. Ken Berry are really so easy to listen to and to understand and it all makes sense! I have hope again that I can make a change in my health
Dr. Berry drinks coffee with butter in it……
My psychiatrist told me, "perfect is the enemy of the good." It's helped me realize I can do my best which is not perfect, but I'm doing good.
No, grammar. I’m doing well. You may also be doing good and I pray that you are doing good things, but when you’re well and life is well and your family, work and ect. I find myself doing well. I also do good! All in fun lol. Enjoy life!
Yeah, excellence doesn't necessarily require perfection - a good frame of mind to look at it
Jesus said be perfect. He didn't say do perfect. To be perfect is to take responsibility and make amends.
I really like your statement, it's very true. :-)
I gave up coffee for a month before I did a full lipid panel, because Dr. Paul Mason said that for *some people* coffee can raise triglycerides. I did a little N of 1 experiment. I am happy to report that abstaining from coffee had zero effect on my triglycerides, or any other lipid markers.
As soon as I got my results, I put in a batch of cold brew mocha using my French press... coffee plus 1/2 cup of CrioBru (coffee nibs you brew like coffee). Next morning, I put 4tbs of the cold brew concentrate and a tablespoon of grassfed butter, teaspoon of beef gelatin (makes the froth frothier), poured boiling water half way, used the milk frother to whip the butter into a froth, added more water to fill the cup... after a month away from coffee or mocha, this was a cup of heaven.
Lol ok
You should write a coffee book!
Omg your coffee drink sounds AMAZING 🎉
@@anybodyoutthere3208 I have a ceremony with my coffee in the morning, the same as her.
Ever check fasting insulin with and without coffee/caffeine?
This whole keto thing is a second chance at feeling and being healthy. A life of destruction suddenly corrected. Glad I found out.
Keto should mean nothing more than eating normally, before the industrialization,modernization and globalization of agriculture(every vegetable/legume/grain you eat is genetically modified) you would not be able to eat as many carbs as you can now because they were simply not available, everyone before was in ketosis for the majority of the year just think about it
Incorporate fasting! That’s real recalibration!
Doc Cywes,...charismatic, competent, amusable, likeable! Nothing to add! Greetings from germany.
I been drinking coffee since I was 6,my grandmother gave me my first cup. i love the stuff! only drink it black. i am now 78 years of age.
God bless and many more years
aga!only black!
My grandmother always drank black coffee. I wish I could get into it. Coffee without a bit of milk & sugar is just too bitter for me. Any suggestions? Brand or roast?
Sarah,
I was told, if you add a small amount of salt to your cup of coffee, it removes the bitterness.
I don’t know.
I prefer light roast peaberry coffee that has flavor without bitterness.
The peaberry coffees have one coffee bean in the pod, not two.
In my experience, it is the dark roast coffee that has more bitterness.
I woukd think how it is prepared makes coffee more bitter, also.
I prefer cold brew, light roast, peaberry coffee for full flavor and pleasant taste.
@@backpackingonline yes I do enjoy the light roasts. I have yet to try the "blonde" roasts. I'll definitely have to find the peaberry coffee you talk about. It sounds like my cup of tea 😊. Thanks for the suggestions. ☕
Black coffee and salted butter blended to a delicious froth! Mmmmmmmmm
Yeah, sure is tasty, but damn does it make me fat.
@@Underwaterer you don't get fat from 100 calories of butter. You get fat from constantly over doing it
@@thakraken6995 butter (saturated fat ) alone does not make you fat . It’s constant snacking , carbs , processed foods and sugar .
Yyyyyyyyaaaaassssssssss!!!!!!!!!
Blended in blender or using one of those frothers?
This was timely. I gave up carbs and sugar. I unconsciously started to drink sparkling water. It seemed like a non guilty treat to me as there is no sugar, or sweetners, or anything but carbonated water and some essence of lime (my favorite). I did not realize until this video that it was my serotonin high that I was chasing. I just knew it was what I liked and I didn't even realize that as an addict I NEEDED to replace one addiction with another and that other one needed to be healthy and non harmful. I am viciously defensive of my sparkling water. I LOVE it.
It makes perfect sense. The first thing we have to realize is that this overeating and carb/sugar problem is an addiction and needs to be treated as such. Thanks for your no nonsense approach of education that really hits home.
I’m doing sparkling water too! It’s my ‘bridge’ now.
I like Lime Sparkling water too Perrier also has Pineapple.
With all the lovely-tasting mineral waters around, why have they not brought out powders that have the same taste as these wonderful mineral waters like Perrier or Badoit etc?
So that a half teaspoonful of the powder added to artificially carbonated water and voila!
Save a fortune and do not add to the plastic-filled environment!
Take it away you entrepreneurs.
Jim Murray
Swapping a vice with other is not the solution. Coffee is NOT healthy. It's an addictive harmful drug just like cocaine. People all over this comment section just prove it.
I love sparkling water too! but my bladder gets all angry about it. 😞meh! dont know why. just grateful its at least good with coffee 🙂
Growing, roasting, grinding and infusing coffee with hot water was the creation of an absolute genius.
That was the creation of evil
@@omariam05 says who? Allah?
My coffee is like a warm hug.
My coffee is my pre-workout prep (warm-up).
Ron Clark Same here, in the morning when fasting
@@Sherukka Yes! fasted state.
In a mug!
A warm hug with benefits.😆❤
Love this man. He has a great sense of humour. Thanks Doc! Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦
Omg I thought he was gonna tell me to give up my coffee. I get so much comfort from it and it gets me through the day. I must have about 4/5 cups of decaff a day....tell myself it's better than the snickers and bags of crisps I used to munch on!
Make sure it’s organic decaff coffee
I’m three months into being a ketogenarian and also love my coffee. However, I was still experiencing real difficulty getting to sleep at night, so had to reduce my caffeine intake. Even when having only one “proper” coffee first thing in the morning and the remainder decaf, I was still suffering with insomnia, so I cut out caffeine altogether and now only drink decaf. I still enjoy my coffee even though every cup is decaf. I know decaf has traces of caffeine, but significantly less, and I am sleeping better.
Me too! My doctor said some people metabolize caffeine at a slower rate, and suggested not having any caffeine (or chocolate) after 12 noon. I only started drinking coffee 2-3 years ago while trying to reduce my Diet Cola habit. In spite of being a sugar hound, I have adapted to decaf that is 2/3rds reduced fat milk. It tastes sweet to me now - I am grateful for that. Maybe I'll try that at other times in the day after seeing this talk.
My wife and I went on an all-in holiday in Gambia a few Christmases ago. There was filtered coffee - as much as you could drink. We had a headache and were a bit jittery for a day or so and out it down to jet-lag. Found out at holiday end that the coffee was ersatz - probably chicory or some such but tasted ok.
Anyway, we came back detoxed from caffeine after decades of addiction and decided to carry on.
Bought decaffeinated coffee beans and they tasted great and we have never looked back.
The taste fulfils the need and the sleep is wonderful.
Try decaffeinated coifed beans - you will never regret it.
I can't find whole decaf beans 😢
@@kathy32850
Hi Kathy.
Don't know from which country you hail.
If the UK, Marks and Spencer carry Columbian decaff beans which are really good.
I am sure that Amazon will source decaff beans from wherever you are.
Jim Murray
Incredible how people still don't understand that coffee is a drug and a dangerous one. Look at the commentary. No difference from crack addicts.
Tea!
Never been a fan of coffee but I love my tea. Especially that fresh cup I make in the early afternoons. I use loose leaf tea from places like China, Taiwan, Japan, India, and similar. It requires I spend a couple of minutes fiddling with infuser, the leaves themselves, waiting for water to boil, and a steeping. I then sit down, close my eyes, and spend a couple of minutes sipping the tea and relaxing.
The entire process, including boiling the water, takes about 5 minutes, but its five minutes where I've separated myself from the chaos going on around me.
That afternoon ritual is probably my favorite part of the day.
That’s sad to hear.
Perfect
Tea is fun! Lots of different flavors and levels of caffeine, you can drink herbal sleepy teas in the evening too!
I tend to forget I have a lot of tea around and that I like it!
It's been said : Tea's for women and coffee's for men. And gin & tonic make women cry. Just sayin', folks...
So that's your serotonin moment.
When the COVID pandemic hit, the first thing I did was run and stocked up on my coffee. I could go without food, but not without coffee🇱🇷
Us too
The question was….. could you go without toilet paper?😂😂😂😂
Coffee (usually decaf) and liquid stevia are the last things in my life that ideally I could give up but I won’t. I choose not to. These truly make my days happier and keep everything else in check.
Yes! I just switched to a great decaf for the afternoon. I have to have a favorite beverage, other than water.
I said that too, then tried going cold turkey...and suddenly forgot all about it
Haven't had it in over 5 years
Same here
I think regular coffee is safer than decaf. the process to remove caffeine uses lots of chemicals.
@codymadison9993 if you buy decaff (preferably organic, 100% Arabica bean) that is Swiss water processed, it does not have the chemicals of other decaff coffees.
in the 70's i was diagnosed as hyperactive. i was told to drink coffee as it would calm me down. i would sit with my mother and drink coffee, cream and sugar before she would go to work. it started me out on the roller coaster of life which led to alcohol and drug addiction. putting substances in my body to change how i feel. later in life i tried black coffee with mct oil and it led me to such intense cravings, it was like torturing myself; my day was ruined by 9am. my family members think its a complete joke as they waddle around with their obese bodies guzzling dunkin donuts and complaining of tiredness.. coffee is dangerous for alot of people with insulin issues and should be avoided. ive watched so many drunks switch to smoking and coffee and believe they are no longer addicted because they stopped drinking alcohol. until you can stop putting things in your body to change how you feel you will always be an addict and will never find peace
suum cuique
Natural dopamine levels rising is the "addiction". We all are looking for triggers to control it. That's the visible part of the addiction we all see.
Very interesting insight, I do believe you are accurate.
"diagnosed as hyperactive. i was told to drink coffee ".....something I have learned is to do the exact opposite the conventional health professionals (and government) tells me to do. Works well for me!
Probably quite true but what about choosing the lesser of the various evils. I.e. donuts vs coffee?
Coffee gives me anxiety and insomnia, causing me to crave carbs like crazy. It's not my friend. We're all different!
heart burn Anyone?
@@relentlessmadman plus migraines during and if don't have it for three days....also hyper and mood changes......plus depletes adrenals....osrry can't prove last....just my sense after years of trying it....no nothing is perfect but we have to limit bad exposures....you'll get enuf posons even if u try to be purist.....dr. still is on first leg of journey....older generation can get away with coffee......not if below 60.....or 70.....just observations
Coffee and tea both I have both caf and decaf. Decaf only after 2pm or so unless I have some emergency or major event late at night I need to be up for.
Depends on your blood group. Get the book by Peter D'Adamo!!!
@@relentlessmadman take more Himalayan salt you may have low stomach acid. Also check your food mixings some foods need to be eaten alone or with specific food groups only for good digestion.
I was having muscle pains in different part of my body. I decided to quit my 4 cups of coffee a day (that I love) and the pains went away like magic.
I had the same experience. After giving up coffee for 9 years, I tried it again and have no problem. Actually, I believe the problem was the creamer, now I drink it black.
Maybe the problem was dehydration from the caffeine. But your experience is very interesting.
It’s a plant, some people are sensitive…sorry to hear about your loss.
I drink half caf and a little butter instead of cream.
Whew...I thought you were going to say stop drinking coffee and we were just gonna have to break up LOL I think in our "diet" mentality of giving everything up....coffee is my savings grace
LOL
Same here!
Me too, whew! Lol. Got to have my coffee but only Organic!
Emmy : I too think organic is quite important considering that it is something that we consume every day at least once, usually more. Unfortunately, the apricot and mango teas I enjoy are not organic but I’m not using a lot of that anyway.
Yeah, I'm sitting here with my first cup, was almost too scared to watch this vid...whew! I used to sit for a few hours at my small town McD's and sip coffee whilst surfing the web. Post-COVID, I'm a Keurig man....Walmart sells house brand K-cup coffee I like for around 25 cents per K-cup....
My morning butter coffee has become so essential. I actually look forward to it when I wake up. Something so rich and almost sinful that makes it possible for me to fast through the day is like a double miracle!
One 20oz cup of fresh ground coffee, 2tsp erythritol, 2 tblsp double (heavy) cream. This stops me snacking, craving and is my once a day treat and helps me keep keto ❤️ Love your chats 😘
Me too! It's my staple and helps me stay in Keto
Are you able to loose weight with coffee.
Erythritol is pure poison, look up the latest research and see what it does to your stomach and organs. Don’t use any sugar substitutes.
Add 1 tsp organic coconut oil to your first cup in the Am. At 16 hours plus IMF, it takes the edge off:)- keeps my fast going without feeling deprived.
Ditto 😊
Nothing wrong with an expert giving us all of the facts that they have... nobody has all of the facts, but if we all keep sharing the ones that we do have, eventually hopefully humanity will arrive at a better position. That's all anyone can ask for until a God shows up who knows all things and can give us the truth of all things, which obviously isn't going to happen for basically everyone prior to death. But one thing can be for sure... we don't have all of the fact. But before I give a few additional facts, I just wanted to reiterate that I'm happy these experts stand up and do videos sharing with us all that they can, all that they know. Nothing wrong with that. And I truly appreciate it, and I continue to devour their videos like a sponge trying to soak up every factor and variable that I didn't before know. I appreciate them, as teachers, the greatest profession and charity and benefit in the universe. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, forever! Excellent video. Keep 'em coming! Now to add my insignificant two cents. And I add these as an addition, not a replacement, and not to say that the video didn't give us plenty of new and vital and precious and valuable information. Add my two cents to it, don't detract from, or belittle this video, it's more knowledge, and truly a great video. Now just to add a part two, footnote, additional information... here are my two cents. I love when everybody says that they lived a long and healthy life drinking coffee (I'm not referring to any remarks made in this video, but exclusively to the masses, the billions of people, and especially in the comments section of countless videos, and even thousands of people I have interviewed personally), because they forget the fact that they could've lived longer and healthier. It's sad to think that they could've lived even longer (and higher quality of years), but if they're happy with the lesser lifespan and lesser quality that they did have (or still are having) then I'm happy too. Their happiness is all that matters. Reading the comments section is horrifying, sounds like AA meeting Alcoholics Anonymous in reverse, Addicts Anonymous much? The fallacy, I won't say ignorance (because certainly it's out of everyone's hands and not intentional), of humanity is that everyone here is talking about lipids, triglycerides, sugar levels, insulin, mental clarity, and a plethora of diseases and other conditions and so on... imagining that those are the only health factors and variables which exist in the body which has millions of components and conditions, infinite number of possibilities on how it can go and end. Lets focus on the wheels of the train and the stability of the bridge and the velocity and the number of passengers and the reliability of the pilot and so on... and forget about the infinite number of other variables involved in arriving at the station on time and in one piece, because if that makes everyone happy, just to let nature take its course aside from us dumping whatever we want into it, then sure, everyone has that right, and for those who want to be a little more certain, a little more insured, a greater possibility of even more years and more quality... also have that right, and they have the right to know... that there is more data involved, that everything is being astronomically over simplified for the sake of pleasure... hopefully not greed... perhaps even just for entertainment purpose which is also totally an awesome part of the human experience... it's okay to have humor about things, even death... just so long as everybody gets all the information that exists (which unfortunately seems inaccessible to the average person and not yet found online)... so that they can choose as optimum of a quality of life as possible or the opposite, freely. I think most people comment the way they do, out of helpless despair, trying to add a touch of humor to a dire situation, a quality of humanity which is our greatest quality, that we can have hope or at least a good laugh regardless our circumstance. For example, I could say in the comments section that "I drink more coffee than any of you... chuckle... in spite of the fact that inside I'm crying not laughing about that fact. And all day long at the coffee shop I can be heard mentioning repeatedly how delicious my caramel machiato is... which could be an entirely new video on an entirely different but equally explosive health topic (caramel machiato is the most sugar heavy coffee you can drink), don't worry I have since cut back, and now mostly do White Choco Mocha which possibly isn't much better... the bottom line is that our comments shouldn't be taken at face value and our constant pursuit of more knowledge and more power regarding our health and humanity's progression needs to continue unhindered, thanks to RUclips and other mediums for mass communication and dissemination of the facts that we do have, hopefully one day culminating in humanity's attainment of all facts, the truth of all things, i.e.- that perfect day, even Utopia. And hopefully there is coffee there, albeit it'll have to be a hybrid, somehow made perfectly healthy and yet super delicious and as good a kick of energy or good feeling or whatever it is that we love so much about it, as ever. Continue on! Keep the vids coming!!! Keep growing!!! Thank you for it, forever!
Falling in love more and more every day with the work that you do! Thank you, Dr. Cywes!
Thank you for giving the thumbs up on coffee! It is my greatest vice on carnivore and keto. In fact, I almost quit the carnivore/keto lifestyle because of all the coffee haters saying we couldn’t have coffee on it. I’m so glad I didn’t listen to them. I totally agree it is my serotonin grab! Thank you 😊
My Mother in law drank coffee her whole life.... WITH her cigarettes... and in her last 30 years after being shot she was blind... and sat in a chair 99% of the time she was not sleeping and drank at least 24 cups of coffee a day... and a pack of cigarettes Every
day... till 85.
I'm addicted and it's not always a good thing. It messes with your sleep, increases stress hormones and drains you of nutrients and electrolytes.
I was addicted, stopped taking it and after three horrible days, I no longer need it. Have not taken any in about two months, but the smell of fresh coffee, oh my..
Thenk goodness! Having a cup of coffee with a splash of cream satisfies me and takes the place of something with sweetener, which causes carb cravings for me.
Love my coffee....never going to give it up.
I was told my acid reflux was because of coffee...I cut out my carbs (20mg per day) but kept the coffee and my reflux went away ...magic !!!
Thanks for sharing Doc
God bless
Gilly wife of Mark
I love decaf coffee!🙂 I've been drinking it for years even after I broke my caffeine addiction. I love the taste. However, I got back on caffeine a few months ago when I started keto to help prolong my fast. I start the morning with decaf, and have my real coffee around noon. Any later and it messes with my sleep.
As an athlete, competitive cyclist, coffee is a huge part of the day. The caffeine hit after a hard training ride helps with recovery by opening up blood flow. It can also turn you around mid ride when feeling fatigued.
Nice BS, right here. Drug addict.
I have never had the link between concentration and dopamine explained before. That helps me understand why I crave chocolate so much when under pressure at work & unber standing is the first step in finding an effective way to manage then remove them problem.
I can’t tell you how happy I am to have found your channel. I had the gastric sleeve 12 years ago and lost 100+ pounds, but I have gained 45 back. I started Keto 6 months ago and I am successfully well on my way back to health. You are the only place I have found that understands the carb addiction aspect of this journey. I am finding hope for the addiction stress that I am experiencing. It just seemed like there was no light at the end of the tunnel with my addiction, but now I can learn your strategies to get through. Thank you
Coffee is great! Teas are great! Carbonated mineral water is great (I personally prefer St. Pellegrino).
tiredlookingforname that’s my choice of water too 👍🏼
May I suggest you try mango or apricot teas? I get mine sent from Harney and Sons (this is not a promotion ) but I discovered it quite recently and find both delicious for the summer.
Isn't it Bad for the bones?
I like Soda Stream carbonated water for a change, but gotta have my morning coffee! I do drink decaf in the afternoons, or I won't sleep!
Yes to all 3 - San P. addict, too!
I really enjoy my coffee and I don’t think as a truck driver anyone wants me to give it up!
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Doc I love my coffee but the caffeine later in the day prevents me from sleeping. I drink regular coffee early and decaf later. Thank you for being here for us.
Same here.
Try Swiss Water processed coffee. This removes 99% of the caffeine. You’ll have no issues sleeping.
I love my coffee! But, no caffeine for me after 3pm!
While listening to my goto carnivore guy (dr Ken Berry), he introduces clean carnivore (water and meat) for the first 3 months, and at losing all negative symptoms, reintroduce 1 ingredient and watch the result. If the symptoms return, then that ingredient is not good for you. That way one can determine whether any ingredient has a negative response on our body. I think, that that particular use of strictly drinking water for a short period of time is a sensible way to clean up, before you test the results of ingredients (coffee, thee, any vegetable, etc). Thank you for the video. In a few months, I hope to enjoy coffee again!
Coffee made me over think everything, and have negative thoughts, it made me afraid to attempt the smallest tasks, and I always put a damper on everything and every situation, I quit drinking Coffee 3 years ago and I'm never touching it ever again, it's fake nervous energy that leaves you tired and confused after a 2 hour adrenaline rush, stay away from energy drinks and coffee,
because you have a problem with stimulants
Wow!!!! Freed from guilt at last. Whew. I knew that something was happening to offset the dopamine from concentrating, learning as much as I can, creating as much as I can, and omg, at last, I have found a peace.
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Thank you so much for being real. I was giving myself such a hard time for drinking 0 calorie Bang drinks for a ‘snack’ and felt so guilty. Water was always all I drank. It’s nice to know it’s ‘ok’ to have something else 😃
Thank you so very very much. I have been stressing about having to give up my tea with sweet-n-low. I gave up diet coke (that I have been drinking since 1978) and substituted with my green tea. Then I started hearing that I can't have my sweetener.... On top of that people saying that I have to drink black coffee (YUK!) I just started my carnivore/keto way of eating. I'm a natural meat eater and have already had a mind change that I don't want that junk food in my body ever again. It has been about 6 weeks. No, I'm not seeing body changes, but there is major mind change. At any rate, I did not want to have to give up my tea or my coffee...especially my tea. I drink over 100 ounces a day of tea. That would have been a deal breaker for me.
Thank you again for letting me know I can still stay on this path of eating.
I wasn’t able to verbalize this but you stated it well. Since I love coffee and use it this way I make sure it’s as fresh as possible. It just makes me so happy. It’s also the same for me with carbonated water like Topo Chico or San Peligrino. It just calms me.
That makes so much sense. I started drinking tea and coffee habitually as I got higher up in academia. I've started drinking cacao and decaffeinated tea and coffee in the afternoon so it doesn't interfere with my sleep.
I dont think I could finish my PhD without it!
Yes, Dr. Cywes! No human being is perfect! Thank you!
Our brains are so crafty. Once we introduce something that it likes, it never lets us forget.
No doctor is perfect either....a case of coke and bags of M&M per day...OMG!!
What makes him "perfect" now is that he has made his own journey through the deep fat forest and can help us all with direct first hand expereince coupled with factual science. A real doctor.
Thanks Doc, am a 57 yr old truck driver, have had a 'few' cups of coffee in my time. Every thing you said resounded perfectly with me.
Don't we all just LOVE it when a doctor says that coffee is just ok ?! 😊😊
I add salt to my coffee and that has really solved my heart arrhythmia issue. For quite a while I restricted myself to only 2 small cups of coffee a day trusting that would solve my issue bit it did not . Now I drink 3 to 4 small cups a day , add salt and I'm dandy......
Excuse me, may I ask how much salt? I'm interested in trying this :) Thank you!
@@niekasvisagalis8446 just a pinch !
@@dianalivingconsciously9013 You know what, I like it! I did have 2 cups of salted coffee yesterday and I literally didn't feel that "shaky" thing from caffeine. Thanks!
@@niekasvisagalis8446 Good for you, glad to help !
In Tibet they drink a strong Tea with salt and butter instead of sugar and milk. I was told it helped with living at high altitudes. The first sip was a shock but I grew to love it. Thanks for that hint, I'll try it in my butter coffee !
I love your honesty and bluntness , you go Doc !
I've drank coffee every morning for 45 years. I have my two cups before I take on the day. Most important meal of the day!
Thank you for this! I have tried in the distant past more than once to quit coffee, and I just can't. I always came back. Now I drink my coffee and enjoy every yummy sip!
My mother-in-law drank several cups of coffee a day and loved her chocolates!! She lived to be 2 month shy of 98 years old.As the old saying goes I’ll drink to that
Yes..God only, decides our Check out Time. Quality of Life is more important than Quantity. to some of us.though . There are Some Diseases you don t want to take into your 90,s, no matter how much Coffee you get to Drink ... Stories Like that always come from People that are not going to Change their "Habits" until the "Unthinkable" happens and affliction sets in, unfortunately.. It s Fatalistic. the same way People Repeat ,. "Everybody dies from something".. Receive Jesus and Live Again. : )
if she made it thru child hood diseases she had good air, food, and water....less carbon dioxides, less toxins......you didn't...reduce your exposures
Just think she could have lived to 120+ had she avoided the choc's...
@@maxsage3362 B*S*. Excuses...
Purist: "bUt WhAt WaS iT tHaT kILleD hEr ThO"
You are great!!! I just discovered you today. I have listened to a bunch of doctors on RUclips, but you are the first that gelled with me. I know I am on the right track.
Thank you! I love my coffee, and with my eating lifestyle that I have had to change to be healthier I didn’t want to give up my coffee. I just like the warm taste of it in the mornings. Sometimes with MCT and butter in it:
Dr Cywes, I had to downsize my coffee intake. I had already swapped to instant coffee to go on having lots of cups along the day. In bed at night my leftside belly ached a lot each time. One day I decided to cut all of it but for two 50ml cups in the morning and one cup at 6-7pm plus some in the milk later on. Problem solved. No more pain. Not missing the long string of coffee intake events during the day. Cheers!
Great video. I love coffee. I’m trying to cut back though because of adrenal fatigue. The rationale is that coffee causes your adrenals to release cortisol and adrenaline, and if you have over stressed adrenals, they can burn out and stop working normally. This often shows up with sleep problems like difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. Of course, your adrenals can become over stressed because of physical and emotional stresses. Coffee simply adds workload to the adrenals. Also, the brain adapts to the amount of caffeine you consume so I would love to be able to get similar dopamine benefits from coffee but with less coffee.
Just drink ur coffee....ur adrenals will thank you and be fine
@@robertcywes2966 Dr Berg says the contrary. How would you argue?
Listen to your own body. Robert has his own bias just like every other human and just hasn't believed the people who do badly on caffeine. Some get panic attacks from it if they are generating predisposed to getting them from stimulants - even at a low dose. I work in mental health and it exasperates me how many psychiatrists prescribe powerful and addictive benzodiazepines to patients with anxiety, before they even suggest trialling getting off caffeine.
Love this! I have gone back and forth about coffee. I always come back to it with a bit of butter frothed into it. I have kept my 80lbs off with a nearly zero carb diet for over a year and my health has greatly improved. I'm off all 5 prescriptions at age 63yr. I choose to continue enjoying my coffee until we have proof otherwise. Progress, not perfection. Cheers to that! 🎉
Add a pinch of salt, makes it perfect.
Will try that one day ! thanks
Salt cuts the bitterness of the coffee, try a lighter roast.
Julie Morgan yes...I find I need that these days
Julie Morgan Navy coffee!
I absolutely concur !! It solved my heart-arrhythmia ! And I usually drink about 4 small cups a day 😊😊
Doc, you give us such amazing information, going levels deeper into important issues! I'm addicted to carbs AND to your podcasts! Thank you SO much!
Thanks for your honesty. None of us are perfect and rigidity does lead to crash and burn consequences. I don’t know why I never put the dopamine/serotonin link together with coffee before. Hormones are complex!
I agree with your assertion that coffee does not cause acid reflux. I used to get it really bad. Eating packets of antacids a week. Reduced it by eating gluten free for a year. Removed it completely when going carni at the end of 2018. I only quit coffee about a month ago.
I love this! I needed the justification to keep drinking coffee 😂 I've been struggling with the idea to be more healthy and quitting coffee. It doesn't affect my sleep, I can go weeks without and have no withdrawals and I love the taste so that's why I want it. I only drink it as a morning ritual and occasionally in the afternoon if there is good tasting coffee available. Otherwise I don't crave it. So thnx for this, I will drink my two cups a day with no guilt from now on 😍😍😘
You raise great points. I stopped drinking coffee for a period of time and I will start again after I certain time when I feel it is right just to see if it affects my health or my sleep.
Hi doc! I personally love coffee so much to the point of addiction. After I started my ketogenic diet a couple of years ago and managed to reverse my diabetes and insulin resistance I turned my attention to my adrenal fatigue. I learned in that journey that caffeine is a neurotoxin and an endocrine disruptor in that it has a negative effect on the hormonal balance especially the adrenal gland hormones like cortisol and adrenaline, so I decided to drink only decaf coffee. I've been drinking decaf for almost a year. Now I feel much better in terms of sleep cycle and stress. Recently I turned my attention to my iron deficiency which in my case is originating from low stomach acid, so I started supplementing with iron. The problem I faced was that my morning cup of coffee is definitely going to block the absorption of that iron pill which I also take in the morning. So I decided to drop that morning cup of coffee, which is my only cup of coffee. It's been now 2 weeks coffee free. I never felt any better. I'm really surprised that you say that coffee is ok when you know very well that, along with tea, it blocks the absorption of many nutrients like iron. I'm convinced that caffeine in coffee and tea is bad for health, not to mention the other constituents they contain.
Finally, another sane person in this comments thread who is not just another caffeine addict thanking the doc for permission to carry on with their drug of choice.
Caffeine is more toxic to some than others. It's all about how efficient your liver is at making enzymes to break down the caffeine so it has minimal impact on other biochemical functions. That's the explainable reason why some people can consume copious amount of caffeine and it has minimal negative effects.
Thanks ! I suffer from excess Iron so for me your comment is a cue to drink more coffee lol. Seriously we are all different. If two coffees a day enables me to succeed in my life which some would call stressful, then I reckon the good outweighs the bad. For me.
It goes to show we are all unique. My body produces too much iron.( hemochromotosis) so my 2 cups of coffee a day do me no harm😊
@@hendrickadalm3294 I have hemachromatosis also hence regular blood checks. Strangely, since keto, I was actually anaemic 2 tests ago. and low level normal on the next. I'll keep you posted !
Def love my coffee... usually only eat meat... but my hardest to kick thing has been the Cabernet... I quit smoking cold turkey over 13 years ago. I cut carbs and that really didnt bother me... but the red wine in the evenings has def my hardest challenge! So, I def admire when i hear you say things like we are not perfect and that even things like coffee are ok even if they are def not the best for you :)
I'm going to croak with or without coffee, and I don't believe that day is any sooner with.
Thanks Doc. I needed this confirmation. I only have two coffees a day, one after each meal because that is all I need. It pacifies my soul and that helps me keep far away from carbs.
Coffee is not good when you suffer from daily anxiety.
True. Even decaf does things to me because as my Dr explained it's not exactly 100% caffeine free.
That might be so for some people, but not all. My coffee consumption does not affect my anxiety or sleep. Coffee relaxes me, especially when drunk in a social setting with friends or family. When alone, I find it grounding and it distracts from current anxiety.
I do decaf after the first real cup.
I have only just discovered your channel, and I am very grateful for your expert opinion. I am in Plymouth UK.Thank you.
This came into my feed while I was drinking a cup of coffee. So glad I can finish drinking it.
Coffee is a little strong, but tea is better. I can use stevia or monk fruit to taste.
Thanks Dr. Cywes for telling me that its ok not to be perfect in what I drink or how I eat. Ive known for years I was a carb addict, and didnt know how to fix it. I tried diet after diet thinking I'd fixed it each time. I was a perfectionist when dieting, then when the crash came(it always did), also came the feeling of failure. Ive always said that once I failed, I would get up and try again, which I did. This is the first time that anyone has really gone into detail about carb addiction the way you have. The info in this video made so much sense to me.
Ive been a ketovore for over a year and have lost 109 lbs. The best part is the mental calm I feel not obsessing about food. I fell into intermittant fasting mainly because Im never hungry. I feel great now.
Question- any chance this addiction is hereditary? My father's carb addiction was far worse than mine. Most of what he ate were process foods. Fast food commercials were a big trigger for him.
Thanks again!
A work colleague once asked me if I chose one for the rest of my life, coffee or alcohol, what would it be? I answered coffee in any form without thinking. And that’s despite the fact that I really enjoy craft beers and fine reds, even if it is much less often nowadays. Am down 13 kg using a combo of IF and keto with one cheat day a week. Slow but steady wins the race.
I love my coffee too! Thanks again for the reminder to stop trying to be perfect. This has helped me so much since you did the video on the character types. Looking forward to the vid on artificial sweeteners. I have stopped all sweeteners for the month of January.
When I stopped drinking coffee and tea with caffeine I began to have the deepest sleep at night. I fall asleep within minutes and sleep very deeply as I was in my teens.
H K I need to try that
Because caffeine is Garbage
Live for my once a day 20 oz. dark coffee at 1:30 in the afternoon. Have it with half and half or heavy cream and one teaspoon of raw honey 🍯. Not perfect I know but god do I love it. I do not have any health issues that I know of, but I am $3.20 richer every day because of it🤗
Even at my highest weight I never drank my calories. I didn't grow up on soda or juice so it was never appealing to me. For me it is bread like things. Doesn't necessarily have to be sweet
The dopamine/serotonin action is useful to know! I did try to enjoy caffeinated and sweetened drinks instead of eating/drinking carbs based on your recommendations. But I couldn't sleep from the caffeine (even in one green tea) and I got horrible headaches from the artificially sweetened sodas. I've never been interested in coffee. So I'm sticking to my favourite drink, which is sparkling water with a squeeze of lemon or lime. Even if the bit of lemon or lime might not be ideal for my teeth, I just love it. I also like herbal tea, my favourite is Celestial Seasonings Cinnamon Apple Spice, which has quite a sweet taste, actually (I think it's the chicory in it). I also like decaff iced tea with lemon, and though I don't want to drink too many decaffeinated drinks, it's certainly nice to have occasionally.
Good to hear that coffee works for you. Others have quite a different experience. For me coffee delivers a rush of energy for a couple of hours followed by extreme tiredness. Also while coffee has no calories itself it destabilizes my blood sugar level which results in eating foods high in sugar. This is the last thing needed for a person trying to loose fat, obviously.
That's interesting! Even black coffee affects blood sugar? As you say destabilizes it. U sure?
@@tjburr1968 Yes, I am sure based on 20+ years of experience. For me drinking coffee also leads to bonking (hitting the wall) when running or cycling, a phenomenon of low blood sugar. In this situation you will eat anything around that ist high in sugar even out of a trashcan. This does not happen when not drinking coffee. There are also secondary symptoms like knee pain and diarrhea. So coffee is not for everyone.
Drinking high caffeine drinks is like shooting starter fluid in the carburetor of a car.
It gives you a quick rush - but for a short time.
Coffee is amazing, I use decaf as caffeine triggers migraines but I blend it with a tablespoon of salted butter. I love it.
The explanation of serotonin was very informative.
Dr. Rob, you are becoming my #1 Keto/Carnivore Doc! I have been struggling with my coffee consumption lately wondering if it is the culprit with loose stools and bloating transitioning from keto to carnivore (only been 1.5 mos.) I love my butter coffees in the morning (only two) and don't want to give them up!
I'm an endurance swimmer and swim between 2-8 hours at a time. I have a problem with gastric reflux when swimming if I eat anything with oil, fat and protein. What I can eat before I swim in large quantities for energy before I swim without suffering is Sour dough bred with potato flakes. I can't eat whole grain bread even because it too causes reflux for when swimming longer than an hour. So I eat up about a half a loaf of sour dough bread and can swim up to 8 hours with loads of energy and no problems with gastric reflux. Coffee is a killer before swimming but I do enjoy a cup of decaf after I'm done. Caffeine raised my b/p slightly so I avoid it. Some people are more Sensitive than others. I'm so happy coffee works for you to reduce your caloric intake. Enjoying your videos. Thank you.
I LOVE my coffee, but have to drink decaf because regular coffee gives me palpitations. 😔
Try 1/2 caffeine works for me.
Yes, same here. AFIB actually. For me caffeine is a very dangerous drug. Magnesium seems to help a bit. B1 doesn't appear to help at all at least in my case.
@@zenos.5315 that's what I use. Drink a cup in the morning and a cup around 3pm. Use stevia and heavy cream. Have no problems
Facts Dr just started watching your content and you clear up the extremes when it comes to Keto and carnivore
I like the don't be a perfectionist suggestion. Also, I work at not over thinking or obsessing about diet. In 6 months I've reversed 9 years T2 diabetes, lost over 30 lbs to get in normal weight range. Very low carb foods
Healthy fats. Working on a sustainable maintenance program. Love coffee. Do you think it stops autophagy? Some Drs recommend water &salt fasts only for autophagy.
In 2020, I went keto/carnivore and within months lost 50 lbs, got off all meds and am now lean and even athletic at 62. I run circles around the 6 grandkids.
I’m also drinking my 2-3 cups of delicious coffee every day and am not even remotely concerned.
I just looked at the clock , its coffee thirty .
Great perspective. Really appreciate it! Was having some health issues and cut out coffee completely. Big picture, it wasn't the coffee. Got the bigger problem under better control, now I might slowly add coffee, or tea, back in. Take care of the big stuff, don't sweat the small stuff so much. Sounds like a pretty healthy approach to me.
I am a chiropractor who recently started eating ketovore/carnivore who has lost 40 pounds in very short order. I believed that fat made me fat and salt would make me have a heart attack and all of the other "bullshit" that the world would have you believe until you and Dr Berry have completely changed my way of thinking! Thank you so much!!!!! I have one question though, I have helped thousands of people stop having lower back pain by stopping them from drinking caffeine and drinking more water. I truly don't completely understand why this works but I can assure you that it does work. So I am hoping that maybe you can shed some light on why it works so well? Is it getting them off of sugary drinks that causes them to not have back spasms anymore or was it caffeine that I had suspected that performs as a diuretic that I thought it was or is there something else that I am just not putting together? I would truly appreciate your input. Once again thank you so much for all of the work that you do, I would not have ever changed my way of eating without input from someone as educated as you explaining to me what I was doing to my body by eating all of those carbs.
I am writing this 1 year after your post, Matt, so you likely will not see this. I have such frequent back pain with almost any exertion - granted I am a senior citizen, but this seems almost inexplicable. I am going totally caffeine free to see if this situation improves. You never know when your own story will help someone else!
@@Pondapple please let me know if it works for you! I assure you it has helped many of my patients! If not you can always go back to drinking caffeine again anyway.
Thank you for the coffee !🤩 I can't live without it! I have very low blood pressure so the coffee what keep me going- love for ever ❤️💝
There's a good reason why I prefer decaf: normal coffee makes my heart race
I get headaches from normal coffee, headaches from hell. I love coffee but I love only my favorite decaf.
Un Perrier me too, very restless
@@Merege83 I get headaches too. I had to give up coffee!!
Decaf gives me heart palpitations.
To each their own, nothing wrong with decaf!
I like this Dr. he speaks from experience and knowledge. By the way, I do a boat load of carbs when racing my bike. However, I water fast for five days every 30 days. I'm flexible.
Agreed, endurance training/ racing and keto aren’t a good fit.
Coffee is the last item I have left from changing over to keto. Love it. Keeping it. Now I know it’s my dopamine/serotonin bridge....
I drink coffee with heavy cream, my second cup, i juice tumeric and ginger root and strain it into the cup and put pepper in it. This kills my appetite untill noon or after. The only side effect is i talk too much
Coffee & a product called Zevia helped ween me off sugar soda. Now I'm down to just coffee (cream maybe, no sugar), tea (no sugar) or water. I'm definitely sparing myself 2 cans or more of soda a day, as compared to several years ago.
May still drink bourbon. Don't judge me, haha
It was sparkling water that got me off of 3 sodas a day. It was the carbonation that I liked most, after all.
@@amuslim3706 yes and the extra minerals is an added bonus! Feel the same way!
*big sigh* love my coffee! It took me a month to like it with heavy cream and butter, but it's my favorite moment! I only drink 2, maybe 3 a day. I like drinking hot water too.