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Article: Coffee and Caffeine – How Much Can You Safely Dri

This may all be true, but I've switched-off coffee for two reasons - dehydration and cortisol. Coffee is a diuretic and, for me at least, leaves me feeling dehydrated no matter how much water I drink after. 3 or more cups of coffee and I spend the rest of the day expelling all of the water I drink. I feel that leaves me in a suboptimal state for exercise and recovery. The second item - cortisol - is more complicated. I have read countless articles that claim that coffee, even decaf, has chemicals that trigger the release of the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol has a role in the body, for fight-or-flight, but in large amounts over time leads to fat retention and lowered testosterone levels. Not good. I now drink 4-6 bags of organic green tea per day. I get enough caffeine, it doesn't dehydrate me, there isn't the cortisol issue and I know its loaded with epicatichins and antioxidants.
 
tranquilChaos said:
This may all be true, but I've switched-off coffee for two reasons - dehydration and cortisol. Coffee is a diuretic and, for me at least, leaves me feeling dehydrated no matter how much water I drink after. 3 or more cups of coffee and I spend the rest of the day expelling all of the water I drink. I feel that leaves me in a suboptimal state for exercise and recovery. The second item - cortisol - is more complicated. I have read countless articles that claim that coffee, even decaf, has chemicals that trigger the release of the stress hormone cortisol. Cortisol has a role in the body, for fight-or-flight, but in large amounts over time leads to fat retention and lowered testosterone levels. Not good. I now drink 4-6 bags of organic green tea per day. I get enough caffeine, it doesn't dehydrate me, there isn't the cortisol issue and I know its loaded with epicatichins and antioxidants.
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For these reasons in the next few months I will be weening myself off of coffee for good ( May have it occasionally) . Right now if I stop cold turkey I get a massive headache so weening off seems like the best idea
 
JeremyNG25 said:
For these reasons in the next few months I will be weening myself off of coffee for good ( May have it occasionally) . Right now if I stop cold turkey I get a massive headache so weening off seems like the best idea
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I was afraid of that too. What I did was have a cup of two-bag black tea for each cup of coffee I would normally have. I never had any headaches at all. Good luck man!
 
I would switch to green tea but it gives me the ****s...

I drink 3-5 cups of black coffee a day... Everyday
 
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