As delicious as it is and sometimes seems, coffee or tea or any sort of caffeine tends to sometimes play havoc on our system.
Coffee is extremely acidic in nature and consuming it in huge quantities especially when made in an almost dessert-like concoction that is thickly beaten with sugar and added to milk subdues and masks its strong taste while the added sugar immediately spikes the insulin in our blood generating a sudden rush and feeling of warmth which often makes us want to reach for a second cup and often times many of us do.
It creates an acidic ecosystem in our stomachs which should ideally be alkaline and that is sometimes an almost incomprehensible feeling of agitation, palpitations, nausea even stiffness in the throat which we sometimes attribute to a recent lunch when almost always the culprit is the big shot of caffeine dose that follows right after.
Not saying that coffee or tea should be completely avoided, absolutely not, but having it in limited quantities is the key. At all cost, it should be avoided on an empty stomach because it only adds to the acids in our stomach that release to digest food and that sometimes leads to corrosion of intestinal linings, even resulting in ulcers sometimes; this is, however, an extreme case and not something to worry about if the symptoms don't manifest which are extreme.
Avoiding all sorts of caffeine every few days a month is a good idea to get the system to reboot and adjust itself and perhaps avoiding instant coffee is a good idea or changing the size of coffee mugs.
If you drink out of a large mug then maybe opt for a smaller one and drink it only after a large meal when the stomach is sufficiently filled.
Sometimes it's not so much the need for caffeine as it is the need to drink something sweetened and warm that drives the want for coffee in which case and I speak from personal experience, it's always helped me to dissolve a bit of honey and dunk in a non-caffeinated herbal tea in hot water to sip on slowly and that mitigates any need for coffee or just have some hot chocolate, anything not too calorific, one that fits in with your daily macros should do.
I don't know if you've tried caramel rooibos tea, but in case you're in the market for something to bring you back to life this winter without adding any calories and without the caffeine then perhaps give it a try.
Coffee is extremely acidic in nature and consuming it in huge quantities especially when made in an almost dessert-like concoction that is thickly beaten with sugar and added to milk subdues and masks its strong taste while the added sugar immediately spikes the insulin in our blood generating a sudden rush and feeling of warmth which often makes us want to reach for a second cup and often times many of us do.
It creates an acidic ecosystem in our stomachs which should ideally be alkaline and that is sometimes an almost incomprehensible feeling of agitation, palpitations, nausea even stiffness in the throat which we sometimes attribute to a recent lunch when almost always the culprit is the big shot of caffeine dose that follows right after.
Not saying that coffee or tea should be completely avoided, absolutely not, but having it in limited quantities is the key. At all cost, it should be avoided on an empty stomach because it only adds to the acids in our stomach that release to digest food and that sometimes leads to corrosion of intestinal linings, even resulting in ulcers sometimes; this is, however, an extreme case and not something to worry about if the symptoms don't manifest which are extreme.
Avoiding all sorts of caffeine every few days a month is a good idea to get the system to reboot and adjust itself and perhaps avoiding instant coffee is a good idea or changing the size of coffee mugs.
If you drink out of a large mug then maybe opt for a smaller one and drink it only after a large meal when the stomach is sufficiently filled.
Sometimes it's not so much the need for caffeine as it is the need to drink something sweetened and warm that drives the want for coffee in which case and I speak from personal experience, it's always helped me to dissolve a bit of honey and dunk in a non-caffeinated herbal tea in hot water to sip on slowly and that mitigates any need for coffee or just have some hot chocolate, anything not too calorific, one that fits in with your daily macros should do.
I don't know if you've tried caramel rooibos tea, but in case you're in the market for something to bring you back to life this winter without adding any calories and without the caffeine then perhaps give it a try.
