There was no coffee left in the house this morning - my worst nightmare. Although I do not class myself as a heavy coffee drinker (maybe 3 cups a day) if I do not have that cup when I first get up I get headaches and feel terrible.
I don't want to give up coffee all together (it is my only guilty pleasure!), but I would like to be able to break this cycle of having to have a cup first thing in the morning.
Do you have any tips for what I could do to break my bodies dependence on caffeine without giving it up all together?
2006-08-28 12:10:46 · 10 answers · asked by kimberhill 5 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Several things, you could get 1/2 strength coffee (I think Maxwell house makes it), or cut the scoops in 1/2 that you use to make coffee. Instead of 3 cups a day, slowly wean yourself off of it by cutting back by 1/2 cup/day. OR....go cold turkey and go with decaffinated!
2006-08-28 12:15:01 · answer #1 · answered by babyrn1995 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've Got down to three cups of Coffee a day. I have Jasine Green Tea with a hint of lemon and a spoon of coffee. Plus a fix of fruit. Takes a week or so to get used too, but I'm running around like a twenty year old and i'm nearly 40. Email me and i'll give you more tips. A trip to Cafe Nero is as good as the pub now.
2006-08-28 19:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by thecharleslloyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only thing you can do is cut back little at a time (try 1/2 reg 1/2 decaf) instead of just stopping cold turkey and wait it out, took me a good 3 weeks for the headaches to stop (used to drink 1 pot of coffee a day, now 1 cup of decaf)
2006-08-28 19:16:07 · answer #3 · answered by cam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mix decaf coffee with regular (1/2 and 1/2). Start drinking black teas. They have caffeine but not as much as regular coffee.
2006-08-28 19:17:08 · answer #4 · answered by dem 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ya know funny thing. I drink alot of Coke and Coffee, and all of a sudden I stopped, And I experienced the same thing. Just try to ween yourself off of it. (kind of like smoking i guess) Just have a little less each day.
Good luck!
Niki
2006-08-28 19:17:06 · answer #5 · answered by Niki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For those times that you don't have coffee in the house...go to your local Starbucks. That should do the trick. Why give up coffee?
2006-08-28 19:16:43 · answer #6 · answered by lynda_is 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
High dose of vitamin C will help with detoxing from caffeine, how ever if you plan on continued use the only remedy is to moderate you consumption.
2006-08-28 19:17:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caffeine is physically addictive - which is the source of your headaches.
You need to slowly wean yourself off of it as suggested in an earlier answer.
2006-08-28 19:18:12 · answer #8 · answered by ecmfw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try decaf...some actually taste just as good as regular coffee.
2006-08-28 19:13:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol im 58 with the same problem
2006-08-28 19:13:10 · answer #10 · answered by jyd9999 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋