Hi Everyone
If you’ve been following this blog, then you know that I’ve been talking about eliminating coffee. Caffeine is supposed to aggravate cellulite accumulation and I don’t need any help with that. According to The Fat Flush Plan, caffeine is not supposed to be good for weight loss because it raises the level of stress hormones secreted by your body. These stress hormones raise your stress level. Your body, which sees increased stress levels as a threat to survival, starts storing extra fat to protect itself. Caffeine also acts as a diuretic and washes away vitamins and minerals, particularly calcium. The diuretic effect of caffeine also messes up the fluid balance in the body and if you recall from previous posts, maintaining the correct balance of internal hydration, which helps to optimize the lymphatic system is very important for cellulite reduction. Here are the posts that go into the lymphatic system:
http://mycellulitewar.com/2009/04/12/uncategorized/cellulite-reduction-and-the-lymph/
I was up to 2-4 cups per day. Well, for the past two weeks I quit, but it was kind of by accident.
Two Sunday nights ago I was preparing to make the coffee, when uh-oh, no more coffee. It was too late to go to the store, so I figured I’d have tea in the morning. So Monday, I drank tea and Tuesday just some hot water with half a lemon squeezed into it. I was expecting to get a massive headache and feel super tired but it didn’t happen. I think it was the tea transition day that made the difference.
Here’s what I’ve noticed:
- I definitely feel more relaxed, not as anxious. This feels very good.
- My workouts, which I do first thing in the morning, don’t have as much oomph and I’m struggling through them.
- My ability to concentrate, especially if I don’t get enough sleep which I never do (show me one working mom who actually does get enough sleep!) has decreased, particularly mid-afternoon.
So, the jury is out. If I was only quitting coffee for cellulite reduction, I might still be drinking it, but I have another reason too – I want to get pregnant – and caffeine is supposed to lower fertility.
For now, I’ll keep coffee and caffeine out of my system.
I would love to hear your opinion on coffee and caffeine. Please post comments!
Thanks for reading!
10:09 pm on June 20th, 2010 1
Thanks for all of this information. I am finally looking at doing something about these 30 extra pounds…cellulite…and am very interested in how you are doing with the research you found out this past year. Hope you are doing well. Thanks again for the info. I look forward to exploring more of the site.
7:33 am on July 9th, 2010 2
80% of Americans drink caffeine in coffee or tea every day. 90% of Americans drink caffeine daily in coffee, tea, or soft drinks. That does not include the epidemic of energy drinks. Caffeine is the most consumed psychoactive drug in the world. It is cheap, legal,(it’s everywhere), and socially acceptable. In 1989 the FDA limited each serving of food or drink to 200 mg. This doesn’t stop people from often ingesting 1,000 mg or more in a day. The real problem is that caffeine is so highly addictive.
Please be clear about this… just one cup of coffee or one energy drink a day will ruin your health over time. This caffeine jolt will upset your insulin/blood sugar system and wear out your pancreas.
Regular use of caffeine will completely upset your insulin and blood sugar balance. Hyperglycemia is a well known effect. You must keep your blood sugar under 85 mg/dl. People with blood sugar over 85 die earlier and get more diseases generally. Caffeine in any form will raise this dramatically as well as raise your insulin levels and make your insulin receptors less effective. All this is a prelude to overall sickness, early mortality, metabolic syndrome, hyperglycemia, and outright diabetes. The daily stimulation wears out your pancreas. Once your pancreas can no longer produce enough insulin there is no repairing or rejuvenating it. Pancreas and beta cell transplants just don’t work.
At Queen’s University in Canada (Diabetes Care 2004) the doctors found people given small amounts of caffeine had higher blood sugar levels and reduced insulin sensitivity in only 90 days. This was true despite all other factors such as obesity, exercise or diabetes. Caffeine is one of the causes of high blood pressure. About 30% of Americans now have elevated blood pressure levels.
Just some of the commonly known side effects include headache, anxiety, agitation, tremors, confusion, outright psychosis (!), seizures, nausea, ketosis (high ketone bodies in the blood), vomiting, anorexia, diarrhea, aggravation of PMS, dehydration, renal hyperstimulation, abdominal pain, panic attacks, emotional fatigue, and heart and blood pressure conditions. Every year just in the U.S. thousands of people are admitted to emergency room for caffeine poisoning.
Young people now are addicted to energy drinks which are full of sugar (or Sucralose which is even worse). It’s ironic to see people who have no interest in any drug on earth become helpless addicted to caffeine. Make no mistake; this is a highly addictive stimulant drug. The energy drink business is now over a billion dollars a year. Amp® makes one with 100% real fruit juice, but it still contains a full ounce of sugars!!!
Stay away from caffeine and protect your health. This is an insidious addiction.
5:17 am on August 4th, 2010 3
Wow, thank you very much for the info. much appreciated