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- Bukowsky, on 11/01/2007, -7/+59nice article, but I love my coffee... Not giving it up anytime soon!
- vault, on 11/01/2007, -0/+38Not everyone abuses it like the guy in this article...I love my morning coffee but I don't drink an entire 12 cup pot every day.
- cryptomystic, on 10/31/2007, -0/+34Everything in moderation.
that's the key. - riverrunner, on 11/01/2007, -1/+34jeeze next your gonna want me to give up alcohol and bacon.
- mrbubbleboy, on 11/01/2007, -3/+31I gave up coffee cold turkey...just switched to Red Bull.
- KMye, on 10/31/2007, -2/+23Moderate coffee drinking can actually be very beneficial. Coffee itself is loaded with anti-oxidants, and caffeine in reasonable doses is good for neural health.
- dupswapdrop, on 11/01/2007, -0/+20I just went straight to a couple of 16oz glasses of whiskey in the morning, now the day passes much faster.
- londubh, on 10/31/2007, -2/+21You can have my coffee mug when you pry it from shaking dead hand.
- inactive, on 10/31/2007, -2/+20I'm so sick of people bashing coffee, there are many health benefits to drinking coffee with or without caffeine. Just don't drink a damn gallon of it a day and you're ok. I'm glad you aren't giving it up anytime soon.
http://men.webmd.com/features/coffee-new-health-fo ... - BevansDesign, on 10/31/2007, -1/+15Giving up caffeine is easier said than done. About a month ago, I decided to stop drinking anything with caffeine OR corn syrup after at least a decade of heavy Mountain Dew consumption. I had massive headaches for a couple weeks, but they've mostly subsided now. It's amazing what'll happen when your body stops getting a chemical it's been getting in heavy doses for so long.
And it's really hard to avoid. I still have about 2 or 3 bottles each week. When you cut caffeine and corn syrup out, you're basically left with water and milk, and expensive juices. Going healthy is expensive as hell. - frenzy3, on 11/01/2007, -2/+16i have given up caffeine for 4 months now .. and get the best sleeps...and as the last point in the article as the same for me
- inactive, on 11/01/2007, -2/+16Give up coffee????????? NEVER!!!!!!!
- zenoizen, on 11/01/2007, -7/+20There's nothing especially healthy about abstaining completely from caffeine. Too much is too much. But a couple cups a day won't hurt you. Anyone who drinks more than that might want to get screened for depression anyway.
- samdu, on 11/14/2007, -2/+13So no smokes, no coffee, next it'll be beer and liquor. So, exactly WHY is it I'm "living" this healthy life again? We only get one shot at this thing, might as well enjoy ourselves why we're here. Feh to the "health nazis."
- namdardar, on 11/01/2007, -2/+13If coffee helps with grammar, what helps with spelling?
- rdrysdale, on 11/05/2007, -4/+14I hear crack works just as well!
- FishHammer, on 10/31/2007, -0/+10as someone suffering a massive caffeine-withdrawal headache this is probably something i should read
- Dumbledorito, on 11/01/2007, -0/+9I've tried Red Bull and other similar drinks. Why do most of them taste like carbonated Nyquil?
- dafragsta, on 11/01/2007, -0/+9This guy is a tool. Just read his past comments. Oh yeah, he has no traction to be correcting grammar or anything else.
http://digg.com/users/hatediggn - vornan19, on 10/31/2007, -1/+9Amen Brother!
They'll have to ban coffee before I stop! And not then either! - vornan19, on 10/31/2007, -0/+8Moderation is the key to most things. Too much of anything will have a negative effect. Even if it's chocolate. So why is moderation so hard to adhere to? It's boring.
- hoppdawg, on 10/31/2007, -1/+9Become Mormon?
- leontes, on 10/31/2007, -1/+9It's been almost a year now (Dec 13) since I gave up caffeine, and the changes have been positive. I still sometimes get the odd cola craving, though.
My sleep has been more regulated as is my gastrointestinal system.
It's nice not to drink so much soda. I'm now trying to keep away from the high fructose corn syrup, but that stuff is in everything processed. - DonCarcharo, on 10/31/2007, -1/+8I gave up caffeine just over a year ago. I was drinking 6+ cans of Pepsi per day plus one to two cups of coffee. I'd been doing that for years but as I got older I started getting heart palpitations. So instead of just slowing it down I opted to quit altogether.
The first few weeks were miserable. I had headaches, I was tired and irritable. Heck one day I fell asleep at my desk. But after a few months I started feeling much better. I was less jittery, more relaxed, it was nice. And of course the palpitations vanished. Sure I don't have as much energy and I can't stay up until 3am anymore but I feel good.
In fact just a few weeks ago I had my first sip of Pepsi in quite a long time (by mistake). I was amazed at how terrible it actually tastes. :) - spyd3rweb, on 11/01/2007, -1/+8Its got electrolytes n *****...
- GasPoweredGnome, on 10/31/2007, -0/+7I never wake up thinking "I need a hit of that caffeine" when I go to brew my morning pot... but I do I love drinking coffee in the morning. The taste, the smell... its delicious. Unless I am secretly addicted to another property of coffee I'm unaware of, I'll just blame it on the taste :)
- jetskr8, on 11/01/2007, -0/+6You can pry my bacon from my cold, dead hands.
- thumperings, on 10/31/2007, -0/+6same here. What's the point of reducing things we enjoy? So we can live a month or 2 longer? Would he also give up sex if it made him live a longer more boring life?
- wocheck, on 10/31/2007, -2/+8Starbucks people will bury this :D
- lysdexic, on 10/31/2007, -0/+5The body detoxes from caffeine in a few days. The fifth night after I quit cold turkey, I slept deeper than I had in years. On day six, my energy level skyrocketed. Now I have something with caffeine in it three to four times a week, though never after 4pm if I have to wake up early in the morning, and it doesn't affect my sleep or energy level much at all.
If you can replace whatever you're drinking with a decaffeinated alternative and make it through a few uncomfortable days, it's pretty much over. - akpotato, on 10/31/2007, -1/+6Rarely do I ever drink anything caffeinated, so when I do, I feel like a different person. My mind races, I can't concentrate on anything, I get really jittery and at the end of the day I can't sleep.
Hell, if I drink tea, I can usually tell if it's caffeinated based on how it affects my body. - inactive, on 10/31/2007, -3/+8be careful... when you give up caffeine, weird stuff starts happening, headaches and things. i tried it once. also, you might actually go crazy... this dude went without caffeine for about 13 days...
http://collegepork.com/node/382 - Welladjusted, on 11/01/2007, -1/+5Including moderation
- inactive, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4***** juices. Just stick with water... and tea.
A box of 100 tea bags is what, $5? - trp642, on 11/01/2007, -2/+6Blasphemy!
- dmsean, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4according to the anti-smoking advertisment smoking is harder to quit. but when I quit smoking I didn't vomit or scream or roll around on the ground begging people for a hit....
- firebhaal, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4You're correct about most things, but it's a fallacy when people say because 1 person didn't get cancer from smoking its not really dangerous. The reality is most will and do get cancer and/or other harmful medical side effects from prolonged use. He is an anomaly (aka lucky to dodge the cancer bullet) and we are not uniquely affected by things as much as you seem to imply.
- nullx42, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4TURBOPUNS!
- N3M3515, on 10/31/2007, -0/+4Giving up coffee is going to be tough, its a good thing I still got the cocaine or I would be in trouble.
- mrfunktastic, on 10/31/2007, -1/+5Let's break it down again for the folks who don't get effect -vs- affect....
Effect = the result of some outside cause. "I felt the effect of the coffee."
Effected = something caused an effect to something. "When I wrote my paper, I effected change in coffee production in Brazil."
Affect = to cause a change. "The way I smell appears to affect women in a positive way."
Affected = something caused change. "When I changed my cologne it affected the way Marie felt about me."
I know, I know, this is a tricky one, but you get pro points when you get it right. Makes you smell good to women. - sockpuppets, on 10/31/2007, -1/+5Did all that caffeine make you miss the guy that said the same exact thing about 20 comments back?
- Farnn, on 10/31/2007, -1/+5Same, I don't drink it out of necessity but rather because I truly enjoy a good cup of coffee, no milk or sugar, just plain old black coffee.
- dafragsta, on 10/31/2007, -2/+5I personally think it was pulled out of someone's ass. While I'm sure it's good for people with high blood pressure to stay off the caffeine, are there really long term health risks associated with drinking 2-4 cups of coffee a day? Seriously? Wasn't there some article up here not long ago that said drinking coffee was good for your liver and skin?
I take the Lewis Black approach on this. Unless it's blatantly obvious what you shouldn't be eating, no one person can tell another person what is absolutely good for or detrimental to them. What might kill one person with heart disease might not even phase another person.
George Burns never got mouth or asophogeal(sp) cancer and he smoked cigars all his life. It's not an endorsement for the tobacco company but it's just a testament to how we are all affected completely uniquely by anything. - inactive, on 10/31/2007, -4/+7I wouldn't want to give up caffeine completely. It has some very beneficial effects on the body along with coffee.
- offwithyourtv, on 10/31/2007, -2/+5You know what else has "the effect of temporarily warding off drowsiness and restoring alertness"? A nap. Does that mean a nap "messes with you" as well?
Almost anything is bad in large doses, but having a cup of coffee in the morning is less dangerous than driving to work tired. - DumbLittleMan, on 10/31/2007, -2/+5I am far from depressed. An introvert yes, but depressed no. I sleep for 3-5 hours each night and originally that was my reasoning for the coffee fix. When I stopped drinking it, I actually had more energy as the day went on..
Note: I am not saying 3-5 hours of sleep is good for you. - BuckFush, on 10/31/2007, -4/+7Give up coffee???? No thanks.
- lismith, on 11/01/2007, -0/+3Coffee is an antioxidant... it's GOOD for you! Of course, like anything else it should be consumed in moderation.
And I remember reading about a study that found students performed better on tests when they'd had a cup of coffee. Yeah, I can see that... those are the students who were AWAKE during the test! ;-) - YvesKlein, on 10/31/2007, -0/+3I gave up coffee/soda 1 year ago. I haven't noticed a change at all. ***** it, don't quit. The moment you give up everything is the moment you walk outside and get hit by a bus. Now excuse me while I go walk around the block with my new found energy.
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