- coffee...the ongoing saga by ren
18 y
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Blog: Ren's Holistic Fitness and Life Journal
I had my last cup of regular coffee today. It is impairing my blood pressure and breathing... 100/90 the bottom number is high and I'm getting short of breath. The decaf does nothing to me and the Red Rose tea has never given me a problem. I think that it is a true addiction with me and I don't know why I like it so much. it's not the caffeine but the social thing I think. Plus I can't breathe without my air purifier. I wonder why this is. Anyway, I am not going to coffee anymore because I see how it affects me now. Wonder why now. It could be anxiety too. Either way, I am going to replace coffee with various teas. I like herbal teas but not that much. I like Red Rose and Earl Grey.
NOTE: I wonder why my heart feels better after taking a huge BM. Hmmm...
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- Coffee.... oh the joys of coffee by tambee
18 y
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Hey Lady,
I feel your pain! For me, coffee makes my skin very dry and red patchy if you look very close. Almost like an allergic reaction. You would think that should be enough to make a girl kick the habit! The thing is that, for me..... it builds up in my system until the symptoms get really bad and then I quit for 2 weeks. Before you know it I am at Starbucks getting more coffee. It seems to be a 2 week on/2 week off cycle for me. It's amazing how obviously my dry skin is related to drinking coffee. After one day of stopping my face feels super soft again. And the thing is that I don't ever have more than 1 Starbucks (mind you loaded with caffeine) in one day.
It's such a treat... and like you I think it is more of a social thing. Possibly an addiction?
I recently heard from a Barista that most coffee is loaded with chemicals including formaldehyde to keep it fresh and preserved. My new theory is that it's not the caffiene or the coffee that I am allergic to, but all the crap that mixed in with it. BTW... legally they are not required to put toxic chemicals as a preservative (this one barista mentioned to me).
So, I am trying to stick to green tea which has caffeine and I get no side effects from. So hard though!!!!
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- Re: Coffee.... oh the joys of coffee by ren
18 y
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| I really do think it's the chemicals that they use in coffee. Green tea doesn't do anything for me either like coffee. I love green tea but the caffeine doesn't affect me. BTW, I didn't know that some countries spray coffee farms with DDT YIKES!
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