For The Love of Coffee
November 1, 2023
Apparently, the coffee industry is humungous. It has been glorified in movies, television shows and advertisements. It appears the average person will have coffee 1 to 5 times a day. How bad can that be, right? Everybody does it!
Well, let’s see. The main ingredient in coffee as well as “energy” drinks and “diet” aids is caffeine. Some people say, “I can’t get up without my coffee”. Then, later in the day, as they lose energy, they turn to something caffeinated for a pick me up. This becomes a habit. Actually, it becomes an addiction. Yes, I said an addiction. Try stopping cold turkey and see what happens.
So, is caffeine really that bad? Caffeine stimulates your adrenal glands, creating adrenaline, which puts your body in the flight or fight mode – giving you a boost of temporary energy. However, this costs your body a lot of its normal energy reserves, so when the adrenaline wears off, this leaves you with low energy – making you feel even more tired than before.
A result of constant over-stimulation can lead to adrenal fatigue and possibly adrenal failure, which can then lead to other serious health problems. Continued over-use of caffeine laden products will eventually wear your body down and cause it to age faster and be much more vulnerable to sickness and disease.
Caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, antibiotics and stress are the most harmful things to your gut health. In other words, these things kill your healthy bacteria. Is that a big deal? Well, considering that 70 percent of your immune system is your healthy bacteria, I would say so!