Healthline: Caffeine Withdrawal: Drinking Decaf Can Help Reduce Painful Symptoms

“However, if you drink too much, it can sometimes have negative effects on health such as raising blood pressure. If you are trying to stop, caffeine withdrawal symptoms — such as headache, fatigue, irritability, and upset stomach — can often make that difficult.

If this is the case for you, a group of scientists at the University of Sydney has some potentially good news. According to the lead author of the study, Llewellyn Mills, PhD, a drug and alcohol researcher with the University of Sydney Medical School, drinking decaf coffee can temporarily reduce caffeine withdrawal symptoms.

And this effect exists even if you are aware that you are drinking decaf. “Sounds like voodoo, I know,” said Mills, “but we’ve observed it in three separate studies now, so we’re pretty confident it’s a real thing.””

My Takeaways:

• According to statistics about 75% of people drink some form of caffeine everyday. Caffeine, a natural stimulant that does have benefits can also cause harm in excessive amounts or with certain people with unique health conditions. For example caffeine can cause higher blood pressures which would be detrimental for those with hypertension.

• Caffeine addiction is also well characterized and studied. This addiction is noticed with the well-studied effects of caffeine withdrawal. For many, going a day without caffeine can cause them to feel excessively sleepy throughout the day and fatigued with low motivation.

• According to this article, if you are trying to cut off caffeine intake, perhaps substitute decaf instead. With lower to no caffeine content, it was shown to ease the withdrawal symptoms that come with normally cutting caffeine cold turkey.

Do you drink coffee? How do you feel if you go without it?

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