Keeping Coffee At Bay

Someday I will make a healthier choice! Someday I will drink lesser coffee! All your someday leads to no days at all. Why not start today?

As a nutritionist I have encounter many different individuals. Those self confessed coffee addicts admit that they have more than a cup of coffee throughout the day and there is no way out of it. The extreme of the situation is 20 cups a day and I am not joking or exaggerating. There are also those who survive only on coffee and at times skip meals with just coffee as their only source of energy. How can one make a healthier and balance choice? Can we lose our dependent on coffee? 

The answers that I got in return are as interesting: 

• No Way! I lose focus when I miss my cup!
• I am not a coffee addict! You mentioned 20 cups! I consumed only 10% of it, one or two cups a day. That would make no harm right?
• I only start my day with coffee, i mix and match other drinks so no problem!
• Nooooo! I tried before! I experience coffee withdrawal symptoms like shivering body and shaky hands.
• I get nauseous if I don't start my day with coffee.
• I tried but the lack of energy is not worth it, so I gave up!  

You may laugh and say "uh-ah not me!" or maybe as of now red flags are raised as a reminder of the real you. How do I get off! What is the deal?

The deal?

• The liver needs more focus to process and breakdown caffeine intake and more than usual consumption will flood the system with more than it can handle.
• In case you didn't know caffeine is some kind of drug and it is something you can do without. (No wonder your body crave more of it each day!) 
• Excessive caffeine intake will strip the body cells of water that helps to balance our beauty and vitality. (Dry and dull skin? That's the sign...)    

How to get off coffee?

Follow our step by step! We suggest you get off slowly rather than jumping head-first or some called it "cold turkey". 

Day 1 & 2 : Cut your intake by half! If you are consuming 6 cups a day try 3 instead. 

                  Drink at the longest interval of time. Try sipping them slowly! 

Day 3: Hold steady to your 3 cups a day and try mixing in decaf coffee instead. 

Day 4: Cut down to 1 or 2 cups and exchange your usual coffee with full decaf and add in

           1 cup of caffeinated green tea

Day 5: Try starting off your day with 1 cup of decaf coffee and then slowly consume

           decaf green tea as well

Day 6 & 7 : Curb every coffee attack with a cup of decaf green tea or any kind of herbal                     tea.

If you need longer time go proceed to the next step do so! Progress slowly but surely. For those who are strong enough to accomplish day 7! Please accept our sincere salute for having strong resolve to break free from comfort zone on your journey to a healthier, sexier and better version of YOU! 

Cheers and see you soon 

Juice'd by G.I.Juicery Team.