As I mentioned before in our Q & A, I am trying to help my body regulate itself through natural supplements and nutrition, if possible. In my reading I keep hearing meanie things about caffeine and its been enough for me to take the hint and go decaf for a while or always.
I already gave up soda so the only major source of caffeine I drink is in my coffee. Coffee is so enjoyable to me, I look forward to the warm drink, the smell in my house and the taste. So I am going to switch to decaf coffee. As you can see, a cup of coffee around me is a very common theme so this could be a great change for me to make for now.
But why!?
#1. As I mentioned before Im reading The Mood Cure by Julia Ross and she claims from her studies they have found that caffeine inhibits the brains levels of Serotonin and depletes some of the nutrients that are really important to my body regulating itself. This alone is worthy enough reason for me to switch to decaf right away. I really want to give my body all it needs right now to do its thing..... I love coffee, so I hope decaf will do the trick.
#2. I deal with this other bully called RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) sounds silly right? Well its no joke. Since I went off my medication its has gotten really aggressive. I never had it before I was pregnant and normally goes away after you deliver but mine didn't. I get it in waves usually a week or months at a time. Basically, no matter how tired or relaxed I am, when I lay in bed my leg ( mostly only effects one leg) has this incredible urge to move. Gosh I know this sounds silly. It is " a neurological disorder characterized by throbbing , pulling, ....sensations in the legs". It can take me 1-4 hours to fall asleep, kicking my leg the whole time. Ive tried so so so so many things to deal with it naturally but never had success. I have read that caffeine can affect this too! I am hoping between working out, eating changes, supplements and going decaf will help my body work this out.
Bye bye caffeine...hello headaches?
I just switched to decaf a few weeks ago. I had horrible headaches for about 4-5 days though I do feel better now. If you don't want the headaches, it might be a good idea to gradually taper down. Do half-caf this week, quarter-caf next and then quit.
ReplyDeleteMagnesium oil rubbed on your whole leg night and morning is incredible for late night RLS. Bonus magnesium helps with late night cravings as well. I found it was helpful with time and less caffeine helped me sleep like a newborn baby after our milk lets down! ;)
ReplyDelete10 Brownie points for leaving caffeine !
ReplyDeleteHere's 3 good websites with information on the health benefits of coffee http://www.nutritionbynature.com.au/1/post/2013/01/health-benefits-of-coffee-you-betcha.html http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/caffeine.shtml and http://www.livingthenourishedlife.com/2012/12/why-i-drink-coffee-every-day
ReplyDeleteHi kristin. I wasn't sure if I should comment on this or not. The thing is that my grandfather and dad has this to, and they have a "solution" that they claim work really well... I'm almost ashamed to tell you, because it sounds so silly. But they tie a piece of woolstring around their ankel. Its important that the string is made of 100 % wool. It also works on growingpains(that i have tried myself, and it really does work) It sounds to good to be true right? Maybe, but it cant hurt to try right?
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