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I've never tried nor wanted to cut it out entirely, but I did want to reduce my intake so that when I did take it, I was not so tolerant of it and it's positive
by Ragib_Zaman 7y ago
I've never tried nor wanted to cut it out entirely, but I did want to reduce my intake so that when I did take it, I was not so tolerant of it and it's positive effects were more noticeable. Due to having built a tolerance and enjoying the taste, I would have coffee in the evenings, on weekends, and on workdays at least 3 on waking, midday and afternoon.
For the 2 months I've cut down pretty drastically - No caffeine after 4pm. Only taking it on workdays, at 11am and 3pm. 1 shot per coffee (no large size or double shots).
Surprisingly, I haven't noticed any real negative effects. I think it would be worse going totally to zero. Maybe you'll be able to get the benefits you want by a reduction without going cold turkey?
Another thing to do your own research on, but I also started having Theanine alongside my coffee, and I feel like it's functioning as intended in terms of reducing jittery-ness, some of the random mild muscle twitches I sometimes got with high caffeine/low sleep, and less of that heavy heartbeat I sometimes used to get. Unfortunately there's considerate overlap between when I started reducing my caffeine intake and also supplementing Theanine, so I don't know how much to attribute to what...
Also, decaf does not taste noticeably different to me. I started ordering decaf e.g. on weekends, and it's made surprisingly little difference. I did get a few comments when my friends noticed, but no negative pressure, most people tend to be sympathetic to someone trying to reduce their caffeine intake I've found.