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The easiest test I can think of given GPs description is to take your blood pressure, abstain from coffee for a week (?) and then take a new blood pressure. It'
by kqr 3y ago
The easiest test I can think of given GPs description is to take your blood pressure, abstain from coffee for a week (?) and then take a new blood pressure. It's not an RCT so it won't be definitive, but it may suggest to you whether further investigation is likely to pay off.
(Unless, of course, other confounders affect blood pressure unrelated to this effect. But for me personally, my blood pressure is usually fairly constant, at least compared to a 20 mmHg drop.
- caskstrength 3y ago> The easiest test I can think of given GPs description is to take your blood pressure, abstain from coffee for a week (?) and then take a new blood pressure. That entirely depends on how strong the caffeine dependency of OP is. For someone like me it would be anything but "easy" for first 2-3 days at least due to withdrawal symptoms (headache, poor concentration, tiredness).
- DennisP 3y agoSeveral months ago I saw a study claiming that decaf coffee prevents withdrawal symptoms, even if you know it's decaf. I was getting headaches pre-coffee in the morning, and tried it, and it worked so well I quit caffeinated coffee without any trouble. Just felt a little slow and sleepy the first week. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/02/14/decaf-kills-coffee-withdrawal-symptoms.html https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/02/14/decaf...
- caskstrength 3y agoThe article you linked says it _reduced_, not _prevented_ the symptoms in people who knew it was a decaf.
- DennisP 3y agoSorry, I misspoke, and that's my experience. I still had slight symptoms, but they were reduced by at least 90%. I'd found it pretty difficult to quit coffee before, but switching to decaf was effortless.