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Oh wow, I'm surprised that this is not common knowledge given how common coffee is. I didn't even know it was a thing. File me under "A cup of coffee feels lik

Oh wow, I'm surprised that this is not common knowledge given how common coffee is. I didn't even know it was a thing. File me under "A cup of coffee feels like a small dose of MDMA"

seper8 2y ago
Lucky you! LOL. Hope it doesnt come with the nasty comedown :P
- wnolens 2y ago
  It's a thin silver lining. I can't have coffee multiple days in a row, else I'll experience panic attacks (and in that moment i think I'm going to die, nearly reaching for a phone to call 911). And can't partake in coffee ~95% of the time (friends don't have decaf, a ton of nicer coffee shops don't either, and often decaf is neglected so i'm drinking black water). I still love the taste of coffee, so i've kinda been robbed of that unless i'm at home and can make it myself.
aantix 2y ago
1) Slow metabolizers of caffeine have an increased risk of hypertension or a cardiac event with coffee consumption. Whereas fast metabolizers may have net positive health benefits from coffee consumption. 2) We genuinely lack fidelity on so much subjects that we confidently pontificate about. I've read several reports that coffee is a "net positive". Imagine niavely following that advice your entire life only to realize you're a slow metabolizer and you've been increasing your risk by consuming? There probably so many aspects to our lives that have genetic components that no one knows about or acknowledges. Even to the point where people will shame others. "I don't understand, I can drink a whole pot of coffee before bed and sleep like a baby. You'll be fine." "I don't understand, why can't you just eat less and exercise more and then maybe you wouldn't be a fatty?" They have no clue.
embwbam 2y ago
For anyone else who discovers they are a fast metabolizer of coffee: try eating a big breakfast before drinking coffee to slow absorption. I wanted to be a coffee drinker for YEARS, but it made me really high, and I felt super tired later in the day. I don't know why I didn't connect the dots until I searched my genome, but once you know whether you are a fast or slow metabolizer you can play all sorts of games. I can now drink coffee before dinner, and the crash hits right at bedtime.
- BeFlatXIII 2y ago
  For me, I found the secret was eating anything other than cereal (or egg & toast) for breakfast. Those seem to make me jittery. Eating something like yesterday's dinner leftovers for breakfast turns the coffee into an on switch instead of leaving me exhausted but adding jitters and sleeplessness.

Oh wow, I'm surprised that this is not common knowledge given how common coffee is. I didn't even know it was a thing. File me under "A cup of coffee feels like a small dose of MDMA"

seper8 2y ago

Lucky you! LOL. Hope it doesnt come with the nasty comedown :P

wnolens 2y ago
It's a thin silver lining. I can't have coffee multiple days in a row, else I'll experience panic attacks (and in that moment i think I'm going to die, nearly reaching for a phone to call 911). And can't partake in coffee ~95% of the time (friends don't have decaf, a ton of nicer coffee shops don't either, and often decaf is neglected so i'm drinking black water). I still love the taste of coffee, so i've kinda been robbed of that unless i'm at home and can make it myself.

aantix 2y ago

1) Slow metabolizers of caffeine have an increased risk of hypertension or a cardiac event with coffee consumption. Whereas fast metabolizers may have net positive health benefits from coffee consumption. 2) We genuinely lack fidelity on so much subjects that we confidently pontificate about. I've read several reports that coffee is a "net positive". Imagine niavely following that advice your entire life only to realize you're a slow metabolizer and you've been increasing your risk by consuming? There probably so many aspects to our lives that have genetic components that no one knows about or acknowledges. Even to the point where people will shame others. "I don't understand, I can drink a whole pot of coffee before bed and sleep like a baby. You'll be fine." "I don't understand, why can't you just eat less and exercise more and then maybe you wouldn't be a fatty?" They have no clue.

embwbam 2y ago

For anyone else who discovers they are a fast metabolizer of coffee: try eating a big breakfast before drinking coffee to slow absorption. I wanted to be a coffee drinker for YEARS, but it made me really high, and I felt super tired later in the day. I don't know why I didn't connect the dots until I searched my genome, but once you know whether you are a fast or slow metabolizer you can play all sorts of games. I can now drink coffee before dinner, and the crash hits right at bedtime.

BeFlatXIII 2y ago
For me, I found the secret was eating anything other than cereal (or egg & toast) for breakfast. Those seem to make me jittery. Eating something like yesterday's dinner leftovers for breakfast turns the coffee into an on switch instead of leaving me exhausted but adding jitters and sleeplessness.