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I used to drink two cans of Mountain Dew per day. I was 100% dependent upon it -- without my Mountain Dew I couldn't function at all. Anyway, I recently took a

I used to drink two cans of Mountain Dew per day. I was 100% dependent upon it -- without my Mountain Dew I couldn't function at all. Anyway, I recently took a few weeks off between jobs, and during that time, I decided to quit caffeine cold turkey as well. I feel great! Some benefits include: -Sleeping better -Being awake and functional in the morning, even before the caffeine kicks in -Having a consistent energy level throughout the day -24oz of soda/day is not healthy, so getting that out of my diet was definitely a good thing The only downside is that the startup I work for now has a tab with a number of local coffee shops that I can't take advantage of :(

tocomment 13y ago
Decaf?
- lostlogin 13y ago
  Depending on the place you get it, the label decaf often doesn't mean much. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17132260 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17132260
  - nasmorn 13y ago
    That is still at least a rediction by an order of magnitude. For normal consumers thats good enough
AmVess 13y ago
I think you are confusing quitting caffeine with reducing intake of HFCS. I used to (a long time ago) drink 2 liters+ of Coke at work. I switched to diet, but still caffeinated, and within two weeks, I felt like a new human being. Among everything you listed, I'll also add that I went from needing 8 hours of sleep at night to needing only 6.