Most people drink coffee, even I do. Maybe you only have one in the morning, or perhaps you drink more throughout the day to keep awake and alert.

Some people “need it”, and for some it’s just a social thing on the weekend.

About this time last year I was on a mountain in Chile and realised my own coffee addiction…when our supply ran out!! It seemed a bit unreasonable to go back down the mountain, seven hours on horseback, for a refill. My love of coffee used to extend beyond the taste and need. Once I gave up coffee and felt like life was so boring….ridiculous! It’s just an addiction, let’s be clear.

I used to have a client who drank 30 cups of coffee a day, when I asked him to drop it down to one in the morning, he was speechless.

While most people don’t drink that much, anything over one a day is too much! Why?

Caffeine has a way of impacting our hormone profile, and not in a good way.

Caffeine is a powerful drug on our nervous system, stimulating the stress response known as the fight or flight response. It also triggers the adrenal glands to release adrenalin, which keeps our nervous system in red alert.

This response is triggered because our body thinks we are running from mortal danger (rather than just sipping on a latte) and it prepares our body by getting all the extra fuel it needs to escape this danger.

Our body has two sources of fuel, fat and glucose. When we are in the fight-flight, then our body will only use glucose for fuel.

This happens because our body needs quick bursts of energy, not the sustained and steady release we get when burning fat for fuel. If our fuel tank of glucose is running low, that's easily fixed, your body simply triggers your cravings so you eat more sugar. Insulin levels spike to remove excess sugar, and within a few hours you’re more tired than before the coffee, so you need another, or a biscuit – or both! 

Plus insulin is a fat storage hormone, and it particularly loves to deposit the fat around the waist, giving you that wonderful spare tyre look.

If you already have issues with adrenal fatigue, thyroid gland disorder, or have PMS, this will exacerbate your hormone profile and symptoms.

Reduce the load on your body and nervous system, balance your blood sugar levels and create sustained energy – take a break from coffee

Switch to green tea at first to make it easier. Green tea has about 30 mg of caffeine, as opposed to an espresso which has about 80 mg.

Plus green tea provides antioxidants, improves liver function and has anti-cancer properties.

The client of mine on 30 cups of coffee a day? He cut it down to one a day (surprisingly easy he said), had much more energy, his digestive problems subsided and allergy symptoms disappeared. Tweaking your diet can radically change your health.

If you want to know more about the impact your hormones have on your energy, mood, insomnia, weight gain, and overwhelm?

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