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Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug Paperback – December 1, 1998

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One of the most accomplished nutritional biochemists and medical writers in his field reveals the truth about caffeine and helps you kick the habit forever.

Nearly 80% of all Americans are hooked on caffeine, this country's #1 addiction. A natural component of coffee, tea and chocolate, and added to drugs, soft drinks, candy and many other products, the truth about caffeine is that it can affect brain function, hormone balance, and sleep patterns, while increasing your risk of osteoporosis, diabetes, ulcers, PMS, stroke, heart disease and certain types of cancer.

Discover a step-by-step, clinically-proven program that reduces your caffeine intake, and effective ways to boost your energy with nutrients, healthy beverages, better sleep and high-energy habits.
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Get ready to give up that morning latte and kiss cola goodbye. Here comes Caffeine Blues, by Stephen Cherniske, M.S., the first book to expose the dark side of America's No. 1 drug: caffeine. If you are one of the nearly 80 percent of Americans hooked on caffeine--a natural component of coffee, tea, and chocolate and a common ingredient in drugs, soda, candy, and other products--this book will be a wake-up call.

In Caffeine Blues, Cherniske, a nutritional biochemist with more than 25 years of academic research and clinical experience and author of the bestseller The DHEA Breakthrough, reveals the truth about caffeine and explains how to kick the habit forever. Cherniske discusses how caffeine affects the body and brain and why it can increase your risk of dozens of health disorders ranging from osteoporosis, diabetes, and PMS to hypertension and heartburn. After spending 300 pages documenting all of caffeine's evils, Cherniske finally offers a decaffeinated life line: "Off the Bean and on to Vitality," a step-by-step, clinically proven program to help readers kick the habit and boost energy levels naturally. --Ellen Albertson

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Nutritional biochemist Cherniske claims that people who consume more than 300 milligrams of caffeine per day are victims of caffeinism: a state of chronic toxicity resulting from excess caffeine consumption and a major contributing factor to heart disease, hypertension, stomach ailments, diabetes, and sleep disorders. Cherniske also warns that most coffee beans are contaminated by pesticides, which harm not only drinkers but also exposed agricultural workers. For conservationists, he highlights the effects of the pesticides on the land and water surrounding the plantations as well as the destruction of the rain forest to make room for coffee plantations. The presence of caffeine in over-the-counter medicines, candy, and soft drinks is stressed, especially in the addiction of children. Cherniske also suggests alternatives to caffeine and ways of quitting the habit. While his book is thought-provoking, its rhetoric is somewhat extreme. Not a necessary purchase.?Janet M. Schneider, James A. Haley Veterans Hosp., Tampa, FL
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Warner Books; 9th Printing edition (December 1, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 451 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0446673919
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0446673914
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.16 x 8 inches
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Back in 2019 i was consuming about 8 cups of straight black coffee a day, skipping breakfast, sometime eating a salad for lunch a decent dinner and then raiding the snacks and desserts at night. My hair was falling out, my skin was dry, my bones and muscles were weak, my mood was all over the place. I knew caffeine was a problem for me but couldn’t quit it. I ended up in the ICU for 5 days bc I suffered a stroke at the age of 33. To my doctors, i looked fine and they didn’t think the coffee caused it but i knew myself better than them. I quit drinking coffee and switched to black tea. I noticed i was still consuming too much even though i was feeling much better compared to when i was drinking 8 cups of coffee a day. I recently decided to just take the plunge and quit it all together, since i clearly just have an issue with caffeine all together. I bought this book and “Confessions of a Caffeine addict” to help me get through the withdrawals. I was only a few pages into this book and I was already convinced I would never touch the stuff again. I decided to quit cold turkey and haven’t had any caffeine in almost 3 weeks. That’s a miracle. I also placed an order with Teechino, i can’t wait to try allllll the flavors!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Caffeine may be the Culprit
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"Caffeine is a Trojan horse. It looks like a gift but instead delivers adrenal stress, low blood sugar, mood and energy swings, fatigue, depression, malnutrition and disturbed sleep." ~ pg. 94

If you have ever had a caffeine withdrawal headache then you are probably already aware of the addictive qualities of coffee or your favorite soda. Stephen Cherniske calls caffeine a psychoactive drug. In this intricately researched book he describes the effects of caffeine and explains why it might be the culprit. This drug can cause everything from insomnia to chronic pain. Stephen Cherniske also answers the following questions:

Is coffee really responsible for Monday morning heart attacks?
Can drinking coffee really cause accelerated aging?
Why is drinking coffee after a meal the worst thing you can do?
Is tea a better alternative?
Why do artificial sweeteners cause weight gain?
Can caffeine really damage your nervous system?

Until I read this book I thought of coffee as comforting. I don't drink it that often but now I think I'll try to avoid it altogether. Since I'm only drinking one to two cups of tea a day I think I'm on the safe side. When I do drink coffee I normally experience insomnia. The facts are that 100-300 milligrams of caffeine can cause a "disruption of sleep patterns."

I like the way Stephen Cherniske searches out the truth and then applies it to daily life. This book is filled with interesting case studies and even has a program to help you ease your way out of caffeine addiction without the headaches. After reading this book you may also find yourself thinking differently about guarana and yerba mate.

Pregnant women should definitely read this book. I had never considered that women could have "caffeine addicted babies." I'd also recommend this book to doctors, massage therapists and anyone in the health care industry. The information in this book could literally save your life or the life of someone you love. This book will be especially useful to anyone suffering from Heart Disease, Heartburn, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Ulcers, Headaches, Diabetes, Hypoglycemia, Asthma, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and Anemia.

If you are also interested in the topic of "anti-aging" then you may also want to read another essential book by Stephen Cherniske: The Metabolic Plan: Stay Younger Longer .

~The Rebecca Review
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Sunflower
5.0 out of 5 stars Depression is Gone
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2016
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I have been addicted to caffeine as long as I can remember. At five I remember being elated when my dad would bring Cokes home for me and my brother to drink. As a ten year old I remember drinking Pepsi, Coke, Mountain Dew, and Dr. Pepper. Most days I would go through 3 or 4 cans of soda each day. When I entered college I switched to Diet Coke because of my fear of calories. Then after my first career job after college I started drinking coffee. Lots of coffee. I managed to stop drinking all caffeine when I was pregnant with both of my children, but after their births I was back on my drug. I am 37, and my husband would comment on the enormous amount of caffeine I was consuming. This made me angry so I started lying about my caffeine consumption. How many cups of coffee did you have today? he would ask. I would say two, but really I had 4 or 5 through out my day. Big cups too. More like mugs. Eventually I started to feel lousy. I was short tempered, nervous, depressed, and I craved sugar all of the time. My asleep was horrible. I couldn't sleep very well, and never felt rested no matter how many hours of sleep I got. I kept looking up online. Is caffeine bad for you? I would ask Google for answers. Most of the articles confused me. Some said yes, some said no, and most said nothing really. It was a gray area it seemed. However, I felt deep down the coffee was killing me so I stopped. I went cold turkey. I don't recommend cold turkey. I had splitting headaches, nausea, and I could not concentrate on anything. Then eventually after three days I started to feel better. I found this book, and purchased it. It confirmed exactly what I thought. I was killing myself with caffeine. I am now one month free of caffeine. I have lost 6 pounds, I sleep better at night, and my depression is gone. If you are curious about caffeine being bad then I suggest you read this book. I am amazed how my depression has lifted. Sometimes I find myself smiling for no reason. I was not draining my coffee cups, my coffee was draining me.
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F. Gibbons
5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting and informative. Best book I've read in a while.
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2019
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I stopped caffeine and in a couple of days it had such a profound impact on how I felt, I bought this book to understand what was happening. I was never a big coffee drinker, usually not more than a couple cups a day. But I must be very sensitive to it because things like anxiety and anger went away so quickly in the absence of caffeine. I used to often wake up angry or feeling depressed and when I had my couple cups of coffee I felt much better.

Everybody is not the same. My mother is 99 and has always been a coffee drinker (black!) and she's the healthiest person I've ever known. She does have dementia at this point and I wonder if it's from a lifetime of having reduced blood flow to her brain which is one effect of caffeine.

The book was published 20 years ago and most of the research is from the 90s and 80's. I don't think that invalidates it though. And there is a ton of research cited in this book. It would almost seem like a text book if not for the author's writing which is always easy to understand and even entertaining.

Caffeine keeps you in fight-or-flight mode all the time. Even non-threatening situations can leave you feeling anxious and hyper-vigilant. After only a couple of days of caffeine I found myself smiling or laughing about nothing in particular. No wonder people are always fighting and arguing. I'm sure that it's due to so many people being addicted to caffeine in this country and around the world.

Another surprise was cravings for alcohol and other substances were greatly lessened. If caffeine is the cause of your anxiety/depression, you can end up doing other drugs to feel better, when all you really need to do is quit the caffeine.

As the author says more than once in the book, you can give it up for two months (the amount of time it takes for the stress hormones to get back to normal operation) and if you don't like the result you can always go back to caffeine. I've been off it for one month now and I can't imagine why I would want to go back.
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Fausto Paiva
5.0 out of 5 stars Mostra os malefícios do café
Reviewed in Brazil on February 14, 2024
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Entenda porque o café é algo que deveria ser evitado.
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Karen
5.0 out of 5 stars A poison we think is healthy
Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2024
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This book is as new and $15 less than the purchase price.
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Caffeine is not an Energy drink but a poison that attacks the adrenal glands and puts the body in a state of emergency. A fix is not a health drink. It's a drug addiction.
It blocks over 50% of blood to frontal lobe, where you think. Lowers your IQ. Yikes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars sehr gut!
Reviewed in Germany on January 6, 2024
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Sehr gut, wertvolle Information für Gesundheit , Psyche und Wohlbefinden! Hat mir sehr geholfen, nicht nur vom Kaffee wegkommen, sondern auch mein Körper bewusster wahrzunehmen etc.
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PABLO CÉSPEDES CALDERÓN
5.0 out of 5 stars Increible
Reviewed in Spain on December 6, 2023
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Increíble como la mayoría de médicos ignoran esta información.
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Michal Maternicki
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolute eye opener.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2023
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The book is written in easy to understand language yet based on ton of thorough, medical research. Made me understand why many things in my health didn't work.

It convinced me to slowly wean myself off the coffee and as soon as I dramatically reduced amount I drink, I noticed much better sleep pattern and my hair stopped falling out after two weeks. The only culprit in this case was the caffeine itself!

On my way to caff-free life!
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