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The Decaf Diet: Is Caffeine Making You Fat? Paperback – August 21, 2010

by Eugene Wells (Author)

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In The Decaf Diet, Eugene Wells explains how coffee, tea, soda, and chocolate are making a large contribution to the obesity epidemic. Wells explains how caffeine drives overeating while hindering weight loss, and in doing so he empowers readers to decide for themselves just to what extent caffeine should control their waistlines.

   In The Decaf Diet you will learn:
   How caffeine makes you overeat,
   How caffeine reduces your muscle mass,
   How caffeine slows your metabolism,
   How caffeine keeps your stress levels elevated,
   How caffeine keeps your insulin levels elevated,
   How caffeine can negatively affect thyroid function,
   How you can painlessly decrease or eliminate your caffeine intake for rapid weight loss,
   How to reduce caffeine's fattening properties when you choose to use it, and
   How optimizing your caffeine intake can make a huge difference in the way you look and
    feel.

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Product Details

Paperback: 266 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (August 21, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1453755063
ISBN-13: 978-1453755068
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,756,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #40 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Nutrition > Caffeine
- #10668 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Other Diets

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful

Well researched!

By LegalBeagle on December 5, 2010

Format: Paperback

As someone who would like to lose a few pounds I was intrigued by Eugene Wells' provocative book The Decaf Diet: Is Caffeine Making You Fat? I admit to being a little skeptical as I had never heard that caffeine could negatively affect one's weight. However, after reading this well documented book (it includes over 70 pages of reference notes!) I am convinced.

According to Wells: "caffeine is at odds with weight loss because it decreases our feelings of satiety, contributes to overeating, and also decreases our energy expenditure while at rest." Nor is weight gain the only side effect, caffeine also:

* Reduces muscle mass;
* Slows the metabolism;
* Elevates stress levels;
* Elevates insulin levels; and
* Negatively impacts thyroid function.

And if you think that being a tea drinker is any better -- think again! Wells states that regular tea is, in fact, even worse than coffee. Apparently, caffeinated tea (including green tea) contains large amounts of fluoride which can alter thyroid function.

After laying out the case why caffeine is harmful, Wells includes three decaf plans: gradual reduction; cold turkey; and optimal caffeine use (for those who want to continue to caffeine in moderation). As a caffeine lover, I paid particular attention to the last plan. Nowadays, I still have my morning java break, but I do, more often than not, skip the second cup. This, I think, is a start!

The Decaf Diet is a well researched book that may just convince you to grab a nice cup of herbal tea instead of the usual coffee and a muffin.

Review copy provided courtesy of the publisher.

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful

Explains how caffeine can make you fat and sick

By tbone on September 26, 2011

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This is a very good book about caffeine and how it can make you gain weight and especially inflammatory fat in the belly through its effect on cortisol and insulin, two very important hormones. The author explains how caffeine causes insulin resistance, elevates stress hormones which can have a catabolic effect, affects leptin negatively and elevates insulin and increases hunger leading to overeating and weight gain and its associated problems. The author also discusses caffeine addictiveness and the withdrawal syndrome, which keeps people hooked.

He makes recommendations on how to quit, beverage substitutes etc and includes an optimal use strategy for people who do not want to quit or want to just cut down. This includes eating fruits and vegetables for their cortisol blunting vitamin c and not eating sugar or other things with coffee and keeping intake low. I'm not so sure how effective this particular advice is, in that I was never able to keep a reduced caffeine intake for long, as it would slowly creep up. I always took coffee solo (and have read the opposite advice that one should always include starchy food with coffee to lessen its hypoglycemic effect) because it gave a better buzz. I still had the belly issue and had difficulty controlling intake and other problems while getting as low as 6 ounces of coffee daily with no other sources of caffeine (and had terrible withdrawal from this amount).

I think the book "caffeine blues" suggestion to and emphasis on quitting completely is more realistic as the tendency is to consume more and it becomes a struggle and you will still have negative effects from the lesser amount and you are essentially maintaining the addiction.Read more ›

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful

An educational look at something we overconsume

By jennya2 on August 28, 2010

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The author makes convincing arguments not just for the weight loss benefits of reducing caffeine intake but also about the many other harmful effects of caffeine (e.g., the ways in which caffeine dangerously tampers with the body's cortisol and insulin levels). This is a book that makes us re-examine the conventional thinking on caffeine. After reading Michael Pollan's excellent book "Omnivore's Dilemma," I never looked at my dinner the same way again. I can say the same about this book and my morning cup of caffeine.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

This book will open your eyes!

By John Ryan on May 30, 2013

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I read just about every affordable diet and fitness book that comes out. So I almost know what some books are going to say before even reading them. But, I hope to get a few new bits of information that will help me understand all the incrediable fatness I see everywhere. (Including my extra 20 to 30 lbs.)

Wow, what an eye opener! Yes I really believe caffeine is a big contributor. Years ago I lost 40 lbs. on Atkins. Over several years I gained it back. (Atkins says...no caffeine.) My first time on Atkins, I followed the program and lost the weight.. The second, third and fourth times I did ok with Atkins but never returned to my original success. Now I think I know the reason. Only on my first Atkins diet did I follow the no caffeine rule. I just thought..."Coffee has no calories, I like it, I'll drink it." Big mistake and now I think the reason Atkins worked so well the first time.

I highly recommend this book, especially if you are a big coffee or soda drinker and have tried just about everything to lose that extra 20 to 60 extra pounds.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Excellent information

By Karen Ballentine on April 10, 2013

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I really truly did not want to read that coffee could make you fat but believe the author has done his homework. I started drinking iced coffees nearly every day with a small amount of almond milk and stevia and gained weight for the first time in years. I quit drinking coffee and the weight dropped back off. This book explained why and did so in a way that was easy to understand.

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If you are serious about your health then you should ...

If you are serious about your health then you should read this book . It does labour the message a bit however it is well researched and does make a lot of sense . Read more

Published 5 months ago

excellent book, I highly recommend this if you consume an abundance of...

Eugene Wells has written a must read book debunking many of the myths associated with caffeine. His sections on how caffeine affects our hormones including cortisol, thyroid,... Read more

Published 12 months ago by Jean Marie

Alright

Has been interesting so far but has a lot of redundant and unnecessary verbage as filler - could have probably been written in half the amount of pages making it far more... Read more

Published 17 months ago by Goddess Shadow

I liked the book

I enjoyed the writing. It's a balanced and informative. The author explored the issue without a prior agenda, and his conclusions are interesting. Read more

Published 17 months ago by Anna G

Big Surprize

This book really motivated me to get off caffeine. I'm on day five without coffee, tea or cola and I found it helps to use a massager in the morning to wake me up, and take Royal... Read more

Published 18 months ago by WM

worth reading

Interesting and informative. Would recommend it if in interested in learning about caffeine. Its a tough drug to quit using.

Published 21 months ago by Michael Calzavara

Interesting read.

I love coffee but also have suspected it was a contributing factor to weight gain.....contrary to other things I've read that coffee helps you lose weight. Read more

Published 22 months ago by corinac

Yes, caffeine is making me fat

Enlighting!!! Found ir ver y clear and constructive. Should be mandatory to school children. No more caffeine for our children!!!

Published 22 months ago by Carlos H. Rodriguez

Interesting Read

I couldn't resist the title of this book & there's much good info here how different things we eat/drink affect our health. Read more

Published 22 months ago by NHBunion

Be Informed!!!

I do not have a weight problem but was feeling rather crappy/tired/hungry even after an hour or so of eating. Couldn't figure it out. Read more

Published on June 24, 2013 by sandyo

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