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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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December 1, 1998
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5.25 x 1.16 x 8 inches
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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
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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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 ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.16 x 8 inches

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Sunflower

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

Very interesting and informative. Best book I've read in a while.

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 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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Helped me FINALLY kick the habit

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017

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I am very grateful for this book. The information in this book motivated to do what I didn't think I could do, is stop my significant caffeine habit.

Every thing else in terms of diet I could say "no" to but not caffeine. For decades. I started in high school and didn't stop.

I didn't realize it at the time but around 30 I had adrenal fatigue and it showed. In college I was experiencing crushing afternoon energy crashes.

I stopped taking coffee a long time ago but replaced it with green tea. Sure it's more mild but I was still getting effects.

Around 48 I started noticing funny things with my blood sugar. I also noticed the stress on my urinary tract. I was getting tired of the severe afternoon crashes that effected how much I got done in a day.

Then I learned about adrenal fatigue and how healthy adrenals are critical to a healthy menopause, I knew I had to rebuild my adrenals and give them a break. Part of that break was cutting out caffeine or almost to zero.

Now I am 50. I now only have decaf green in the morning...just one or two. Like 5-10 grams of caffeine compared to much more in the past. I am so much happier. I notice if I sleep well I don't even need any caffeine. My energy levels are smoother, my adrenals are getting healthier, I am not stressing my bladder like before, am I am no longer having blood sugar episodes. I am not losing water like before and I know I am having a healthy pre menopause. Caffeine is not good for menopausel women as it effects the hormones. In fact caffeine effects the whole hormonal system. Your life is in your hormones! I wanted a functioning hormone system so I finally gave it up. I am so glad I gave it up and wish I did it much earlier.

One thing I really regret is all those years of caffeine depleted my minerals. I didn't know this. I am sure I could have lived a more vibrant healthy life had I let go of caffeine earlier on.

I am now feeling a natural energy and it's so much more enjoyable than an artificial one. I use nutrition, ginseng, deep breathing to now enhance my energy than caffeine. My adrenals are probably still healing but it feels so good to just be natural.

I am still shocked how society won't see the damage it does. There are doctors who refuse to see the effects. There is no one in my life who is interested in the effects or believes it. So sad. They do not know how they are stressing their health!

Natural energy is so much more enjoyable that the artificial energy that just depletes you later.

THANK YOU THANK YOU

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A. Wright

Life Changing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 22, 2019

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I used to be a coffee drinker. I was having health problems and didn't even think it could be the coffee. I mean, how could it? Everyone drinks it. This book showed me how my digestion, sleep and state of mind were being affected. I was addicted and put it to just being tired in the mornings and afternoons. Tgese days i bounce out of bed without needing a cup of anythibg to get me going.

10 people found this helpful

IronDad2019

Life is better off the bean!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2017

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The bulk of the book comprises a wealth of information on the various ways that caffeine is such an incredibly harmful, toxic drug - I knew it was bad but didn’t realise just HOW bad! As a 5-coffee & 2 or more diet Coke addict, I was looking to cut down or quit...I took the cold turkey route while I was reading & wished I’d used the ‘Off the bean’ method - fatigue, headaches, you name it for almost 2 weeks! Illness at this point didn’t help (was it linked to quitting...?). However, it’s been almost 5 weeks now & I feel so much calmer. Yes, there are times when I’m exhausted & miss the ‘boost’ (stress response!) of a brew, but herbal teas & decaf tea/coffee - and no cola - do me just fine now. Highly recommended!

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Mihai Cioc

A must-have book in every house.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 29, 2018

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In this book, you can find the unanswered questions about your health related to caffeine based drinks and coffee itself, when you felt something wasn't right about the caffeine intake, what effects had on you and you blamed something else or have been treated for something which had a totally different cause. You will be amazed to find out the truth and this way to see how many lies are put on the internet to advertise coffee and related caffeine based drinks. This book goes very well with "Cortisol Connection: Why Stress Makes You Fat and Ruins Your Health - And What You Can Do about It" book and "The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution: A Proven 4-Week Program to Rescue Your Metabolism, Hormones, Mind & Mood". Unfortunately, this is not recognized yet and not taught in the medical system yet... which is a shame ....

5 people found this helpful

Lynn

NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE AWARE

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2018

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great book telling the truth about how people just say they only have 2 cups, which are great big mugs, stressors the kidneys and adrenals and brain and makes everyone dummer that drinks it, acid forming gut rotting addictive poison. So many times we hear coffee is good for us and prevents heart attacks, all lies, give it up for 6 months and see how different you feel as well as the tea, try giving it up for a few days and see the withdrawals that happen then you will know just how addiction works.

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Amazon Customer

Excellent book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2017

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Sick of always being tired
Sick of not sleeping properly
Sick of going to the toilet all the time
Sick of up and down energy
Fed up with tolerance issues
Buy this book
The only thing that worked for me is total abstinence
Caffeine is a powerful drug

12 people found this helpful

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