Quitting caffeine

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/water-drinks.aspx

The European Food Safety Authority recommends that women should drink about 1.6 litres of fluid and men should drink about 2.0 litres of fluid per day. That's about eight glasses of 200ml each for a woman, and 10 glasses of 200ml each for a man.

However, the amount a person needs to drink to avoid getting dehydrated will vary depending on a range of factors, including their size, the temperature and how active they are. So, for example, if you're exercising hard in hot weather you'll need to drink more. All drinks count, including hot drinks such as tea and coffee, but water, milk and fruit juices are the healthiest. It is best to avoid alcoholic drinks.
 
sven256 said:
http://ajpregu.physiology.org/content/283/5/R993

There is no evidence you need that amount, I can pull up lots and lots of papers. But as stated If does vary depending on body size and amount of activity, but this is not massive amounts.
Although knowing the GD, I would normally recommend at least 6-7L.

If I can find it tomorrow, there is some other newer evidence that too much can be bad for the proteins in the brain. By too much water this mean over many years.
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The recommendation used to be 8x8 of water on top of other liquids main,y because it was easy to remember, if you were American of course...the evidence now shows (in that paper also) that it can be any liquid (within reason) not just water. And water toxicity is rare, but happens..you do have to drink extraordinary amounts though or have other health problems.


I drink when I'm thirsty for the most part, which is about 2-3 litres a day, mostly water, but then I don't drink much of anything else. As I said, the amounts were given to me by health professionals, most importantly a urological consultant (three of them) who said it can be made up of any liquids, tea, coffee, milk, water, fruit juice...I'm inclined to follow his advice. One other thing I was told was that it is surprising how many people go through life being mildly dehydrated and confusing thirst with hunger, even though they are separate mechanisms.

And no, it doesn't include whatever water I may get from food, because that generally only makes up around 15-20% of your overall fluid intake.
 
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I quit all caffeine and sugar in drinks I only drink de-caff tea and coffee or water now. I have never felt better tbh although going cold turkey on caffeine and sugar in around 16-20 hot drinks a day made me go a bit mental for a few weeks.
 
I could go without caffeine but I get quite the headache if I go more than 1 day without atleast 1 cup :S - only caffeine intake is from tea - 1-5 cups a day depending on what I'm doing, try to keep it to more like 1-2.
 
not sure what would happen without my 3 heaped tsp a day morning mug of coffee, prolly just go back sleep another 2 hours :)
 
People who regularly drink coffee eventually get used to it, and don't actually gain anything from drinking it. Without it they start to suffer side effects, and the coffee they drink simply reliefs the side effects.
So a non coffee drinker will feel the same as a frequent coffee drinker.
 
Maybe 3 cups a day, possibly more at the weekends but i dont drink coffee after 1600 if i can help it and i only drink freshly ground from a batch i attempt to roast myself on a Sunday for the week. No sugar needed.

If the evening i am hook on Teapigs green tea and there roasted green tea which i have forgot the name of.
 
sven256 said:
It's a very large amount of water to be drinking per day, and that's not the the recommended amount. The recommended amount is around that, but that's including food intake.

You should be getting a lot of your water from food. Even things such as sugars have a hell of a lot of water.
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I'm afraid you've been misinformed :)

Don't worry it's a common misconception.
 
Nutella33 said:
its not the caffeine that was the problem if you really do just have 1g a day (about 5 espressos) you are drinking monsters.

it was the sugar downer. I've done no coffee before but I wouldnt want to again, Happy riding the dragon thank you.
just drink water or something high in vit C (not concentrated juice) as a replacement. the Low's are easier but you still get the sugar ups.
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Indeed - it is very lifestyle/diet dependent too. I'd keep away from fruit juices too really. Drink water - if you don't like water, add some low sugar flavouring to it.

The initial "downer" is just your body's reliance and dependence on the energy drinks it also messes with your adnesoine receptors - once you remove caffeine your neurotransmitters take a bit of a hit, but a week or so will be back to normal and you'll be able to "function" without reliance on coffee.
 
Strictly speaking you need a minimum of ... (400 x √(height [cm] x weight ([kg]/3600))+(12 x weight [kg]) - naturally that changes if it's hotter or you are more active.
 
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Never had a problem cutting down from at least six cups during the day (strong). I do start the day with a coffee then keep the caffeine intake down to a minimum and do drink quite a lot of water.
 
Easiest way to get over coffee addiction is to drop you intake by 1 cup each week.

I recently did this and switched over to decaf, but unfortunately ran out and I'm now on the hard stuff again :/
 
I quit coffee about 2 years ago, felt amazing for it but missed the flavour so now I have one cup of good quality coffee in the morning and the rest is water.

I love it too much to say goodbye forever!
 
I have a real coffee in the morning then a decafe mid morning, a real one after lunch and a decafe mid afternoon.

Real one when I get home in the evening (or maybe a cup of tea).

So that's about 3 cups per day.
 
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