Quote: (04-12-2016 10:31 AM)Brodiaga Wrote:
^If you avoid coffee, what do you drink instead? Let's say you have a habit of sitting in a coffee shop in the afternoon and working What do you get instead? Tea? Decaf?
I used to drink coffee in the afternoon up to maybe 4PM. Eventually I switched to green tea in the afternoon and now I do chamomile tea. Green tea has 1/8-1/4 the caffeine of coffee. Looks like Decaf is even better at 1/10-1/20. Chamomile is caffeine free.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifest...t-20049372
Chamomile also has the effect of calming the stomach and there's some evidence that it can be used to help treat insomnia.
http://www.europeanneuropsychopharmacolo...X/abstract
Speaking of Chamomile, I make my own "power tea" and megadose probiotics as soon as I start feeling the first hint of sickness coming on. The tea consists of chopped and boiled ginger root, turmeric (optional). After its warm I add a couple capfuls of apple cider vinegar, lemon or lime juice, and honey to mask the bitter taste, then stir. I'll add a bag of chamomile tea and let it soak, then sip it as it gets warm. It does a pretty good job of completely clearing out any mucus, opening the sinuses, and delivering some vitamin C.