Benefits of quitting a caffine addiction?
Question by RavenAnaLolita: Benefits of quitting a caffine addiction?
A month ago i decided to quit cold turkey my bordering dangerous caffine addiction, completely out of the blue and haven’t touched it sinse. For some reason i haven’t experienced any withdrawal symptoms and i barely miss it.
However i was wondering what the benefits of quitting it are, i heard it improves your skin, is that true? what other benefits are there?
Best answer:
Answer by Summer
Some side effects that you will avoid due to quitting caffeine are:
1. Panic attacks. Caffeine keeps us up because it triggers the fight-or-flight mechanism in our bodies. But after heavy doses of caffeine and after many hours of it being in our system, the fight-or-flight instinct gets reduced to panic attacks. Your hands become shaky, your skin sweaty, and you always expect bad things to happen to you.
2. Addiction. Caffeine is addictive. Once we get into the habit of getting our caffeine fix, our body begins to crave the boost that we get from it. If we fail to get the dose of caffeine that our body has adapted to, we become irritable, tired, and even depressed.
3. Dehydration. One would think that since coffee is liquid, it can hydrate you. Actually, the caffeine in coffee and any other foodstuffs that has it is linked with dehydration. That is mainly because of caffeine’s diuretic properties.
4. PMS. Women who drink a lot of coffee and eat a lot of chocolates tend to experience premenstrual syndrome more acutely than women who do not. The headaches, the bloated feeling and the belly cramps become keener with the added consumption of caffeine.
5. Emotional fatigue. Caffeine wakes up the body, but what it fails to do is to tell the body when to stop moving and simply rest. The body needs rest and when the body does not get it, it can lead not just to physical tiredness but also emotional fatigue.
You will also find that you have better skin, nails and hair, more restful sleep and also you can avoid some tummy pains and headaches that too much caffeine can cause.
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