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Warpy

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24. Caffeine (coffee), theophylline (tea) and theobromine (chocolate)
Fri Oct 7, 2022, 01:27 PM
Oct 2022

all have been shown to have protective effects on brain health and cardiovascular disease.

You just need to drink more tea or eat more chocolate to get the same wallop coffee delivers. I'm OK with that.

If you react badly to these things, eliminate them 8 hours before you usually go to bed. Their effects should be gone by then.

Also, you do tend to build up tolerance to these compounds. Stopping them suddenly will give you a ferocious headache. You will survive it, but you won't want to for a few days.

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Oh darn... Mike Nelson Oct 2022 #1
It appears to be the antioxidant, EGCG SheltieLover Oct 2022 #2
Thank you! Mike Nelson Oct 2022 #3
You are so welcome! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #5
Red tea or Oolong is similar but milder on stomach IbogaProject Oct 2022 #25
Good for people who can tolerate it. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #4
Maybe the caffiene? SheltieLover Oct 2022 #6
Oh, I love coffee and I also drink Coke. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #7
I love it, too! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #8
I didn't know it contained caffeine, I tried it because I thought it was supposed to be healthy Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #10
What's the difference between green tea and green tea extract? bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #9
I think the extract is just a condensed form of the good stuff SheltieLover Oct 2022 #13
The YouTube doctors are all over metabolic syndrome bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #18
I couldn't agree more!!! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #19
My urologist said I should stick with black tea due to kidney stone formation. woodsprite Oct 2022 #11
Might not be connected, but multigraincracker Oct 2022 #12
Excellent! 👏👏👏👏 SheltieLover Oct 2022 #15
After I got my pacemaker multigraincracker Oct 2022 #16
Thx for sharing this! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #17
Yes, I'm using the chewable one now. multigraincracker Oct 2022 #20
Awesome! Thx SheltieLover Oct 2022 #21
I get the combination multigraincracker Oct 2022 #22
Ty! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #23
Well then by all means, follow your practitioner's advice SheltieLover Oct 2022 #14
Caffeine (coffee), theophylline (tea) and theobromine (chocolate) Warpy Oct 2022 #24
I just stumbled on this. Gore1FL Dec 2022 #26
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