National Coffee Day, Sept 29, for Users and Abusers

Millions suffer from caffeine, but many don’t realize the problems caused by brown liquids, including tea, coke, pepsi.  

1. Headaches: Tension, migraine and cluster types. Most physicians do not recognize caffeine to be the cause of headaches since many drug companies include caffeine as one of the ingredients to relieve the pain. But the headache results from withdrawal or dropping caffeine levels, just as smokers get symptoms when they try to quit. So coffee is prescribed for headaches the day after surgery. Anacin, Excedrin, APC, BC or Goody Powders, “cure” the headache, but maintain the addiction. The same may be said for Cafergot or Fiorinal sometimes prescribed for migraine.

People need to be willing to break their destructive habits and pay the price of withdrawal. If they want health, they have to suffer through the pain (taking Tylenol or Advil temporarily is o.k.), stop all caffeinated pills or beverages, so that when the headache is gone, the addiction is broken and they have eliminated the most common cause of headaches! Birth control pills or hormones are also a common cause of headaches as any PDR shows (Physician’s Desk Reference that most libraries have as a reference).

2. Stomach troubles: Heartburn, gastritis, ulcers, hiatal hernia (GERD). Caffeine is one of the most powerful stimulants of gastric acid. Caffeine supports the antacid industry of Tums, Rolaids, Mylanta, and expensive drugs like Tagamet, Zantac, Pepcid, and Axid. Guidelines for these expensive drugs indicate they should not be used regularly except for 4-6 weeks to cure an ulcer, but millions who (ab)use beverages, foods and analgesic drugs which irritate the stomach, take these drugs continuously, thus adding to the high cost of medical care, and lately Zantac has been linked to cancer.

Drugs are more dangerous than people know; pharma never does long-term studies—they don’t want to know the results.

3. Sleep Disorders and Insomnia. Sleeping pills are big business, thanks to caffeine’s effects of slower to sleep, shallow sleep and easy wakefulness. Many who don’t think they have a problem, but discover they sleep better without it.

4. Nervous disorders: Millions of Americans are addicted to tranquilizers, and their need for nerve pills began with their addiction to caffeine which stimulates the nerves. Then they want something to calm them. A tragic cycle of foolishness that is easier to prevent than cure. Many caffeine users have anxiety–the most common cause for tranquilizer Rx’s in America. Every day countless patients in doctor’s offices are given Valium, Xanax, Ativan and other costly Rx’s to cope with nervous problems, with scarcely a thought that patients develop this need by using caffeine.

Hyperventilation and panic attacks are seen daily in any emergency room. The cause is usually unknown, but questioning uncovers caffeine as a factor in most of these cases.

5. Cardiovascular problems: Caffeine speeds the heart rate and therefore raises the blood pressure. It causes abnormal beating (premature ventricular contractions) and lowers the threshold for ventricular fibrillation, a fatal arrhythmia if not defibrillated quickly. These are reasons why it is not allowed in coronary care units. It also elevates triglycerides (blood fat levels).

6. Cancer: The fourth leading cancer cause of death is pancreas and in a major study published 3-12-1981 in the New England Journal, caffeine had a strong correlation. In a Harvard health newsletter, bladder cancer in women was found to be 2.5 times more frequent in women who drank 2-3 cups of coffee per day. Colon cancer is also increased.

7. Birth defects: The most common defect (cleft palate or hare lip) is linked to caffeine. The Food and Drug Administration advises pregnant women to avoid all caffeine because of premature births and low birth weight. Animal studies show increased risk of birth defects.

8. Fibrocystic disease of the breast. Medical textbooks recognize the role of caffeine in causing this most common reason for breast surgery, mammograms, etc. Fibrocystic disease is also a risk factor for breast cancer.

9. Blood Chemistry: Caffeine elevates blood sugar and probably catecholamine levels. These are “excitement” hormones.

10. Osteoporosis in women, more caffeine makes thinner bones.

11. Bad Habit Glue is what Dr. Pavlov, famous Russian scientist, called coffee. Most Americans could not wake up and face the day because their lifestyle is so abusive, but caffeine whips their nerves and they charge off to work in a state of stress that most of the day.

Caffeine is also a major reason why smokers are unable to quit tobacco, because tobacco stimulates the nerves and the person needs a smoke to calm them. The 5-Day Plan to Stop Smoking has shown it is easier to quit both tobacco and caffeine, than to quit only smoking. After considering the evidence against caffeine, it is time to quit!

Tips on Quitting
1. Choose to be free. The brain is programmed to accomplish what we choose. If we choose to give up something that is against us, the creative powers of the mind will seek to accomplish it.

2. Substitute non-caffeinated beverages. Use cereal coffees like Postum, Pero and Breakfast Cup, and fruit juices instead of colas, and herb teas instead of Lipton, etc.

3. Try Tylenol or Advil for withdrawal headache or see a physicians for a prescription containing no caffeine.

4. Ask God for help and healing. Choose to follow truth and right principles. Caffeine is a Drug: Say No to Drugs!

Source: http://LeadingCauseOfDeathPrescriptionDrugs.com

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