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Caffeine makes me sick

emmysmom — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:50:15 GMT

I love icea tea and recently bought a gallon of the Tradewinds unsweetened. I drank several gallons in a weeks time. I got really ill, with tummy cramps and muscle aches, like the flu. I am used to green tea, which is decaf..never gave it a thought. In my younger days, caffeine caused fibrocystic disease..guess I needed a reminder. Oh the joys of getting older, Ugh!

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gazelle77 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:52:46 GMT

I think I am the same way. I enjoy my two cups of coffee in the morning... but some mornings it just does not sit with me well.... good to listen to your body! Drink decaf herbal ice tea perhaps? I enjoy making Celestial brand vanilla sleepy time with chamomile and icing it as well as drinking it hot.

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Debbie1426 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:55:35 GMT

I think studies show that caffeine has more postives than negatives but it is an individual thing that affects people differently. All things in moderation tend to be OK.

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emmysmom — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 17:59:11 GMT

On 7/8/2014 gazelle77 said:
I think I am the same way. I enjoy my two cups of coffee in the morning... but some mornings it just does not sit with me well.... good to listen to your body! Drink decaf herbal ice tea perhaps? I enjoy making Celestial brand vanilla sleepy time with chamomile and icing it as well as drinking it hot.

Oh that sounds good..will give it a try, thanks!

http://flatulencecures.com/coffee-digestion

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redtabby — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:02:46 GMT

Green tea is not decaf unless is specifically says is it decaf. Many herbal teas are decaf, green tea is made from the same leaves as black tea.

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Mmsfoxxie — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:12:40 GMT

Strange thing about me is....regular coffee with caffeine makes me sick, nauseous, within 15 minutes of drinking it. Chocolate, I can eat all day long, lol.

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emmysmom — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:26:27 GMT

On 7/8/2014 redtabby said: Green tea is not decaf unless is specifically says is it decaf. Many herbal teas are decaf, green tea is made from the same leaves as black tea.

Thanks redtabby, I was drinking decaf green tea, didn't know it was from black tea though..think I'll just drink herbal from now on!

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emmysmom — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:27:22 GMT

On 7/8/2014 Mmsfoxxie said:
Strange thing about me is....regular coffee with caffeine makes me sick, nauseous, within 15 minutes of drinking it. Chocolate, I can eat all day long, lol.

I have always eaten chocolate ok, but will avoid it now. Not worth the pain!

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Meeras — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:38:53 GMT

caffeine have more positive effects..

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addiegal — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:40:35 GMT

On 7/8/2014 emmiesmom said:
On 7/8/2014 Mmsfoxxie said:
Strange thing about me is....regular coffee with caffeine makes me sick, nauseous, within 15 minutes of drinking it. Chocolate, I can eat all day long, lol.

I have always eaten chocolate ok, but will avoid it now. Not worth the pain!

I love, love , love chocolate! I have some every day...add cocoa powder to my smoothie. I hope you can have a small amount. But if it hurts you I think you should avoid it.

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LTT1 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 19:02:48 GMT

My list of foods without effects gets smaller and smaller! No tea/caffeine (drinking-- excedrin is OK) herbal teas/chocolate/eggs/milk/yogurt/aged cheeses/wine/alcoholic beverages/... the list goes on. What!!!??? Must I only eat healthy foods and drink water all of the time? YES... no fair! foul, I cry! That is what I must do in order to feel at my best. There is more on the "no-no" list but I won't bore you with it. The smaller list is the YES one.

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emmysmom — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 19:05:03 GMT

On 7/8/2014 addiegal said:
On 7/8/2014 emmiesmom said:
On 7/8/2014 Mmsfoxxie said:
Strange thing about me is....regular coffee with caffeine makes me sick, nauseous, within 15 minutes of drinking it. Chocolate, I can eat all day long, lol.

I have always eaten chocolate ok, but will avoid it now. Not worth the pain!

I love, love , love chocolate! I have some every day...add cocoa powder to my smoothie. I hope you can have a small amount. But if it hurts you I think you should avoid it.

Addie, I remember eating Hershey bars 6 at a time..those were the good ole days, lol. I can eat cocoa powder and add it to almond milk with some stevia. Also use it with heavy whipping cream in a blender, makes a perfect chocolate mousse! Thanks for the reminder! Hope all is well with you!

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151949 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 19:44:25 GMT

I think if I drank ""several gallons"" of anything in a week it would not sit very well. How many gallons are several gallons? Moderation is a good idea in most things.

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chickenbutt — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:48:55 GMT

Yikes! I would agree that massive quantities of ANYTHING is not ever a good choice.

That said, I have had caffeine sensitivity for decades. It not only gives me the bad shakes (it's not like a buzz that gives me energy. It's the icky shakes) but it used to cause me to grow cysts. It was about 30 years ago when I discovered this problem. I used to drink a bunch of sun tea back then in the summer and it was in the summer when I always got sick.

Had to go off the caffeine pretty much entirely. I do enjoy chocolate now and then and have the occasional diet Dr Pepper. Otherwise I don't drink coffee and only drink decaf tea.

IMO, caffeine is one of the things, much like sugar, that is pretty much toxic. I'd like to knock the qrap out of the guy that got my husband started on coffee. He never liked coffee and only about 10 years ago did somebody get him to try coffee with all that garbage in it. Now he drinks it but I've tried to get him to not drink it every day OR in large quantities. He's one who does everything to the extreme. It's all or nothing with him. But;, hopefully, he's not drinking as much as he was for a while. He has blood pressure issues and some of the things that a guy in his 60s will experience, in addition to T2D. Caffeine is not something he needs to be doing.

I didn't even know it was coffee with a bunch of junk in it until he told me one day that he stopped getting it at 7-11 and started going to Starbucks because 'theirs has a lot less sugar and carbs in it'. I said 'HUH??? Coffee doesn't have sugar or carbs in it'. Well, apparently the stuff he's drinking does. yikes. I guess you can't protect them from themselves but I worry some.

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willdob3 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 21:55:03 GMT

I'm in the camp that thinks you are drinking WAY too much of it. That much of anything other than water is likely to cause a problem.

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Ibby114 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:05:52 GMT

On 7/8/2014 emmiesmom said:
I love icea tea and recently bought a gallon of the Tradewinds unsweetened. I drank several gallons in a weeks time. I got really ill, with tummy cramps and muscle aches, like the flu. I am used to green tea, which is decaf..never gave it a thought. In my younger days, caffeine caused fibrocystic disease..guess I needed a reminder. Oh the joys of getting older, Ugh!

What are in the ingredients? Pre made teas most often contain lots of things besides just tea. Did you add any sweetening to it?

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Gingerone — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:34:47 GMT

Well I am allergic to coffee. The coffee beans. I have met only one other person who has this particular allergy. And I really like the smell of it. I always go down the coffee isle in the grocery store so I can smell it. lol

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Jackielee — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:49:47 GMT

I can't drink coffee, so I drink tea, any kind. No problems. However, a couple of years ago, I bought some bottled tea from Trader Joe's , a green tea type if I remember. Got very sick. I drink green tea all of the time. I don't know what else was in that tea , but there was something that didn't agree with me. May be the same thing with that Tradewind tea. I always say , be your own best detective. I still drink all kinds of tea, just not that tea. I also cannot eat In and Out hamburgers. Get sick everytime. Can eat every other kind of fast food burger but that one. Stomach problems everytime. And it's not the caffeine as I will only drink caffeinated tea, no herbal for this lady.

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Ibby114 — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 22:59:35 GMT

I can't drink many brands of pre made ice tea- so I started making my own!! They're so refreshing this time of year.

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emmysmom — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 00:16:03 GMT

On 7/8/2014 lovestoteach said:
My list of foods without effects gets smaller and smaller! No tea/caffeine (drinking-- excedrin is OK) herbal teas/chocolate/eggs/milk/yogurt/aged cheeses/wine/alcoholic beverages/... the list goes on. What!!!??? Must I only eat healthy foods and drink water all of the time? YES... no fair! foul, I cry! That is what I must do in order to feel at my best. There is more on the "no-no" list but I won't bore you with it. The smaller list is the YES one.

This would be me..my list is getting smaller too! Water is ok..healthier for me anyway! At least I know I'm not the only one, lol. Thanks all for your replies. I do feel a little better..its been several days now..at least I figured it out~