Less Coffee, Better Sleep

I think eventually we will make the same discovery about coffee that we did about alcohol: there are actually no upsides, only downsides. The sleep disruption for example, suggests that we might find a long-term link between coffee consumption and dementia.

Is there a universal sweet spot of not getting withdrawal symptoms and most of the benefits? Like the author and his morning-only coffee? I tried a cold turkey weekend and once a day but always went back to my addictive ways.

As someone who was a 30+ year 10cup (MokkaPot) a day consumer.. To someone who got Graves Disease, and had to take Carbimazole to calm my rampant Thyroids effects, and the discovery that Carbomazole+Caffeine == feeling very ill.. On the day I realised why I felt so ill in my stomach all the time, 30 mins after taking drugs, I went caffeine free, cold turkey.. There was no withdrawal at all.. I slept marginally better, but it’s questionable.. Years later, I sleep even better now my Thyroid is gone ( no more Carbimazole) and back on 10+ cups a day..

This is oh so important. I struggle with fatigue myself for pretty much all my life, and as soon as I did a 7 day detox diet with no coffee, I couldn't believe how my mood and energy went through the roof.

However, the 4 first days without coffee are incredibly tough. But I advice people trying it to understand themselves better.

Coffee is amazing and I won’t listen