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How to minimise coffee consumption

Why cutting back on coffee?

Too much coffee may cause:

  • Jitters, anxiety, or restlessness

  • Poor sleep quality

  • Energy crashes and dependency

  • Digestive upset or acid reflux

  • Hormonal or adrenal stress

Step 1: Cut Back Gradually

  • Reduce by ½ cup every three days instead of stopping abruptly.

  • Switch from large mugs to smaller cups.

  • If you drink multiple cups, replace the second or third with alternatives first.

Step 2: Hydrate First

  • Start your day with a big glass of water with lemon juice

  • Dehydration can mimic fatigue — this makes you crave more caffeine.

  • Add lemon, cucumber, or mint for extra refreshment.

Step 3: Try Healthier Alternatives

Replace one coffee at a time with:

  • Green tea → gentler caffeine + antioxidants

  • Matcha → smoother energy release

  • Chicory root or dandelion coffee → rich, coffee-like flavour, naturally caffeine-free

  • Golden milk (turmeric latte) → calming and anti-inflammatory

  • Rooibos or herbal teas (chamomile, peppermint, ginger)

  • Naturally flavoured water (with lemon, cucumber, or mint)

Step 4: Support Natural Energy

  • Eat a protein-rich breakfast to avoid mid-morning slumps.

  • Include complex carbs + healthy fats for stable blood sugar.

  • Get morning sunlight and gentle movement (walk, stretches) for a natural wake-up.

  • Take short breaks during work to prevent energy dips.

Step 5: Mind Your Timing

  • Avoid coffee after 2 pm to protect sleep quality.

  • If you are going to drink coffee, enjoy it alongside food (not on an empty stomach) to reduce jitters and slow down its effects.

Step 6: Listen to Your Body

  • Notice how you feel with less coffee: calmer, steadier energy, better sleep.

  • Track changes in mood, focus, or digestion in a journal.

  • Celebrate small wins — even cutting down by one cup is progress! You may want to check out Atomic Habits - by James Clear.

Need Support?

Reducing caffeine is easier with guidance and tailored strategies for your lifestyle. To create a personalised plan for steady, natural energy:

12 undesirable facts about coffee

In this section you can find some undesirable facts related to coffee and caffeine. If you are curious to know them, continue reading this section.

  1. Caffeine is a natural pesticide in coffee plants, designed to kill insects by damaging their cells.

  2. MRI scans show that just one cup of coffee can reduce brain blood flow by up to 45%.

  3. Long-term coffee drinkers show brain deterioration similar to alcoholics, smokers, Parkinson’s patients, and marijuana users.

  • Coffee can trigger bowel movements because the body treats caffeine as a toxin it wants to expel.

  • The energy “boost” from coffee is actually the body’s fight-or-flight response to caffeine as a poison.

  • Fight-or-flight activation from a single cup can last up to three weeks.

  • Coffee overstimulates the limbic brain—linked to primal drives like sex, aggression, and survival—while suppressing higher thinking.

  • Birth control pills slow caffeine clearance, worsened by alcohol or painkillers, increasing the risk of caffeine poisoning.

  • Coffee is linked to prostate enlargement, anxiety, insomnia, depression, birth defects, chronic pain, digestive issues, heart disease, brain damage, learning disorders, and certain cancers.

  • By repeatedly triggering stress responses, coffee shifts the body toward fat storage, promoting weight gain and cellulite.

  • Caffeine blocks iron absorption, contributing heavily to anaemia. It’s also present in tea, chocolate, energy drinks, pre-workouts, and 2,000+ medications.

  • A major review of coffee research concluded there is no scientific evidence of health benefits—only harm—despite marketing claims. (Caffeine Blues: Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug)

Source: https://healingthebody.ca/little-known-and-scary-facts-about-coffee

Need Support?

Reducing caffeine is easier with guidance and tailored strategies for your lifestyle. To create a personalised plan for steady, natural energy: