How Caffeine is Killing You with Stephen Cherniske

“Caffeine isn’t energy, it’s stress,” says Stephen Cherniske, author of many books including “Caffeine Blues,” who joins Deevo to discuss the many dangers of caffeine consumption. In fact, in nature, caffeine is an active toxic poison that is produced naturally by plants to kill parasites. According to Stephen, half of us can quickly metabolize it, and half of us cannot, hence all of the conflicting and confusing information regarding its benefits. What’s more, men and women metabolize it differently given the differences in sizes of their livers. Perhaps the biggest detriment to our health that caffeine presents is not just that it stimulates stress hormones, but while this is going on, the body cannot produce DHEA, which is a very important healing and repairing hormones.

Still, it remains a 460 billion dollar industry because so many people see having their coffee or their soda, as a ritual. They also vastly underestimate how much caffeine they are drinking, and like any substance, Stephen reminds us, dosage matters.

Join us as Stephen explains how important sleep is, especially as we get older. Deevo explains the physical benefits he’s noticed after giving up caffeine, including having deeper, better sleep and the return of his dreams.

Quotes

• “Dose means everything. Dose defines what a poison is. Dose defines what’s nontoxic.” (10:25-10:33 | Stephen)

• “Coffee is almost like a tribal talisman to modern society. It’s like you have to have a cup of coffee so that you can fit into the group think.” (26:43-26:52 | Deevo)

• “Three of the five items you listed in terms of evidence around caffeine’s impact: anxiety, panic attacks, and hypertension. What about caffeine causes these to be so prevalent?” (45:33-45:46 | Deevo)

• “The hormone of resilience is DHEA.”(49:29-49:31 | Stephen)

• “There’s good things to say about coffee, believe it or not, and one of the best things about coffee is that it has antioxidant activity.” (55:22-55:33 | Stephen)

Links

Connect with Stephen Cherniske:

Website | TheHealthySkeptics.com

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/stephencherniske/?hl=en

Connect with A Little Impolite:

Deevo Instagram | @fusionphotog

Lisa Instagram | @lisastaffphoto

Business Instagram | @sproutconnectors



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