Coffee - Green Tea?

Excerpt from Paleo Fitness p.163

Coffee:

• pro-inflammatory (elevated cytokines in the blood as well as links to gut irritation);
• blocks absorption of micronutrients;
• promotes elevated cortisol secretion; 
• cross-reactivity for those who are gluten sensitive; 
• elevates heart rate;
• affects both deep and REM sleep by reducing quality by 25% with just 1 cup of coffee before 7am;
• and for many people it masks the reason you don't naturally feel energetic and exuberant in the morning without this effective pick-me-up.

Try green tea instead :-)

Nutrition: Dark Chocolate Caffeine Overdose!

 

Are you eating dark chocolate at night, a few hours before you go to bed?

Do you know there is more caffeine (100mg) in 100g (3.5oz) of dark chocolate than in a 250ml can of red bull (80mg).  Even if you only eat a few chunks of dark chocolate at night  it is still likely to affect your deep and REM sleep.  As caffeine has a half-life of between 6 to 8 hours.

For comparison purposes there is about:

• 32mg in a can of Coca-Cola; 
• 45mg in a diet Coke;
• 75mg in a single espresso shot.  

Getting a cup of brewed coffee from a coffee chain such as Starbucks - will range from 180mg to 415mg of Caffeine depending on the size.

Short - 180mg

Tall - 260mg

Grande - 330mg

Vente - 415mg

Caffeine one of the only legal performance enhancing drugs not banned by (WADA) World Anti-Doping Agency.