How to Drink Less Coffee: 7 Best Practices
Coffee improves memory, mood, and concentration, has beneficial effects on liver health, and even helps to avoid Parkinson's disease. However, it also negatively affects the nervous system, raises blood pressure, and is addictive — especially if you drink too much of it.
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Lifehack 1: Reduce the quantity gradually
Because coffee is addictive, giving it up abruptly will make you feel worse. To help your body adjust, reduce your dose gradually. If you drink four cups of coffee a day, drink three and a half, then after two or three days reduce to three cups, etc. This way you will reduce the symptoms of caffeine withdrawal including headaches, irritability, nervousness, and nausea.
Lifehack 2: Dilute the coffee
It will still taste the way you like it, but the caffeine content will decrease, and with it the risk of withdrawal. You can also replace one cup of natural coffee with decaffeinated coffee or just add it to a cup of regular coffee. Gradually change the ratio in favor of the decaffeinated beverage.
Lifehack 3: Alternate with tea
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