[Ginie]

My opinion is that caffein is bad. FOR ME. I so loved the taste of coffee! I would have a cup in the morning, a cup before lunch, two-three cups in the afternoon. It would give me the boost of energy! That was until I started paying attention to the way I feel, to my health. Western people are (mainly) skeptical about things like ayurveda, chinese medicine, anything non-traditional. So things like "energy" mean nothing to people like chrishoney. But for those of you who can think outside of the box I will repeat the words of my yoga teacher: coffee can not GIVE you energy! There's no magical stuff in it that says "energy". What it does is actually TAKE YOUR energy! You feel the boost of energy afetr a cup or two but where is it coming from? This one is tricky to expain There're two type of energy in your body: "external" and "internal". Try to think of it like this: "internal" is the energy needed for your organs to "maintain/cleanse" themselves. "External" - this is whet you feel "the boost" of energy. So what caffeine really does is to make your "internal" energy "external"! So you will overstimulate your organs to "give" energy more and more. You won't have enough to "maintain" your organs. Maybe it's worth listening to his words, just because ayurveda is 5 or 6 thousands years old. Or maybe because what you put into your body should make you healthier!