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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