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Get ready to give up that morning latte and kiss cola goodbye. Here comes Caffeine Blues, by Stephen Cherniske, M.S., the first book to expose the dark side of America's No. 1 drug: caffeine. If you are one of the nearly 80 percent of Americans hooked on caffeine--a natural component of coffee, tea, and chocolate and a common ingredient in drugs, soda, candy, and other products--this book will be a wake-up call.
In Caffeine Blues, Cherniske, a nutritional biochemist with more than 25 years of academic research and clinical experience and author of the bestseller The DHEA Breakthrough, reveals the truth about caffeine and explains how to kick the habit forever. Cherniske discusses how caffeine affects the body and brain and why it can increase your risk of dozens of health disorders ranging from osteoporosis, diabetes, and PMS to hypertension and heartburn. After spending 300 pages documenting all of caffeine's evils, Cherniske finally offers a decaffeinated life line: "Off the Bean and on to Vitality," a step-by-step, clinically proven program to help readers kick the habit and boost energy levels naturally. --Ellen Albertson
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Nutritional biochemist Cherniske claims that people who consume more than 300 milligrams of caffeine per day are victims of caffeinism: a state of chronic toxicity resulting from excess caffeine consumption and a major contributing factor to heart disease, hypertension, stomach ailments, diabetes, and sleep disorders. Cherniske also warns that most coffee beans are contaminated by pesticides, which harm not only drinkers but also exposed agricultural workers. For conservationists, he highlights the effects of the pesticides on the land and water surrounding the plantations as well as the destruction of the rain forest to make room for coffee plantations. The presence of caffeine in over-the-counter medicines, candy, and soft drinks is stressed, especially in the addiction of children. Cherniske also suggests alternatives to caffeine and ways of quitting the habit. While his book is thought-provoking, its rhetoric is somewhat extreme. Not a necessary purchase.?Janet M. Schneider, James A. Haley Veterans Hosp., Tampa, FL
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Daniel Dean
Format:Paperback
This was a very intriguing book. For a long time now, I've had a feeling that caffeine was not so good for you. I've been reading Men's Health magazine, regularly, and every issue seems to have two or three blurbs about why coffee is either bad or good for you. It seems like every study comes up with new evidence for one case or the another. Contradiction after contradiction.
So, I was dying for a good book to give me some facts. I saw this one in the library, and scooped it up. I tried to be open-minded and skeptical at the same time, as I usually do when I read one-sided books like this, but I really became alarmed as I turned more pages. What Cherniske has to say really rings true, so I followed his advice and gave up the bean, and as he promised, I felt MUCH better once my withdrawal pains eased off. The biggest improvements were in my energy level, and the quality of sleep. I felt fully alert and ready to go as soon as I woke up every morning- without a single cup!
So, I was dying for a good book to give me some facts. I saw this one in the library, and scooped it up. I tried to be open-minded and skeptical at the same time, as I usually do when I read one-sided books like this, but I really became alarmed as I turned more pages. What Cherniske has to say really rings true, so I followed his advice and gave up the bean, and as he promised, I felt MUCH better once my withdrawal pains eased off. The biggest improvements were in my energy level, and the quality of sleep. I felt fully alert and ready to go as soon as I woke up every morning- without a single cup!
The most compelling statement he makes is that it will take about eight weeks of no caffeine to truly feel the benefits of its absence. Then he asks, "What do you have to lose?" If after two months of no coffee you don't feel a lot better, go back to drinking it for all we care. However, you'll be amazed at how hard it is to quit caffeine for two months. After two or three days, you will get some really hairy headaches unless you wean yourself off it slowly. And just try to walk by a coffee shop or the flavored coffee display in the grocery store without getting the shakes as soon as that old familiar aroma hits you.
Anyway, if you try to quit, you'll have no doubt that this is one powerful drug, and when you get those headaches, you can feel how bad it must be for your body.
-The only problem I have with this book, is that it was published in 1998, and there is no updated version, or newer books on the subject, and even Cherniske's website hasn't been updated in ages. Meanwhile, I still see plenty of new pro-coffee research articles in health magazines and such, and I *still* get the cravings every now and then, and I have to wonder how bad could one cup be now and then, or every two days or so? My will power is beginning to buckle here, and I could use some positive reinforcement despite the benefits I've felt. The pressure is pretty strong!
How about it Steve? We need you to refute these new claims!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By blue
Format:Paperback
This book is very informative about caffeine and how it effects a person's body and mind. I am now 6 days off of coffee! I have tried in the past to quit coffee but I "loved" it so much that I returned. This book helps you decipher that loving coffee is actually part of an addiction. Your mind thinks "I love coffee" so your body can get it's fix. The book tells truths that most people do not want to know because society has accepted a toxic and addictive substance, and markets it to our children, making people addicted before they know their abc's. I call it revolutionary because when I was quitting my doctor and my pharmacist couldn't understand why I wanted to quit, yet coffee put me in a panic, caused depression, mood swings, extreme fatigue, and I haven't slept a good nights sleep ever. I have been consuming caffeine since I was 3, and coffee since I was 5 years old. I feel free to be off of the drug and I hope many other people read this book to help support their decision to "get off the bean!"
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By bergloui
Format:Paperback
This is a must read book for everyone drinking coffee. There is an incredible support for what the author is writing about the negative effects of coffee. However, the book is way too long for nothing. Once we get the point, it becomes useless and even negative. He is like a preacher who has a firm belief in some faith. I can indicate that coffee for me was very negative for my health at one point in my life. Right now, I am drinking only tea, in limited amount. No soft drinks or other stuff with caffeine. As a consultant, I often see clients drinking too much coffee and the negative effects on them. I have a client who lives on coffee and sugar all-day and only eat at supper time ! He is certainly killing himself doing that but he does not listen. Office workers are living on coffee as everyone knows and it is becoming a way of live. The worst thing however could be the caffeine in soft drinks or stuff like Red Bull. The money spent on that is astronomical. If you add all the spending on that in one year, this can become ridiculous.
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Rather One Sided View Point
In the interest of full disclosure, I will say that I love my morning coffee, and afternoon tea. I have also on occasion, given up tea and coffee for health reasons. Read more
Published on Nov 1 2010 by Patrick Sullivan
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Very Informative
This book is very informative and out of the two I ordered at the time was definitely the better. It's footnoted excessively and the author even states that he wanted to include... Read more
Published on July 1 2010 by Topher Guloson
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To thine own self be true
I have loved coffee for much of my life. I have even been heard to utter, in mock appreciation of Socrates, that "the uncaffeinated life is not worth living. Read more
Published on Jun 28 2004 by johnnyqb
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Bypass this awful book
Read the Caffeine Advantage if you want the true story of caffeine - which is an antioxidant, which scientists are finding prevents Parkinsons Disease, etc. Read more
Published on Nov 6 2003
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Caffeine or Snake Oil?
This book will scare the coffee right out of you -- at first. Maybe growing up around Mormons made me always a bit suspicious of coffee, and drinking the strong brew served in... Read more
Published on Feb 12 2003 by C Olson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ask yourself a question
I have read every review by readers, and find that some people have thought out this question: "Am I an Addict?". Read more
Published on Jan 3 2003
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Pseudo Science Blues
This book is junk science. The author doesn't know anything about caffeine. For example, he claims that caffeine ages you because it is dehydrating. Read more
Published on Oct 29 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars
What do you expect?
I find it funny that some reviewers find the book very helpful and say that they are grateful to Cherniske for getting them off the caffeine, that has wrecked their lives, then... Read more
Published on May 17 2002
3.0 out of 5 stars
Informative
Caffeine Blues has a wealth of information about the side affects, most of which I was experiencing. At the beginning is a checklist to see how addicted you are. Read more
Published on Dec 16 2001 by Deborah A. Woehr
5.0 out of 5 stars
The book that saved my life.
"Caffeine Blues" has definently added valuable years to my life? I was a typical coffeholic on a crash course with exhaustion, depression, anxiety, blood sugar swings,... Read more
Published on Aug 20 2001 by B. Morton
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