Well, I have given up giving up caffeine. I'm kind of in a damned if I do damned if I don't conundrum.
First off, I have been drinking coffee since I was a kid and have been hardcore about it forever. I'm talking about a pot a day at least. I never deliberately tried to stop drinking it or to reduce my caffeine consumption in any way except when I was pregnant.
So there I was trying to keep my caffeine consumption to zero and I started experiencing aggravated athsma again. The last time I experienced bad athsma: when I was pregnant.
Check this out, or don't - here's the important excerpt:
Main results: Caffeine, even at a low dose, compared to placebo was found to significantly improve lung function, measured in terms of FEV1, FEF25-75 and specific airway conductance for up to 2 hrs post ingestion. This effect was sustained for FEF25-75 for over 4 hrs. Improvement was also seen in FEV1 up to this time, however this effect did not reach statistical significance. No data were available for specific airway conductance after 2hrs.
Or translated: I'm a caffeine maniac because it wards off athsma.
Bring on the java!
A Word From the Boss
7 years ago
4 comments:
Fascinating. I'm relieved for you. I just heard on the news that you (asthma sufferers) shouldn't take the H1N1 nasal spray vaccine. I'm sure you already know this.
Hey Nancy:
Thanks, and no I didn't know! Thanks for telling me so I don't waste a trip to the doc's.
-Sandy
So glad you get to have your coffee again.. life is so much better with it.....
I was born in Yauco, known as the "Pueblo del Cafe"....I remember dressing as the "ripe coffee" for a Lions convention (my father was a Lion...I know you will laugh at this...haha) My dress was garnet red....
Believe it or not I never had coffee until I met your Dad....oh well...I can't imagine life without it..or wine....or these small pleasures that make our days so much better....and now to top it all....no more asthma????..
Hey Ilu:
I agree, it's one of life's small pleasures. I missed my first cup in the morning and decaf didn't cut it.
Athsma is better now that I'm drinking it again. I wouldn't run a marathon but it's definitely improved.
That's a cute story! Funny to think that w/all that coffee in Yauco it took you that long to try some!
-Sandy
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