I Fell into this pattern.
On 1 April, I took an unplanned trip/fall and basically only did minimal exercises like getting out of bed.
My family doctor and my RN wife got me into morning and early afternoon PT exercises on 1 May.
My daily coffee consumption is now about half of what I consumed before via my morning to noon coffee.
I found myself in a downward spiral as a coffee addict. I needed it in the morning to get rid of the brain fog.
I also found the hot coffee helped me clear my sinuses and breathe better. It’s the “theobromine” and “theophylline” in the coffee, the same chemical in asthma inhalers that clear my sinuses.
Regular primarily contains caffeine, with smaller amounts of theobromine and theophylline.
Here’s a more detailed breakdown:
Caffeine:
Coffee beans contain caffeine, ranging from about 0.75% to 1.5% by weight. This means that a typical cup of coffee (8 oz) might contain around 100mg of caffeine.
Theobromine:
Coffee contains very small amounts of theobromine. While theobromine is a stimulant, it’s found in much higher concentrations in cocoa.
Theophylline:
Like theobromine, theophylline is present in coffee in trace amounts.
Caffeine Metabolism:
When you consume coffee, caffeine is metabolized in the liver, and some of it is converted into theobromine and theophylline.
Problem is, caffeine destroys the diamine oxidase enzyme, the enzyme responsible for the degradation of histamine in the body. The histamine receptors in the brain and sinuses were getting worse and creating more brain fog and sinus inflamation.
The come down off of coffee was severe and I woul crash, due to the high histamines in my blood.
The more coffee I drank, the more histamines.
High histamines also gave me a heart arrhythmia and lung congestion that the pathology results caused my Dr’s to diagnose emphysema.
For three weeks I limited my coffee intake to one 8 oz cup at noon, and it has now been 9 days with zero coffee.
I began supplementing with diamine oxidase enzyme (DAO), and feel 30 years younger as all the inflamation in my sinuses, lungs, muscles and joints is gone. So is the brain fog caused by the histamine receptors in the hippocampus and also the heart arrhythmia. (The heart contains all four types of histamine receptors)
The decreased inflamation in my neck and lungs caused me to no longer need a CPAP machine.
Too bad this coffee addict (I drank lots of coffee and 24/7) didn’t learn this earlier as it would have prevented my colon cancer and lung cancer. I lost most of my left lung and 2 ft of my colon learning all this.