Can tea and coffee increase your pain?

Too much tea and coffee, increases migraine and fibromyalgia pain, worsens IBS findings.

Caffeine in coffee:

• Decreases sleep quality by disturbing adenosine receptors, making it difficult to fall asleep

• Increases the excitability of nerve cells and brain, making them more susceptible to pain

• Increases anxiety

• Triggers the stress response, causing high cortisol levels

• Increases blood pressure

• Reduces magnesium levels

• Causes twitching in the muscles

• Reduces vitamin B levels

Alongside caffeine can cause restless legs syndrome, orthostatic entolerance, brain fog, IBS and hyperactive bladder findings worsening.

Tea also may cause: (in addition to the above)

• Constipation due to theophylline

• Histamine entolerance by DAO inhibition.

• Worsen iron deficiency by reducing iron absorption

➢ Do not change the amount and frequency of coffee and tea consumption, reduce gradually.

➢ Remember that green tea contains caffeine

➢ Try not to exceed 200 mg of caffeine per day; for example 2 small sized americanos /filter coffee, 3-4 cups tea…

➢ Do not consume coffee and tea after 2 pm. Switch to Decaf coffee, dilute tea, herbal teas.

➢ Cow milk and its products increase your pain and allergies, don’t consume them.

➢ Soy products contain glutamate, prolamines and lectin; they cause brain irritability and leaky gut; do not consume.

➢ Chemicals contained in coffee whiteners cause dysbiosis, leaky gut and cause allergies; don’t use them.