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NBE and caffeine
March 12 2006 at 9:56 AM -Moon- (Login -Moon-)
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Hello! I have a question regarding negative influence of caffeine on effectiveness of herbs. As I'm a student, I'm having a really hard time living without coffee. Before I started NBE, I drank at least one cup per day, sometimes two. Now since I had to renounce coffee, I'm sleepy all the time. I'd like to know if there is a way to be able to combinate herbs and coffee - for example, I though that if I took herbs in the evening, before bed, then I could have coffee during the day. Can somebody answer what exactly is the interaction between coffee and herbs - does the caffeine destroy the phytoestroges and other molecules we need, or does some kind of inhibition occur? I understand caffeine stays in the body for about 4 hours. Then can we drink coffe, if we make sure we haven't drunk it 4 hours before we take the herbs? Thanx for answering!
Jamerai
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sleepy
March 12 2006, 10:31 AM
Are you sleepy all the time, or do you have trouble getting up in the morning, when is it that the sandman attacks you? I know there are herbs that are not caffeine that help you stay awake and some to get you alert when you wake in the morning, and I know that gargling icewater when you wake up can get you ready for the day. The herbs I really don't know about but I will look up. I know Mint is one that can wake you in the morning and make you peppy, a little in you icewater will do. I have some more tips it's just too late for me to think. 4 am here... baby woke me so I thought I would hop on.
Bonne Chance, and Bigger Boobies!
Sunset
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Coffee
March 12 2006, 5:10 PM
Steph said that she drinks a POT of coffee a day and she HAS grown.
However I know your concern. I think once the caffine is out of your system it would be ok to take herbs.
The only thing is that I heard you should take herbs every 8 hours, to keep a steady stream of them in your body for NBE. So if you ONLY took herbs at night, I dont know if you could grow or not. You probably could, but it might take EVEN LONGER to grow that way than it already does to begin with.
Jam had some good ideas, hopefully she can give you some more tips!
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Re: NBE and caffeine
March 13 2006, 4:59 PM
Thanx for answering! My sleepiness in mostly during the day, I think I'm inclined to it, my epiphysis just seems to be working like that - a little to much. Now I'm taking half of my herbs in the morning and then through the day I have coffe and in the evening I take the remaining of herbs, so I'm trying to spread the routing through the day as much as I can.
Susnet
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Sounds good
March 13 2006, 5:06 PM
I think you'll be just fine. Try not to stress to much about getting every detail just perfect. There are so many diferent do's and dont's you'll go nuts trying to keep up with it all.
Make the ajustment that you can, and dont sweat the rest. I wish you well on your program.
March 12 2006 at 9:56 AM -Moon- (Login -Moon-)
SENIOR MEMBER
Hello! I have a question regarding negative influence of caffeine on effectiveness of herbs. As I'm a student, I'm having a really hard time living without coffee. Before I started NBE, I drank at least one cup per day, sometimes two. Now since I had to renounce coffee, I'm sleepy all the time. I'd like to know if there is a way to be able to combinate herbs and coffee - for example, I though that if I took herbs in the evening, before bed, then I could have coffee during the day. Can somebody answer what exactly is the interaction between coffee and herbs - does the caffeine destroy the phytoestroges and other molecules we need, or does some kind of inhibition occur? I understand caffeine stays in the body for about 4 hours. Then can we drink coffe, if we make sure we haven't drunk it 4 hours before we take the herbs? Thanx for answering!
Jamerai
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sleepy
March 12 2006, 10:31 AM
Are you sleepy all the time, or do you have trouble getting up in the morning, when is it that the sandman attacks you? I know there are herbs that are not caffeine that help you stay awake and some to get you alert when you wake in the morning, and I know that gargling icewater when you wake up can get you ready for the day. The herbs I really don't know about but I will look up. I know Mint is one that can wake you in the morning and make you peppy, a little in you icewater will do. I have some more tips it's just too late for me to think. 4 am here... baby woke me so I thought I would hop on.
Bonne Chance, and Bigger Boobies!
Sunset
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Coffee
March 12 2006, 5:10 PM
Steph said that she drinks a POT of coffee a day and she HAS grown.
However I know your concern. I think once the caffine is out of your system it would be ok to take herbs.
The only thing is that I heard you should take herbs every 8 hours, to keep a steady stream of them in your body for NBE. So if you ONLY took herbs at night, I dont know if you could grow or not. You probably could, but it might take EVEN LONGER to grow that way than it already does to begin with.
Jam had some good ideas, hopefully she can give you some more tips!
-Moon-
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Re: NBE and caffeine
March 13 2006, 4:59 PM
Thanx for answering! My sleepiness in mostly during the day, I think I'm inclined to it, my epiphysis just seems to be working like that - a little to much. Now I'm taking half of my herbs in the morning and then through the day I have coffe and in the evening I take the remaining of herbs, so I'm trying to spread the routing through the day as much as I can.
Susnet
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Sounds good
March 13 2006, 5:06 PM
I think you'll be just fine. Try not to stress to much about getting every detail just perfect. There are so many diferent do's and dont's you'll go nuts trying to keep up with it all.
Make the ajustment that you can, and dont sweat the rest. I wish you well on your program.