Diagnose: coffee-addicted

Coffee in the morning, coffee at lunch, at a meeting, and one more in the evening. Sometimes I do not even count it. I'm simply addicted to coffee. Maybe I am not actually addicted to that habit but to that moment when I sit down behind my desk and on the table in front of me, there it it is - a cup of coffee and I slowly drink sip by sip of that black delicious drink, which encourages me to work and makes me feel more awake.

There are days when I drink 4 cups (I'm sure some of you can drink more), these are busy days and coffee helps me complete all the tasks on time. Sometimes I wish if I had not given it that much control over me. Sometimes I feel like I cannot exist without it. Worse is, however, when I cannot fall asleep because of its excessive consumption, my heart rages and I feel the pressure on my chest, instead of resting in the night and restoring my energy to the next day, I am lying with my eyes eyed as an owl, staring unimaginably into the ceiling, I'm constantly tossing and turning from one side to another.

I've read a couple of studies, I've heard a lot about coffee. Mostly we have two completely different views of coffee consumption - coffee is healthy, it even has beneficial effects or it does not contribute to the health of our body. Whatever the truth is, we must only decide what we will believe in.

Since I am neither a scientist nor a doctor, I always listen to my own body and follow my own biorhythm and body reactions. As it is said too much of something can do more harm than good and it is a great truth. But the truth also is that I will not give up drinking coffee.

That's why I've recently decided to limit my coffee consumption due to the fact that I had high blood pressure and I had sleep disturbed, to two-three cups a day, and I realized that it it is enough for me. I have replaced the remaining cups with tea, over the day I prefer to encourage myself with unsweetened black tea (an alternative is also the green one) in the evening I like to relax myself with herbal teas, for example, such as lemon balm or Aaron’s rod, which I love with a little lemon and honey.

If you have find yourself in these lines, you will not lose anything if you take a similar approach. Give yourself a chance with tea, which is an excellent and healthy alternative to coffee.