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Re:I almost quit caffeine in one year by eurasiantiger on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @04:33PM (#25651427)
How do you know that these benefits came from quitting caffeine? There are lots of psychoactive compounds in coffee and tea. You need to get addicted to pure caffeine and wean yourself off that as a comparison.
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Re:I almost quit caffeine in one year by ChrisRR on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @04:48AM (#25656164)
Well I was drinking way more pepsi max than I was tea, but overall whatever caused the improvements from cutting them out worked. And those symptoms happened to be in line with caffeine addiction so it's quite likely
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