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Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by mcculley on Saturday July 17, 2021 @05:04PM (#27868858)
I am aware of Pollan's recently well-publicized assertion that caffeine made the modern world. I am unconvinced.

I quit caffeine a few years ago. I'm not an unusual mutant. I have the genes on markers rs4410790 and rs2470893 that indicate a typical reaction to caffeine. (https://enki.org/2017/08/13/quitting-caffeine/)

Most people experience a temporary increase in productivity until they build up a tolerance for caffeine. Thereafter, they are just paying and consuming to avoid headaches and reach the baseline.

Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by balfirevic on Saturday July 17, 2021 @08:54PM (#27869983)
> Thereafter, they are just paying and consuming to avoid headaches and reach the baseline.

No, it is also for a great deal of enjoyment.

Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by mcculley on Sunday July 18, 2021 @08:23AM (#27872328)
My experience consuming caffeine for 35 years was that the enjoyment required increasing consumptions. This is common for most. Maybe it is different for you.
Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by tolbish on Saturday July 17, 2021 @09:24PM (#27870112)
If that were true, everyone would be drinking decaf for the taste.
Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by ntlk on Sunday July 18, 2021 @04:18AM (#27871518)
Decaf has a very different flavour profile.
Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by diordiderot on Saturday July 17, 2021 @06:34PM (#27869342)
What was your experience quitting like. I want to but am afraid
Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by grecy on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:11PM (#27869523)
I'm not the person you replied to, but I can share my experience.

I used to drink at least 2 cups of coffee a day, and at least 3-4 of black tea.

over a year I slowly backed down to just a single coffee coffee in the morning.. then eventually switched to decafe coffee for that one. I had headaches for about a week, and I think I was irritable.

Recently I stopped even the decafe coffee, and now drink 1 or 2 decafe tea a day when it's cold.

I feel great, save money and don't miss the ups and downs of real coffee - I used to get the sweats, shakes, funny shallow breathing, etc. etc.

I also had no idea I was living life through a "fog", that I didn't even know about until a few months after I stopped. Life is much better now.

Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by axiosgunnar on Saturday July 17, 2021 @09:43PM (#27870195)
Literally just a few days of headache/foggy brain.

Then itβ€˜s magically gone.

Not even close to a full week.

Just do it.

Re:I'm a Frito-Lay Factory Worker. I Work 12-Hour Days, 7 Da... by mcculley on Saturday July 17, 2021 @07:01PM (#27869476)
It was not bad. I wrote about it in the linked blog piece.

I also recommend /r/decaf where you can get support from others who have been and are going through decaffeinating.