Cafeeine

[precious007]

I was just reading earlier that theine is the exact thing as caffeine.

Just another word for it, synonyms ..... never knew that......

World English Dictionary
theine (ˈθiːiːn, -ɪn)

— n
another name for caffeine, esp when present in tea

[C19: from New Latin thea tea + -ine ²]

I've been drinking lipton tea for days since I quit on coffee (caffeine) and wasn't aware that theine is the exact same thing as caffeine.

Now I've got to quit drinking tea (they say herbal tea doesn't contain theine). Does anyone know what tea does not contain caffeine?

[pris]

Some I can think of...

Twinings Decaf Earl Grey
Tetley Decaf Green Tea
Tetley Decaf Tea
Yorkshire Tea Decaf Tea
PG Tips Decaf

and then of course there's the herbals....

[precious007]

Some I can think of...

Twinings Decaf Earl Grey
Tetley Decaf Green Tea
Tetley Decaf Tea
Yorkshire Tea Decaf Tea
PG Tips Decaf

and then of course there's the herbals....

thanks, glad that there is earl grey decaf ... I really like the taste of Earl Gray.
Yorkshire, yumm another great tea :^)

Oh, just google it, there's also Lipton Herbal http://www.amazon.com/Lipton-Collect...ion/B000EM6PKI

[lxskllr]

Why are you trying to quit caffeine? It's harmless enough, unless you have some kind of weird medical condition. Life's here to enjoy. Even if you shave a few years off your life, what's it matter in the end? Why live longer if you haven't thoroughly enjoyed the trip?

Now that the sermon's over, I'll recommend staying away from decaffeinated shit. It tastes worse, costs more, and makes my stomach hurt many times. Philosophically, it's a perversion of nature, and a product that shouldn't exist. If you really want to avoid caffeine, drink herb teas. There's numerous good blends, as well as honeybush, and rooibos. They aren't real tea, but excellent in their own right.

[precious007]

Why are you trying to quit caffeine? It's harmless enough, unless you have some kind of weird medical condition. Life's here to enjoy. Even if you shave a few years off your life, what's it matter in the end? Why live longer if you haven't thoroughly enjoyed the trip?

Now that the sermon's over, I'll recommend staying away from decaffeinated shit. It tastes worse, costs more, and makes my stomach hurt many times. Philosophically, it's a perversion of nature, and a product that shouldn't exist. If you really want to avoid caffeine, drink herb teas. There's numerous good blends, as well as honeybush, and rooibos. They aren't real tea, but excellent in their own right.

The only reason I want to cut down on caffeine is because it makes me very nervous. And they say caffeine sharpens your mind, makes you more aware, increases your focus and concentration..........that's just total bull.................................... it's exactly the contrary in most people............ including me
The second would be that caffeine has quite a few bad effects on the body, it ain't harmless...... if you didn't know here's just a few symptoms that I've been getting from caffeine.............

Another myth about caffeine is that it's diuretic...... IT's not a diuretic! I have had chronic constipation for the last 8 years and only got back to normal when I quit coffee. (now this is something they should put in their research I suppose) My headaches just lessened and I feel more relaxed.

1. Stimulates your heart, respiratory system, and central nervous system.

2. Makes your blood more `sludgy' by raising the level of fatty acids in the blood.

3. Causes messages to be passed along your nervous system more quickly

4. Stimulates blood circulation

5. Raises blood pressure

6. Causes your stomach to produce more acid

7. Irritates the stomach lining

8. Makes digestion less effective by relaxing the muscles of your intestinal system

9. Its diuretic effect caused increased urination - although you would have have to drink about 8 coups of coffee in one sitting for this to occur (1)

10. Stimulates the cortex of your brain heightening the intensity of mental activity. This can result in a temporary feeling of alertness and, in the short term, banishes drowsiness and feelings of fatigue. In those who already have high levels of anxiety the heightened intensity of mental activity can produce unpleasant effects. But check out (2) below which contradicts this.

11. Affects the length and quality of sleep. Heavy caffeine users suffer from sleep-deprivation because their nervous system is too stimulated to allow them deep, restful or prolonged sleep.

12. The American Medical Journal has reported a correlation between caffeine and decreased bone density or osteoporosis in women.

In addition to the above effects prolonged or very heavy caffeine use can produce the following:

13. `Caffeine nerves' a jittery feeling with shaking hands, palpitations, and wobbliness in the legs.

14. Caffeine addiction which involves nervousness, irritability, agitation, headaches or ringing in the ears.

15. Causes your adrenal glands to release their hormones into your bloodstream

16. Causes blood sugar, or blood glucose, to be released from storage through the effects of the adrenal hormones. This gives you a temporary lift but…

17. …requires your pancreas to over-work. This is because your pancreas now has to produce extra insulin to reduce this extra blood sugar. Once the extra insulin has 'mopped up' the extra blood sugar your temporary lift from the caffeine ends. Your vitality level is back to normal. However in heavy caffeine users the pancreas, in time, becomes over-sensitive and over-zealous. Now it begins producing too much insulin – it 'mops up' not just the excess blood sugar but the blood sugar you need to feel alert and energetic. The initial effect of this is a let-down effect and a craving for more caffeine to give you a further boost. A later effect can be excessive and chronic tiredness, even on waking in the morning. Some people find that many of the psychological complaints common to reactive hypoglycaemia (the emotional yo-yo effect, shakiness, palpitations, weakness, tiredness, etc.) disappear within a few days of stopping caffeine.

NOTE: The fact that caffeine can produce these sensations and symptoms does not mean that it is the 'only' cause of such symptoms. But if you experience similar symptoms and your medical advisor confirms that they do not have a verifiable organic cause then you may wish to cut out caffeine for a few weeks to see if the symptoms reduce or disappear.

I haven't been drinking much decaf coffee since I don't like it....... I don't know about the tea.......
Robois is one of my favorite teas, I think I'll just stick with herbals :^)

[pris]

'This caffeine product may damage your health and is addictive' .... I wonder when the EU ban on it will come into force?.....Overnight sometime I guess

[lxskllr]

I don't have a single negative effect from caffeine. I get a screaming headache if I don't get caffeine due to physical addiction, but that's a small concern. If I don't have caffeine, that means I don't have coffee, and why wouldn't I want to have coffee? :^D

[pris]

Because the EU have decided that you may not

[muddyfunkstar]

Rooibos (aka Red Bush) is naturally caffeine free and is a tasty beverage.

[precious007]

Rooibos (aka Red Bush) is naturally caffeine free and is a tasty beverage.

Love it ...... and Robois Apple from Demmer's Tea.... and certain others...

Robois particularly is also good for dozens of medical conditions.......

[lxskllr]

Because the EU have decided that you may not

Good thing I don't live in the EU... Yet... I imagine the WU(World Union) isn't too far in the future. The population will be fully subjected, and that pesky concept of freedom will be finally quashed forever :^/

[Ansel]

This is what you need Precious...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_mat%C3%A9

[precious007]

This is what you need Precious...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_mat%C3%A9

thanks but that one contains caffeine in it.

[Ansel]

thanks but that one contains caffeine in it.

I drink it. It's not caffeine it's Theanine... it makes you feel calm not jittery. It's lovely stuff especially with a snus.

[heders]

Caffeine Content:
Black Tea: 80 mg per cup.
Green tea: 30 mg per cup.

It's very little caffeine in teas, and the effect you get from a black tea for example in terms of increased alertness etc. are not the same as coffee. You get relaxed from black tea, and it reduces stress and betters the recovery from stress. "Theanine" seems to be the main molecule that stands for those effects.

"Able to cross the blood-brain barrier, theanine has psychoactive properties. Theanine has been shown to reduce mental and physical stress, and improves cognition and mood in a synergistic manner with caffeine."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theanine

Tea won't give you any bad effects if drinken in moderation. It said that caffeine is pretty much side effect free up too 300-something mg/a day. That's 2-3 cups of coffee, 4-5 cups of black tea or 10 cups of green tea.

Herbal tea contains no caffeine at all.
White tea contains basically nothing at all either, and rooibos (red tea) contains no caffeine.