Friday mornings at an airport can be chaos. It’s the start of the weekend, lots of people returning home or just wanting to get away for a mini-escape, and this is exactly how it was yesterday. All flights to all destinations were full, the check-in queues were massive, and lots of people were missing flights because of a new airport motorway that had just opened up that morning.
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As you can imagine there were lots of frustrated, disgruntled and unhappy passengers.
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Now after ‘Disgruntled Passenger Number 6″ – I was starting to feel a tad stressed and a bit tired of being the receiver of such aggression. There are days when I kind of feel like I’m just a highly paid punching bag (well, I don’t know about the “highly paid” bit). Anyway, by mid morning most of us felt like we desperately needed a good cup of coffee to help alleviate the stress.
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Well that was what I thought until yesterday. You see I had just finished reading an article from Yuri Elkaim’s Eating For Energy book the night before, highlighting the negative effects that coffee has on the body if you are stressed.
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Some of these included the following:
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* Coffee actually intensifies stress causing an average 40% increase in adrenaline. This results in increased blood pressure, heart rate, perspiration, nervousness, and irratibility.
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* Coffee increases the secretion of stomach acid by 400%, contributing to gastritis and peptic ulcers.
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* According to a British Medical Journal, coffee drinkers have a 50% higher risk of heart attack.
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* Coffee causes a significant loss of nutrients – magnesium, potassium, calcium, zinc, and B vitamins.
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* Coffee is a major source of cadmium which is a heavy metal that has been linked to cancer and immune suppression.
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Now if you’re a woman – the facts are even scarier.
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* Coffee is linked to ovarian cancer, bladder, and kidney cancers.
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* According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, coffee increases the risk of miscarriage and can double the rate with just 1 cup per day!
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* Coffee reduces fertility. More than 1 cup per day makes a woman half as likely to conceive (American Journal of Epidemiology).
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So next time you’re feeling stressed – don’t go for a latte, 1/2 cap, flat white, mocha, full strength Expresso or whatever – because you may as well stick your hand in a power point!
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Instead, reach for a Green Tea which contains the natural mood enhancer Theanine, which has been shown to reduce mental and physical stress and promote a feeling of relaxation.
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Ahhh … now that’s the kinda thing that I’m looking for. Perhaps we should give out complimentary cups of Green Tea to passengers as they arrive at the airport?
Tell 'em all to *$%* off……then have another coffee! XXX
Free green tea at the airport! – perfect. They should also hand it out while you are waiting in bank lines, post office, MBF, etc. etc. – the world would be a much nicer place!!
I loved your post about Misty greeting you at the door. Poppy Q rushes to meet me at the door, but only if I am doing a regular day shift. If I am on an evening shift or called in, she is usually sleeping when I get home.
Your juices look great, I am going to try to go to the fresh juice place tomorrow for a mega fruit smoothie.
Dangit nooooo, I hate hearing reasons to not drink coffee! haha
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Audra,
Although green tea has caffeine it is a much much better option than a double-mocha-latte-chino-whatever! Can you tell that I'm not a coffee drinker?
Your poor cat is on your schedule now that's funny. I was going to post about caffeine now I don't have to. I can just refer people to this post 🙂 Good job!
I don't drink coffee. Never did. Ever. Now tea? It's my favorite drink.
Oh do I have to give up coffee?! Great post though and you've inspired me to take a step towards giving coffee up…