I love this question!
I look at 3 things:
1. What type of caffeine metabolizer are you?
2. What type of coffee are you drinking?
3. How do you process oxalate foods?
1. What type of caffeine metabolizer are you?
For slow metabolizers, there are negative side effects of caffeine consumption. I see the negative side effects appear on sleep data and hormone imbalances. CYP1A2 genes that influence insomnia, anxiety, digestive issues, hormone imbalances. For individuals with a certain variant of the CYP1A2 gene that leads to slower caffeine processing, caffeine has the potential to build up in the bloodstream and, as a result, may do more harm than good.
2. What type of coffee do you drink?
Studies show up to 50% of the coffee beans in the world contain mold, mycotoxins, and/or fungi. Commercial coffee is one of the most heavily sprayed crops on the planet.
- So, to answer your question, do you have the capacity to drink coffee?
- I go back to the analogy, it’s not running that causes you knee pain, it’s the way you run.
- It’s not coffee that is causing your insomnia or digestive issue, it’s that you may not have the genes to process it.
3. How do you process oxalate foods?
Coffee is high in oxalate and tends to trigger oxalate-related effects. If you are sensitive to oxalate food, I don’t recommend it. You will have to do a food sensitivity test to find out.
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