“Anything that messes with the sleep or blood flow to your brain is meh.” I know it sounds dumb, but I hadn’t even thought about it that simply til you addressed it.

On my 4th week off coffee. Lord have mercy. Thank you doc for your expertise

Coffee is an elixir for me. Simply can’t live without this stuff and life is so much better for it ☺️

🍵🍃yes, I switched coffee to Japanese good quality matcha & green leaf tea for focus yet calm effect. I highly recommend

I find coffee actually helps me with more than just not feeling tired. I am both autistic and I have ADHD but I find if I drink one or two cups of coffee per day, I have ZERO, I repeat ZERO brain fog. I like the flavor of coffee and I try to only get it from organic, fair trade sources. I actually have experimented by going to work without coffee versus WITH coffee and my productivity levels WITH caffeine are significantly better than without. Without coffee, everything people say to me just sounds like an explosion of information but WITH coffee, my brain has a much easier time organizing information that is presented to me. I think for those who can go without coffee, do it! But for those who find that coffee improves daily function, keep drinking it! I need it for focus! Autism is really hard to live with but coffee makes life a little easier!

Please do more videos on what to do to raise our energy in a more healthy way 👏🙏

That’s why I LOVE matcha!! 🍵 ❤

AMEN, Dr Amen. You're my brain doctor idol

I like love this guy. He is such a breath of fresh air. Every other KZfaq doctor or health guru raves about how great caffeine is. Personally, as someone with insomnia, I’m skeptical of it too. It gives you energy, but to me, the energy almost feels artificial. I don’t feel it takes away the tiredness, but rather masks it. Once it wears off ya crash and burn.

He's right. I used to have a habit of getting coffee when I would be at a coffee shop to study. And it worked like magic until the weekends when I wouldn't need to work. And BAM, a massive, throbbing headache. This happened several times until I decided it wasn't worth it.

Dr. Amen has explained the reality of coffee in less than a minute, and I've experienced it. Every word is true.

I didn’t realize how much green tea could help to relax. It always gave me more energy than coffee, so I didn’t ever think that it could help, in that manner. Thanks, Dr. Amen. I’ll drink more green tea in the mornings.

For me i need caffiene in the morning. Could be coffee, or no sugar citrus energy that has lots of Vitamin B's. I found i can not handle the cold beverages with green coffee berries, and a different natural stimulant called yerbe-mate, messes my stomach and i feel like my body is vibrating and not able to focus. There are more natural plant stimulants that at this time i can not remember their names. Best to read label ingrediants because various stimulants are only mentioned in the back in tiny print list of ingredients. Everyone has different genetics, brain chemistry and metabolism, and this changes in everyone at different ages (hormones changes, from little to flooding to slowly diminishing in all sex genders)

Caffeine only has an initial vasoconstricting effect. The majority of the time it is in your system, it acts as a vasodilator thereby increasing blood flow to the brain

Thanks Dr. Amen. I have about 1 cup , if that , every morning. If I’m not able to have it for whatever reason: time , not available… I don’t feel any withdrawals at all. 👍🏼

I have one cup of coffee each day as part of my morning routine. I love the fragrance and the taste and don't have a desire for more than a cup.

I have been waiting 40 years to hear a Dr explain this. Thank you Brain Dr ❤. Very helpful. I watched the podcast last night. And it was so informative and enlightening!

That’s what I need making sleep a priority

Caffeine with a supplement of L-Theanine for me seems to work very nicely.

Love this guy!

I drink a lot of coffee and have stopped cold turkey for weeks/months at a time with no side effects but maybe a little tired at first. Then started up again. It keeps me regular.

Dr Amen I just love your vibes. Extremely grateful for your neurolink product and glad it was recommended to me and that I was open to try it 🙏

My one cup of Matcha and a bit of chocolate is ok? Yay. Green Tea is amazing.

Since I stopped drinking coffee in the morning my whole day shifted to be more energised ❤😊

I never started drinking coffee or alcohol bc I never wanted to get addicted. Alcoholism runs in my family so I took precautions. Prescription meds however, I eat like candy!😂 I suffer with severe nerve pain in my legs & feet bc I used to be paralyzed from a cancer tumor on my spinal cord when I was 14. They didn’t think I’d ever walk again but I can walk with a cane now, 20+ years later. Wish the pain would go away already. I’d like to live some of the life I fought so hard for instead of sleeping through it! I was on fentanyl for 18 years & basically slept through those 18 years. Got off it last year bc it wasn’t really working anymore & government regulations. Any tips for getting my mind off the pain? Mind over matter? Thanks!😘💋

Thank you for everything Dr Amen!

one thing i've started to practice is not having any coffee for at least one hour after i've woken up. It seems to have the effect of needing less caffeine throughout the day. I don't get that caffeine crash in the early afternoon.

Ok im in trouble because i drink like 6 or 7 iced coffees everyday, but I do use tons of ice.

I gave up coffee, and my sleeping disorders are fixed.

I live on coffee. I am ADHD and I can feel the difference moments after a cup. I can also sleep within minutes after drinking a pot. It doesn't affect my sleep at all but I assume it is affecting my blood flow

Good to hear .. I'm not into caffeine, but also like the thought green tea benefits.

Green tea was once my primary source of caffeine, and I loved it! I’m trying to get back to such, because as of a good-while lately, I’ve been a caffeine junky on those cheap powdered-drink mixes. The times I’ve gotten off caffeine completely, are the times I’ve felt the best. Well, with the exception of one time when I was eating nothing but plants, when I was energetically depleted all around.

I am a fan of Green Tea, too, for over 10 years , i am very strong , energetic, and athletic & happy & very healthy , watch my carbs & sugar, everyday ! ❤

Great video! Some key points were highlighted that I hadn't heard anyone else discuss. Thank you!

Agree. Less is better. I restrict to 1-2 cup in am . I have histamine intolerance so I can't drink green or black tea at all. But I do go for less is better. Thank you Dr Amen

Good to know! I more recently got into having a cup of coffee in the mornings. I drank green tea in the afternoons for years. Definitely better! Energy + relaxation 🍵

i have quit cold turkey.. i drank an insane amount of Monster Energy daily, and my total daily was about 4 grams of caffeine. I am on day 5 and my legs ache, among other symptoms. BUT, my sleep is amazing

I love the little pieces of knowledge from you

Thank you , so informative and helpful to me .

I quit caffeine and went for a raw cocoa bars or as we call it in th PH tablea and honestly i feel like i have more energy now.

I still have to have decaf green tea 🍵 😢 o can’t handle caffeine at all -

Can I make a wee suggestion, a lapel microphone would make your videos a lot easier to listen to 🙂

Thank you, was wondering your stance on green tea

I ditched coffee for matcha around a year and a half ago. Coffee is just far too overrated. I have scanned and assessed the medical literature on this. Here are important finds: - Effects of coffee consumption on glucose metabolism: A systematic review of clinical trials. - Association between coffee consumption with serum lipid profile in ELSA-Brasil study: a metabolomic approach - The effect of coffee consumption on serum lipids: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials - Conflicting Effects of Coffee Consumption on Cardiovascular Diseases: Does Coffee Consumption Aggravate Pre-existing Risk Factors? Everyone needs to transition to matcha green tea latté by the least. We must break the global domination of the international coffee cartel once and for all.

what about black early grey sir?

It helps my adhd and asthma simultaneously. I have never taken any medication. Just eat for health.

It's different for everyone ... sleep just fine and i drink a lot of caffeine.

Great advice on the tea 🍵😊

If I drink green tea, I will be staring at the ceiling all night. I switched to the decaf. I only drink 1 cup of coffee ☕️ and I sleep pretty well . Love your information!! Thanks 😊.

Green tea’s an excellent choice, and coffee offers a tasty, quick and simple feeling of satiety ❤

The ammount of green tea that you would need to drink to get an efficacious dose of L-theanine would get you on par with the same amount of caffeine as from coffee. Buy L-theanine in 200 mg capsules.

I personally used green tea as a way to cut down my caffeine intake gradually. Now I don't drink anything with caffeine. No more headaches and MORE energy throughout the entire day, instead of a crash and burn. Many people say it helps lose weight and may have helped me get rid of 50 pounds which I have kept off. Many others say it also helped to reduce or eliminate anxiety.

You know what's not good for the brain? Giving up everything in life you love to eat or drink just to die anyway.

I like green tea, it's way healthier. And I love one cup of coffee in the morning.

How do you make sleep a priority if you have young children? The longest stretch of uninterrupted sleep I've had in 4 years is maybe 4 hours

Doctor I take green tea once a day. Thank you Doctor.

excellent topic!

Give Yerba Mate a try won't regret it!

But coffee has been found to have quite a few benefits, too, there is no reason to ignore those away

I started a reaction to caffeine in my 20's dizzy vomiting, hives, sweats and then pass out. I'm 60 I haven't had caffeine since then. I drink decaffeinated green tea every morning and evening. I still suffer insomnia I refuse to take sleeping pills had a bad reaction to them

Awesome thank you

So caffeine is not good but green tea is so good for you that the good outweighs the caffeine. I switched from coffee with sugar and cream to tea with honey. So switching to green tea will be super easy. But my tea has ashwaganda in it so I really love it

Green tea makes me jittery. I'm probably allergic to it. On the other hand, I love coffee. I stopped drinking coffee several times in my life but always came back to it. Love coffee ;)

My granddad drinks at least 3 cups of coffee a day and he is 95, still living in his own home, mild dementia and happy. I guess he must be an outlier. He also did night shifts for a long period of time as a fireman so who knows how he has made it this long!

Sorry gave up coffee during pregnancy and had constant headaches. But maybe I'll try green tea even though I hate the taste of it.

You’re amazing

I can go without coffee for days so I don’t think it’s addictive. I simply like the taste 😊.

Thank you. Here 2 cups a day and will be better ❤

I cut coffee, alcohol, and weed out of my life and I’m sleeping better but I’m also on a lot of medication for a sinus infection and have a ton of stress in my life

Cordyceps!!

Mil Gracias

Well now. This is an inconvenient truth. Thank you for telling me what I need to hear. Damnit. 😂🎉

Very helpful, thank you! :-)

Ok thx i will switch. I got an headache right now and yesterday i sweated a lot after one big cup only just sitting in the car and working with the laptop and t-shirt. My wife was driving with a pullover! Screw it!

I drink a cup of organic tea every morning.

I love decaff green tea

Some green tea makes me more anxious for some reason

Thanks SIR ❤😂

I discovered ginger tea for energy. (Some people may be allergic to ginger)

Interesting. But higher coffee consumption is linked directly to *lower mortality* in studies. I'll take more coffee and less death please 🤷

As ADHD, I approve caffeine. I can go to work at 3am, not drink black coffee or do. It’s all preference. But I learned long ago that I do not like sugar or dairy in my coffee. Makes me feel funny lol

I do Two and meditation doc❤

Which green tea do you recommend!?

So, since two surgeries foe cancer over a year ago, I am so fatigued I cannot function and become irritable especially after a meal. So I find that drinking water 20 mins beforea meal, then 1/3 can of RedBull right before plating my meal, helps brain work even though blood goes to my stomach. YES - I am getting B12 shots, taking vitamin C, D3, k2, eating a hand-sized piece of liver 2x wk, getting veggies. And drinking Green Tea when I can. But green tea is not practical all of the time for time constraints or no way to heat water/mix stuff. It is one small can per day, sometimes a little more if there are leftovers from the day before (stored in glass, in fridge). There is less caffeine than coffee, and it gives me taurine, which, by elimination in trying other drinks/vitamin combos, is the thing I need. Leads me to think I'm not absorbing or making use of/distributing Vit C along with the B12? Is using Redbull this way for this purpose, damaging? I am desperately cleaning out my late mother's house & it is the only thing making it possible. B12 shots are good, but irregular in their effects

Amen Dr. AMEN ❤

I’ve been getting tired of coffee lately. I want to quit. I’ve been drinking it for 10 yrs now

I appreciate all these wonderful ways to make my brain and overall health better. What about all these new mushroom coffees that are suppose to be good for you. I started them and have much less stomach pains. Just curious. Do the mushrooms show on drug tests? We have random ones at work where I do medical transportation. Need to be sure about that one. Thanks again for your kind and generous spirit.

Dr may I say when I cannot sleep I make a cup o f coffee . And then I go back to bed and sleep like a baby I been drinking coffee since very young and I have never been I’ll 😳😂👌

What’s the best green tea to purchase? Any recommendation?

Okay I use to like u 😂 I've just cut down to 6 cups a day. I was hoping u would say 6 cups was fine. When I was younger had to work every moment, house note, electric , water,gas, insurance on house,car, health, life. Oh yes then I had 4 mouth's to feed, clothed, entertainment it was never ending so coffee was my best friend, always there for me. Thanks for your videos❤

I stopped 4 months ago I’m good

Green tea increases my heart rate.

I love taking thienine with a cup of coffee, definitly helps that stress response you can get from it

Teein and coffeine is the Same molecule 😊

I sleep great and drink lots of coffee.

what is more important for your brain, caffeine or sleep&exercise? all I know is no caffeine at all for a couple of weeks has improved my sleep dramatically, one day I simply realized, how mentally stable I was

How about raw cacao and theobromine?

Several years ago I gave up caffeinated coffee and only drank water. I stopped the coffee abruptly and for two weeks had very bad headaches and kept falling asleep throughout the day. These effects gradually disappeared over the next two weeks and, since then, I have very rarely drunk anything with caffeine in it. If I do have a drink with caffeine then I feel very hyped up and ready to climb the walls 😂. So, if you want to stop ingesting caffeine then it’s probably best to do it gradually.

You have got to have some enjoyment in life or what’s the point.😊

what about black tea? i find it tastier vs green one