Thank God for the timing - that I asked just when you had read about it. It definately is coffee related cause cutting back results in the symptoms dissapearing. Maybe you should start a coofee support board. The real problem is cutting back.

Thanks for the peppermint tea tip and all the other tips. I appreciated that.

I also have a cist that concerns me. I'll tell you later. Gotta run now. I'm going to go for coffee! Ha!

> Funny you should ask this, I just read an
> article titled:

> Heavy Coffee Drinking May Raise Rheumatoid
> Arthritis Risk

> Rheumatoid Arthritis is "an autoimmune
> disease in which the body's defenses attack
> its own tissues".

> Another article says "the question of
> whether coffee increases heart disease risk
> has been controversial, with some, but not
> all, studies showing a link between coffee
> drinking and an increased risk.

> "It is not only unfiltered coffee, but
> notably normal filtered coffee that affects
> cholesterol and homocysteine, researchers
> found.

> "If your cholesterol or homocysteine
> level is too high and you are a heavy coffee
> drinker you should consider reducing your
> consumption, the study authors
> suggest."

> It's a hard subject to broach cause I love
> the flavor and smell of it, but after
> studying the dangers of coffee in your
> system, I had to quit.

> I have to research this again cause I've
> forgotten some of the details, but coffee
> has been proven to lower your body's
> electrical frequencies. When your
> frequencies lower, your body is not able to
> fight sickness so well (have to look up the
> frequencies again). Besides that, you are
> probably dumping some sugar into your blood
> system at the same time.

> Coffee gives your body a false start, the
> caffeine tricks your body into thinking it's
> awake and alert, so your body pushes itself
> further then it should (as in cases when you
> are drinking coffee to stay awake through an
> all night assignment, to get going in the
> morning, etc.)

> I would guess that the sore throat could be
> resulting from your bodies lowered energies,
> therefore not able to resist the germs from
> attacking. Coffee doesn't help your body
> fight sickness, though admittedly, coffee
> would be a preferable choice over soda.

> So, in my opinion, yes, you are poisoning
> yourself and the toxins in your body should
> be cleaned out. It's a choice though that
> only you can make. The sore throat and neck
> pain is probably just a sympton of some area
> in your body which isn't operating well, and
> I would imagine you have some other symptons
> though, such as, high blood pressure,
> fatigue, you catch colds every time they
> come around, headaches? Is a sore throat the
> only sympton?

> If you want to improve your health, I
> wouldn't recommend going off coffee cold
> turkey, it would probably be too much for
> your body to handle, esp. if you are a heavy
> drinker. Try to cut down your daily intake,
> and slowly get yourself to one cup a day.
> Try replacing it with, for instance,
> peppermint tea. Peppermint tea is a
> stimulant and many people who have gone off
> coffee switch over to peppermint tea. Apple
> juice also works as well to get your body
> going in the morning, from what I've read.
> Probably cause it is high in natural sugars
> which give energy to your system.

> People trying to stop an addiction have said
> that the essential oil of clove on their
> tongue curbs the craving, perhaps you can
> consider it.

> On a psychological note, no, you shouldn't
> rejoin the Family just to overcome this
> addiction. There are better ways of going
> about it. But a lot really depends on you
> and your determination. Replace the coffee
> habit with herb tea, milk or water, but
> don't switch to a caffeine chewing gum or
> something like that.

> Last thing, I have noticed the neck pain
> myself when I drink the occasional cup of
> coffee. But I am convinced long time
> drinkers can quit, through their own
> will-power and determination. Both my father
> and husband, who have been coffee drinkers
> for over 30 years, quit overnight. It was a
> hard first week, but health wise, they are
> doing better than ever. My father had
> problems with migraines, he hasn't had one
> in months, my husband had problems with his
> heart, he has been fine since he quit. There
> are definitely advantages to limiting your
> coffee intake.

> I will be putting up an article on naturally
> cleansing your body systems in order to get
> a start on regaining your natural health.

> Peace!