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Drinking strong coffee before exercising increases fat-burning, new study finds

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228 points curmudgeon22 | 9 comments | 28 Mar 21 17:14 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
1. pdimitar ◴[28 Mar 21 18:43 UTC] No.26612967[source]▶
If I drink a full cup of good coffee before exercise I'll likely die of heart attack. My heart is starting to literally ache after I get 3 normal gulps of coffee and wait for 15 minutes.

Other anti-oxidizing drinks like green tea do help a lot though.

It really depends on the person. I was a former coffee addict and even though I mostly have quit coffee for full 10 years now I still can't get back to regularly consuming it. It's either half a cup once two weeks or a very shitty 2-3 days after.

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2. Felger ◴[28 Mar 21 19:12 UTC] No.26613246[source]▶
Did you have to stop coffee because of those heart like symptoms ?
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3. bserge ◴[28 Mar 21 19:23 UTC] No.26613362[source]▶
Interesting. I had a similar experience, but recently I started taking levothyroxine and now coffee works exactly as it did 10-15 years ago.

You should check your thyroid gland/thyroxine/TSH level sometime.

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4. pdimitar ◴[28 Mar 21 19:23 UTC] No.26613368[source]▶
I have never seen a doctor about it. By the time I stopped coffee I already had some slight arrhythmia so I was quite scared and never pursued any more detailed info.

But yes, I stopped and got better almost instantly.

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5. pdimitar ◴[28 Mar 21 19:24 UTC] No.26613382[source]▶
Yep, one of my 5 thyroid hormones is having high values so I am definitely going to the doctors soon.

Whether I am epically stupid for not having done it 10 years ago is... entirely another matter.

6. jmmcd ◴[28 Mar 21 20:16 UTC] No.26614052{3}[source]▶
I think a doctor would recommend to see a doctor, here.
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7. amelius ◴[28 Mar 21 21:41 UTC] No.26614915[source]▶
> My heart is starting to literally ache after I get 3 normal gulps of coffee and wait for 15 minutes.

Are you sure it isn't heartburn? It happens to a lot of people who drink coffee (and hasn't anything to do with the heart).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartburn

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8. pdimitar ◴[28 Mar 21 23:41 UTC] No.26615978{4}[source]▶
What can I say? Life was hectic and hugely stressful. Stress and depression have the tendency to rob you of your self-preservation instincts. I finally started recouping, some 10-12 years after I started having health problems, but what can you do. Better late than never.
9. pdimitar ◴[28 Mar 21 23:41 UTC] No.26615986[source]▶
I really am not. You might be correct. I'll ask the doctors when I get to them.

I just get a first heart rate and shortness of breath when drinking real coffee, so indeed it might be a heartburn.