Fatigue (Get a pick-me-up):

        If you are dragging your feet, complaints may be more than less. After all, we need energy to work and play and enjoy life. If fatigue is due to lack of shut-eye or burning the candle at both ends, or trying to adapt to seasonal changes, coffee may come to your rescue.

       What Coffee Rx to Use: Order 16-ounce café mocha (with dark chocolate flavoring and dark chocolate shavings) at a coffee shop or make your own at home.

      Why You’ll Be Perked Up: It’s a fact: Caffeine boosts your mental and physical energy. Dark chocolate contains theobromine, like caffeine it has a stimulating effect on the central nervous system. Anadamide a.k.a the “bliss chemical” occurs naturally in the brain and when released to our brain receptors, can boost good feelings. Millions of people every day get a jump-start in the morning by drinking a up of coffee (or two) to enjoy that jolt so they can get a move on.

       But caution, consult your health care practitioner before putting to work any coffee cure.

       I have read a lot of articles suggesting pregnant or breast feeding women should avoid coffee. Also, people with acid reflex like myself should never drink coffee on empty stomach and limit coffee intake to 1 cup in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. I hurt my stomach, liver and spleen by drinking 2 cups of coffee first thing in the morning on an empty stomach.

Tathaastu Sep-Oct 2012

By Cal Orey, M.A.

Author of The Healing Powers of Honey ,

 The Healing Powers of Chocolate,

The Healing Powers of Vinegar,

 The Healing Powers of Olive Oil