Ten alternatives to caffeine you probably haven’t considered
I’ve written before about how I used to struggle with caffeine addiction, and then found a way to cure it in four days without withdrawal symptoms. I still drink caffeine, in much more reasonable quantities, but since kicking my addiction I’ve also found it useful to find other ways to boost my energy levels.
The following are ten things I occasionally use in place of caffeine. Some of them provide mental energy, some provide physical energy, some provide both, and one of them only provides flavor. Whether you’re cutting caffeine out altogether or just cutting back, you’re sure to find at least a couple things on this list that work for you.
L-Tyrosine
L-Tyrosine is an amino acid I mentioned in my previous article about quitting caffeine. In short, caffeine depletes your brain’s tyrosine stores, and by replenishing them with tyrosine pills, you can avoid most withdrawal symptoms while also giving yourself a milder form of the stimulation caffeine gives you.
500 to 100 mg of tyrosine is stimulating in much the same way that caffeine is, but to a much lesser degree. It will probably give you less energy than caffeine, but that energy will more even and won’t come with caffeine jitters. Plus, tyrosine isn’t addictive- in fact, it’s anti-addictive, as you’ll crave…
