Caffeine the devil that we all know too well. Keeps you awake but can play havoc on your sleeping patterns and surprisingly a lot more. Ultimately caffeine is a drug and as with smoking is very easy to become addicted too. Coffee is the worst for this whereas tea has smaller amounts of caffeine making it safer to drink. If you are looking to cut down your caffeine intake as with anything you should do this gradually. The normal advice is to cut down gradually over a course of 2 to 3 weeks.

Hopefully the following side effects will encourage you to consider cutting down your caffeine intake:

• Diarrhoea
• copious urination
• facial flushing