Acne Magazine

Well, let me clarify the title of this one.  I’ve said over and over again how I can only drink very little caffeinated coffee or any other highly caffeinated beverage without getting a breakout.  I am especially susceptible to breakouts when drinking the high octane ones like Starbucks brews that are stronger and others that are super caffeinated, but have little problem when drinking weaker coffees or coffee that I have diluted down a lot with hot water.

However, I wanted to include some information here on recent health benefits that have been confirmed by research recently, which confirms that drinking coffee actually may reduce mortality rates (make us live longer), and has shown in women to be a beneficial prevention measure when it comes to heart disease.  Other health benefits are bound to follow, since the mechanism by which they think coffee, both caffeinated and decaf, works is because it has a high antoxidant count.

So, for those of us that are sensitive (our skin) to coffee that has a lot of caffeine, it may be an option for us to drink half caffeinated ( a new hybrid that contains only half the caffeine of regular coffee), or decaffeinated coffee to get the health benefits.  However, my choice would be to go for things like green teas if you’re looking to get an antioxidant power punch, or maybe the stimulant drink yerba mate, which also has a lot of antioxidants. 

Remember though, anything that has a lot of stimulants in it, regardless of how natural it is, may cause you to break out, so if you are concerned about that, then you could always just take a few sips of acai juice a day, which is a highly concentrated source of antioxidants, and I must say a very tasty and satisfying drink.