Should I take caffeine pills instead of coffee during a fast?

[Deleted member 22124]

So I decided to do a little fast today. Maybe 16 hrs or even as much as 20. I know coffee spikes cortisol, especially if you drink it without sugar. Would it be better for my thyroid to just have caffeine pills then, or maybe green tea? (Sorry idk much about how this works)

@Thomas DOM

 

[Deleted member 20652]

Black coffee if you dont want calories bro

//Thomas DOM

 

[Tom Jones]

It’s the caffeine that induces the acute stress response.
So it wouldn’t matter much whether it’s from coffee or pills.

Coffee also contains other compounds which may be healthy

 

[juste]

coffee does completely nothing to me(no cortisol nothing at all)
and i drink much

 

[keep positive 24/7]

caffeine pills caused me serious stomach pains, i think. maybe it was something else, but im 65% sure it was caffeine pills doing something weird

 

[hiwasuwor]

Coffee burns calories as coffeine stimulates the metabolism. I use black coffee while fasting

 

[Deleted member 22124]

Well, it looks like I'll be having a good ol' cup of Joe then after all. Yum yum!

 

[Deleted member 23017]

If you drink coffee on an empty stomach you'll throw up.

 

[Deleted member 22124]

If you drink coffee on an empty stomach you'll throw up.

Just your weak chink genetics can't handle it. Vikings like me just go berserk!