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I haven’t had a cup of coffee in almost 2 weeks… This is what I use instead, and it wasn’t some “I’m quitting caffeine” decision. I just stopped needing it. What I realized is most people don’t actually need more stimulation in the morning they’re just missing the raw materials their body needs to create energy. Minerals. Amino acids. Proper hydration. If you’re low in minerals, your cells can’t hold onto water the right way. If you’re low in amino acids, your body struggles with recovery, neurotransmitters, and overall function, and when that’s off, you wake up tired… so you reach for coffee to compensate. That used to be me. I’m not saying coffee is bad... but if you feel like you need it just to function, there’s usually something deeper going on.

Age 50 in 1986 vs. age 50 in 2026. What has changed in 40 years?

The thyroid exerts a huge influence on blood pressure—even in people with “normal” blood tests. People with TSH in the upper part of the normal range are 30% more likely to have high blood pressure. “High serum TSH level is an important risk factor of hypertension, and euthyroid individuals with higher-normal TSH level are at higher risk of developing hypertension than those with lower-normal TSH level.“ Thyroid hormone, even levothyroxine, lowers blood pressure. “Although the mechanism is unclear, thyroid replacement therapy can reverse hypertension in hypothyroid patients.” When people are injected with TSH, endothelium-dependent vasodilation drops by 17%. That causes higher blood pressure by making blood vessels less able to relax and widen. When arteries stay more constricted, blood has to push through a narrower space, so resistance rises and blood pressure goes up. Older research showed a huge effect of NDT on high blood pressure. NDT is a thyroid hormone medication with both thyroid hormones. Having both is critical for the best outcome. 20% went from high to normal blood pressure. 55% had a reduction in blood pressure. 25% did not improve. Broda Barnes reported that many patients treated with NDT had their high blood pressure improve. “I saw her in December 1958-with a blood pressure of 200/130 and full-blown myxedema. She was started on one grain of thyroid daily and over the next several weeks, her blood pressure began to come down a little. Three months later, she was taking two grains of thyroid daily and her blood pressure was down to near-normal level. Her thyroid dosage was then raised to three grains. Her blood pressure became normal and she went to work to help out with her family's strained finances. She continued to work for the next six years. A move to another city occasioned a change in physicians and the new one stopped the thyroid medication and placed her on diuretics and tranquilizers. When I saw her in my office again in December 1971, six years after her last visit, her blood pressure was again way up, 200/130. Her cholesterol level which had been 207 on thyroid therapy was up to 356. During the six years, she had developed arthritis which had become so severe that she had become addicted to pain pills.” Note: as with every condition, there is more than one cause of high blood pressure! Ref: Dose-response relationship between thyroid stimulating hormone and hypertension risk in euthyroid individuals Plasma noradrenaline and blood pressure in hypothyroid patients: effect of gradual thyroxine treatment Recombinant Human Thyrotropin Reduces Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilation in Patients Monitored for Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma The Thyroid and Atherosclerotic Arterial Disease: PERICLES MENOF Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness