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Can you elaborate on the question a little?

Karen

did you read the link.

It's a letter from 1836 or so talking about not eating bread flour and sugar but allowing drinking coffee
if its supposed to be in england I didnt think coffee was something one drank.

From what I have learned caffine can cause stalls in some. I can stimulate the release of insulin.

I personaly drink 1 to 2 cups of coffee during the week and more during the weekend. I also take an ECA stack which contains caffine. I don't have a problem with it (at least not so far) Would I lose faster without it, probably, but I have given up all of my other vices and have kept this one
I so enjoyed happy hour on friday with friends and a few lite beers, not I just drink water. I did purchase some of the new lo-carb beer from Micalob (sp) I haven't had any yet (2 gms of carbs) but when we have friends over I will have a bottle.

Coffee was all the rage in England and across Europe by the mid 1700's, so it was definitely being consumed there in 1836

The reason tea became more prominent was purely economic ... It was France and Spain who introduced coffee to the New World, and established plantations. Which meant high import taxes for England. On the other hand, England was establishing colonies in India and China .. hence tea was cheaper and more readily available. Nonetheless, coffee was still very popular, and many coffee-houses in existence in London in the 1800's.

If you're interested, here's an article on the History of Coffee.

cheers,

Doreen

Just a note ... I've redirected this thread from Tips and Stalls to the General Low Carb forum for other folks who may be interested.

Doreen

Just a comment...I LOVE my big cuppa coffee in the morning...if it has an impact on me, I guess I've just been dealing with it because I'm just not gonna give it up!

Nice info here on my favorite beverage...

I was very sad to realize it was my daily coffee that had been stalling me for several months -- I recently switched to tea on a whim and a week later whooshed out 4 more pounds!!

Don't get me wrong -- this is *caffeinated* tea I'm drinking, so I don't think it was the caffeine for me. Probably a combo of the carbs in coffee (~ 1 gm per 8 oz I believe) and the cream I slathered it with.

-Jinkster

I am British and my mother was Italian
I just never knew anyone else who liked coffee as much as me when I was growing up there
but I thought apart from the coffee how interesting that low carb eating worked for him then.

I have been low carbing since 98 and am a Low carber for life!
I must admit I never gave up coffee
but I think if I could I would loose those extra pounds.

I drink 1.5cups a day, except for Saturday and Sunday - so far no problems.

I was in a stall a few months ago and I cut out all of my "not sures" and my latte was not it. To many nuts and not by a bunch we are talking like 2-3 macadaimia nuts but 5-6= stall city. Spanish peanuts = stall city but unshelled sunflower seeds by the hand full no problem. Sunflower seeds in the shell= stall city again.