I Drank Coffee by the Pot... Then I Cut Back to One Cup.

My entire adult life, I measured coffee in pots, not cups.

Thought it was harmless. Thought it was keeping me sharp.

Then I cut back to one or two cups in the morning. Just to see.

My blood sugar dropped. Not a little. Noticeably.

Turns out I’m not alone. Research at Duke found that when people with diabetes consumed caffeine, their average daily blood sugar levels went up 8 percent.

Even worse, caffeine increased glucose after meals by 9 percent after breakfast, 15 percent after lunch, and 26 percent after dinner.

Here’s what nobody tells you: caffeine raises stress hormones like adrenaline, which prevents your cells from processing sugar properly and may block insulin production.

I reversed diabetes at 55. Stayed clean for seventeen years.

But I was sabotaging myself with something I thought was helping.

One or two cups? Fine. Multiple pots a day? My body couldn’t keep up.

This isn’t about quitting coffee. It’s about paying attention to what your body’s actually telling you.

When’s the last time you questioned a habit you’ve had for decades.