Ice Cream Caffeine

[davidadill]

I am not an expert on social media so I don't know how to do this. If any of you are, I think you should start promoting the idea of taking caffeine out of coffee ice cream. It would not only help people with restless legs, but it would also help anyone who wants to fall asleep in the next few hours. It could probably also be done with chocolate ice cream.

[Madlegs1]

Nooooooooooo!I drink coffee for my family's protection.

I also live on chocolate.( Above 70%)

How could you suggest such a thing.?

Cruel person, so you are!🤓

[WideBody in reply to Madlegs1]

Chocolate 70%+ for the win!

[Camry2020]

I have truly acute RLS (can stagger and fall after three days walking) and read somewhere that caffeine, though counter intuitive, can help in acute episodes. Tried two strong expresso shots and my gosh it did help. No way am I cured or did it vanish But the attack became less violent and jerky. Go figure!

[WideBody]

Well, Me thinks you got it all wrong. There is nothing wrong with coffee, before 12:00pm. That Ice cream though could be an issue.

[Birdland]

I am completely envious of anyone with RLS that can consume caffeine in any form. My symptoms go through the roof with even the slightest amount.

[involuntarydancer]

For me coffee actually helps with rls symptoms - or at least doesn't worsen them - but ice cream (any flavour) sets them off every time.

[Madlegs1 in reply to involuntarydancer]

Right on. It's not necessarily the flavour of the ice cream, but rather some ingredient.Most probably hidden msg.

[Eryl]

I find that caffeine is no problem but if they took the sugar out of ice cream that would be far better. It wouldn't be the same though.

[Mum007]

Are you sure it’s not the sugars and additives. Sugar of any kind is a big no no fir most rls sufferers.

[Madlegs1]

I've related the story/ myth of caffeine and RLS before. But no harm repeating it. Because it is thrown around all the time ,even by highly educated consultants!A Japanese study into sleep behaviour ,a million years ago, related, as a note, that one student complained of rls as a result of consuming coffee. This random minor result promptly got into RLS lore as a given scientific fact. Absolutely no research back up, investigation into alternative causes or definition of the actual complaint.

A bit like the myth of spinach as a major source of iron. ( Percentage error) or that butter is more harmful than margarine (good lobbying by canola businesses) or that milk is one of the top five food requirements ( Dairy industry)

Coffee is certainly a potent sleep inhibitor ( can't think of the correct word)

BUT there is no conclusive proof that it is a cause of RLS.

Every time coffee comes up on this forum, there are consistent posts showing coffee to be a relief for RLS.

Cheers.

[Hidden]

I am not against caffeine. Unfortunately as with a lot of us who are seniors, I lost my ability to process it and one cup of coffee will keep me up for 36 hours of misery, especially with my RLS.

Caffeine is becoming so ubiquitous in waste water that it is starting to show up in waterways. It is apparently not filtered out by waste water treatment and also too many people are "peeing" in or within 200 feet of waterways. In fact, they measure for caffeine levels in the environment when trying to locate a leaky sewer.

My tirade about caffeine does have a point for RLS purposes. There are many of us who have to stay away from caffeine die to exacerbation of our RLS. My beef with caffeine is the beverage makers, especially those that make pop, who just assume that everyone uses it.

Case in point: I was a huge Diet Mountain Dew fan. All of what I am talking about are diet products since I have had a weight problem in the past. I am not here to debate about the "evils" of artificial sweeteners. That argument has more appropriate venues in which to discuss it, Pepsi used to make caffeine-free regular and Diet Mountain Dew, but they made it in very limited markets. Apparently the independent bottlers of pop products have to bottle a core group of products and the rest are optional. Caffeine-free Mountain Dew products was on that optional list. The closest place I could find to me was up in central Georgia (that was closer than the Florida panhandle where is was also available. My husband and I used to drive up there every 4 months and buy 20 12-packs of cans which would list about 4 months - told you I was a huge Mountain Dew fan. You could get it from Amazon or like venues but it was often past it expiration date when we get it - aspartame has a finite shelf life after which it tastes awful. Also it costs about what you could get it for in the stores, but it was $25.00 to ship 1 12-pack of it!

Because of that, very few bottlers chose to make it. Over the last year, Pepsi eliminated it as it was not selling well (you think!). It was available in limited VERY markets and it was never advertised. Most of the general public had no idea it existed. I used to give away about 2 12-packs worth of Caffeine-Free Diet Mt. Dew to people who were big fans of Mountain Dew but for whatever reason, did not use caffeine. I had a lot of guests that were pleasantly surprised that they could enjoy it again without the caffeine. No difference in taste to me.

I have had the same issue with caffeine-free diet Dr. Pepper. The products like Diet Pepsi and Diet Coke or Coke Zero are made in caffeine-free formulations but they are often not stocked. I may have to go to 4 or 5 stores to find it. The only one I buy is Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi as I like the taste better. Is Pepsi Free a good alternative? No sugar but 1.5 times the caffeine as regular Diet Pepsi! I have to scrupulously read label ingredients for caffeine. Sometimes caffeine amounts are listed on the bottle in milligrams but often not.

I also find caffeine in the weirdest pop flavors. Regular Barq's root beer has caffeine although their diet flavors do not. A&W diet Cream Soda added it a few years ago although it has been removed from its new Cream Soda Zero Sugar. I used to drink diet Sunkist Orange Soda. I could not figure out what was the matter with my RLS and why I could not sleep until I happen to see a diet Sunkist label that said Now with Caffeine.

I wish beverage makers would be aware that some of us do not use caffeine for whatever reason and make AND stock caffeine-free versions of their products so all of us can enjoy them.

Tirade over.

In my humble opinion

Jerold in Citrus Park, FL USA