The Ultimate Ramadan and Caffeine Guide

Ultimate Ramadan 🌙 and Caffeine ☕️ Guide

Caffeine drinker can RUIN your Ramadan or supercharge you

I’ve tested all caffeine protocol

Here’s what I found 👇 pic.twitter.com/C3Df0V6nk8

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

Caffeine ☕️ is the most used psychoactive drug on the planet 🌍

If you stop it abruptly, you will have withdrawals. This includes:

● Headache
● Depressed Mood
● Difficulty concentrating
● Irritability

Imagine feeling all this while dehydrated and fasting 😵‍💫😵‍💫

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

You have 3 options:

● Wean off of caffeine before Ramadan ⏰

● Drink your usual caffeine at suhoor ☕️ 🥤

● Intelligently 🧠 use extended release caffeine supplement 💊

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

1. Wean off:

It will take you 6-10 days to wean off. During the wean off period you’re bound to feel worse

But it’s key to get optimal sleep during this time to combat this

Caffeine blocks adenosine receptors. Once you wean off you’ll have a surge of adenosine and will be 😴

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

This is what I would use to wean off if I was a 2 cup ☕️ of coffee drinker:

Days 1-2: 1 cup off coffee (1⁄2 original dose)

Days 3-4: 1⁄2 of coffee (1⁄4 original dose)

Day 5: 1⁄4 cup of coffee or 1 cup of tea (1⁄8 original dose)

Day 6-10: No caffeine beverages at all

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

If you’re pressed for time, this is an expedited, more painful protocol:

Day 1: 1 cup of coffee (1⁄2 original dose)

Day 2: 1⁄2 cup of coffee (1⁄4 original dose)

Day 3: Cup of tea or no caffeine

Day 4-5: Complete cessation

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

This is best done BEFORE. If you’re not fat adapted, withdrawing from caffeine while fat adapting is MISERABLE

Caffeine withdrawal, low blood sugar, and dehydrated

That’s the perfect way to have severe headaches 🤕

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

2. If you are an early riser and you stay awake after suhoor, you can just drink your usual dose ☕️

If you’re used to drinking through out the day, start only the drink in the morning to adapt

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

3. Extended release caffeine supplements 💊

These have been a GAME CHANGER

Coffee peaks in your blood quickly and a few hours later you’re ready for your next dose

These extended release formulations slowly release into your blood stream and give you consistent energy

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

The brands I have tested and like (no affiliation, don’t get paid for this):

1. Genius Caffeine
A subtle, stable source of energy. can take at suhoor and nap after with no problem and wake up to stable energy

2. DYNAMAX
POWERFUL caffeine supplement that gives me a strong boost… pic.twitter.com/7btmhkaMVX

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

The complains claim that this is what their caffeine pharmacodynamics look like

In my experience, I feel the caffeine and stimulation for 12+ hours pic.twitter.com/NhhCLseh19

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

If I have a long day ahead of me, I drink coffee and take Dynamax. A boost in the morning and a consistent bolus throughout the day

If I have a more chill day, I’ll take 1-2 genius caffeine

If I have a busy morning but a chiller day in the afternoon, I’ll do coffee + genius

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

There are many combos I’ve tested and we can go over

If you master caffeine, you MASTER your energy levels

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

Quick video summary: pic.twitter.com/FEqq1p2EuZ

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023

CAFFEINE SUPER NAP ☕️ 😴:

I didn’t get enough sleep at night and want to sleep fajr, I can’t drink coffee because it will keep me up

But if I need some caffeine, I’ll take 1-2 genius caffeine pills and go sleep

As I’m waking up, I get a double boost. The nap and the caffeine😍

— Abud Bakri MD 📟 (@AbudBakri) March 19, 2023