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Do you love your morning coffee or that piece of dark chocolate at night? If you’re in perimenopause or menopause, caffeine may be affecting you more than you realize. From restless nights to racing hearts — even to magnifying hot flashes — caffeine can be both a friend and a foe in midlife. In this episode of Hot & Healthy Menopause, host Nicole van Hattem explores how caffeine impacts women in midlife and menopause. Drawing on research (including a Mayo Clinic study), she unpacks how caffeine can boost mood and memory for some women while worsening symptoms like hot flushes, anxiety, and poor sleep for others. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: Why women metabolize caffeine differently in midlife How coffee, chocolate, and caffeinated canned drinks can affect hormones and liver health The surprising link between caffeine and menopausal symptoms (Mayo Clinic study) When to switch to decaf (and what “decaf” really means) Chocolate strategies: enjoy the health benefits without wrecking your sleep