Is coffee bad for you?
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Unfortunately, I think the roasting process makes it a carcinogen, like grilling food until it is chared, yum. I still dink a cup or two 3 times a week but that's the latest info I have obtained.9
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Um, hope not. I had three cups today
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On a similar note, is instant coffee too much the devil?
*dodges eggs and tomatoes thrown her way
I actually prefer it, yep, plus I'm crazy lazy in the kitchen and it's even quicker to make than filtered, but I've always wondered if the benefits of regular coffee are included in instant coffee.
Or if instant coffee is particularly empty, nutritional-wise...0 -
If I don't have my coffee, it could be REALLY bad....for YOU.2
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I am 61yo and I hope it's not bad cause you would have to pry my mug out of my cold dead hands!
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Just looking for some points of view from some real people. Is coffee bad for you?
NO. And no one can tell me otherwise. Black coffee is my essential pre-workout, metabolism booster and fat burner. Get that caffeine in! The sugar and crap that is called coffee is however bad. But there are hacks for just about everything, i.e. skim milk, sugar-free syrup, no whip, etc.1 -
I heard they are now classifying coffee as a possible carcinogen in the state of California. I did look into it a while back and it is posted on a government website along with everything else California considers a possible carcinogen. I could look it up again and post the link if anyone would like. I prefer to live in my blissful ignorance and take my chances though. Something's gonna get me some day. It's probably not going to be coffee. There are also many health benefits to a moderate amount of coffee every day such as mental clarity, increase in metabolism, and for some people it helps aid in digestion (makes ya poop). I have no plans of giving up my morning elixir of awakening on the account that it could maybe but not definitively cause cancer. I also read an article (MSN) recently that a study has discovered that orange juice may cause cancer. Orange Juice. I'm beginning to think these scientists in these studies don't really know. Or they are focusing on correlations but not direct causes.. (I hope.)1
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California classifies everything as a possible carcinogen. They're real big on both fearmongering and nanny state-ism.Crafty_camper123 wrote: »I heard they are now classifying coffee as a possible carcinogen in the state of California. I did look into it a while back and it is posted on a government website along with everything else California considers a possible carcinogen. I could look it up again and post the link if anyone would like. I prefer to live in my blissful ignorance and take my chances though. Something's gonna get me some day. It's probably not going to be coffee. There are also many health benefits to a moderate amount of coffee every day such as mental clarity, increase in metabolism, and for some people it helps aid in digestion (makes ya poop). I have no plans of giving up my morning elixir of awakening on the account that it could maybe but not definitively cause cancer. I also read an article (MSN) recently that a study has discovered that orange juice may cause cancer. Orange Juice. I'm beginning to think these scientists in these studies don't really know. Or they are focusing on correlations but not direct causes.. (I hope.)
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Unfortunately, I think the roasting process makes it a carcinogen, like grilling food until it is chared, yum. I still dink a cup or two 3 times a week but that's the latest info I have obtained.
Roasting coffee creates small amounts of acrylomide, which is a possible carcinogen. Acrylomide also occurs in bread, roasted barley tea, fried potatoes, black olives, prunes, etc. Acrylomide is a potential carcinogen for rodents, but the link is not clear for humans. There are other possible health effects, but the amounts that would end up in a cup of coffee are considered too small to be a health risk. You would have to expose yourself to between 500 - 2000 times a normal daily total amount for it to be an issue.
Unfortunately, because Prop 65 is enforced in the dumbest way possible in California, coffee shops now have to post the mandated warning because of a court ruling that did not set a threshold.6 -
Agreed.
California classifies everything as a possible carcinogen. They're real big on both fearmongering and nanny state-ism.Crafty_camper123 wrote: »I heard they are now classifying coffee as a possible carcinogen in the state of California. I did look into it a while back and it is posted on a government website along with everything else California considers a possible carcinogen. I could look it up again and post the link if anyone would like. I prefer to live in my blissful ignorance and take my chances though. Something's gonna get me some day. It's probably not going to be coffee. There are also many health benefits to a moderate amount of coffee every day such as mental clarity, increase in metabolism, and for some people it helps aid in digestion (makes ya poop). I have no plans of giving up my morning elixir of awakening on the account that it could maybe but not definitively cause cancer. I also read an article (MSN) recently that a study has discovered that orange juice may cause cancer. Orange Juice. I'm beginning to think these scientists in these studies don't really know. Or they are focusing on correlations but not direct causes.. (I hope.)0 -
California classifies everything as a possible carcinogen. They're real big on both fearmongering and nanny state-ism.Crafty_camper123 wrote: »I heard they are now classifying coffee as a possible carcinogen in the state of California. I did look into it a while back and it is posted on a government website along with everything else California considers a possible carcinogen. I could look it up again and post the link if anyone would like. I prefer to live in my blissful ignorance and take my chances though. Something's gonna get me some day. It's probably not going to be coffee. There are also many health benefits to a moderate amount of coffee every day such as mental clarity, increase in metabolism, and for some people it helps aid in digestion (makes ya poop). I have no plans of giving up my morning elixir of awakening on the account that it could maybe but not definitively cause cancer. I also read an article (MSN) recently that a study has discovered that orange juice may cause cancer. Orange Juice. I'm beginning to think these scientists in these studies don't really know. Or they are focusing on correlations but not direct causes.. (I hope.)
They have a statute that allows lawsuits to award quite a large amount of money to plaintiffs if any seller of any thing fails to warn consumers that the thing being sold may be carcinogenic, or anykindofbadstuffwedon'tknowaboutyetogenic. It's less about fear-mongering than a bone tossed to lawyers hoping for a quick buck.2 -
JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
California classifies everything as a possible carcinogen. They're real big on both fearmongering and nanny state-ism.Crafty_camper123 wrote: »I heard they are now classifying coffee as a possible carcinogen in the state of California. I did look into it a while back and it is posted on a government website along with everything else California considers a possible carcinogen. I could look it up again and post the link if anyone would like. I prefer to live in my blissful ignorance and take my chances though. Something's gonna get me some day. It's probably not going to be coffee. There are also many health benefits to a moderate amount of coffee every day such as mental clarity, increase in metabolism, and for some people it helps aid in digestion (makes ya poop). I have no plans of giving up my morning elixir of awakening on the account that it could maybe but not definitively cause cancer. I also read an article (MSN) recently that a study has discovered that orange juice may cause cancer. Orange Juice. I'm beginning to think these scientists in these studies don't really know. Or they are focusing on correlations but not direct causes.. (I hope.)
They have a statute that allows lawsuits to award quite a large amount of money to plaintiffs if any seller of any thing fails to warn consumers that the thing being sold may be carcinogenic, or anykindofbadstuffwedon'tknowaboutyetogenic. It's less about fear-mongering than a bone tossed to lawyers hoping for a quick buck.
That would be the enforcing Prop 65 in the dumbest way possible part. There's a cottage industry of lawyers and activists that file the vast majority of Prop 65 lawsuits.3 -
Is <insert any name of food or drink here> bad for you?
I mean isn't the answer always the same? For some people, yes it is bad for them, for most people in moderation, no. You'd have to go to some pretty big extremes for some things like clean water and find some really rare allergies or digestive issues for other things but the answer is still going to be the same.
It is not like Starbucks invented coffee. We are talking about something that has been consumed for over 200 years now in the US alone.
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If coffee is bad then I don’t want to be good1
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Well, i don't take coffee but i think it do not have a bad effect on health. But access of anything is bad.0
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Actually it what gets me up in the morning ...I LOVE LOVE LOVE coffee. Been drinking it in excess for so many years, I ok with it:))1
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