Is coffee really bad for you??

Whey you pry it from my twitchy caffeinated hands.

I drink a lot of coffee! it is really good for asthma. if you see someone without their puffers having a hard time breathing give them some strong coffee until they get medical help. Or something else with caffine in it!

I think it is like everything else, moderation is key! If you are drinking 12 cups a day you may want to rethink your intake but one or two won't hurt.

coffee has tons of benefits! Caffein in general does. Just not one of those crappy starbucks fraps or whatever they are... those coffee drinks that have like 50 grams of sugar and fat added in. Plain old 0 calorie coffee with splenda is harmless.

I remember reading an article many years ago about the effects of caffeine on your system. Turned out that, like everything else, it depends on your body. Some people will benefit from more than 2 cups a day and some others will get damage from that amount. Also, there is no easy way to tell in which group you sit without a science lab. Nice contribution to science from the authors, I learned so much reading the paper

i don't think anyone who has replied here is a doctor! it's a stimulant, so if your goal is to eat purer, healthier foods, giving up your coffee is worth a shot - or at least changing it to an occasional treat rather than a daily habit.
in my (also nonmedical) opinion, it's not good to feel dependent on any substance to get through the day.
--former habitual coffee drinker!

wow. it took until the second page for a party pooper to arrive.

Just like most vices, coffee is harmless in moderation!
As a previous employee at your neighborhood coffee chain store, I had regular customers that had to have their fix. Most were normal drinks with the regular 2 shots or just a cup of coffee... but this one individual drank NINE shots of espresso in his fix, 2 x day! Not only is that a really expensive habit, but I doubt in that high of doses caffeine is good for you. I asked him what happens if he skipped it, and he said he would get tremendous headaches.

I say drink your coffee, just don't go nuts- or add a bunch of things to mask the taste (if you don't like the taste, drink caffeinated tea?)
If you are going to drink it- brew your own! its so much cheaper and honestly tastes just as good if you buy good coffee. And a french press is 12 bucks at Ikea and makes some strong brew!

It's funny because most of the people who will go out on a limb to say "COFFEE IZ BADDDDD" are the ones who probably don't exercise enough, are afraid of red meat, and eat crap like Special K cereal because the labels say it's healthy... when in reality, a little bit of coffee is the least of their problems. They just hear caffein and automatically think it' taboo.

Its not all black and white. (Sometimes Its black and sometimes its creamy brown with cinnamon sprinkles.)

There are a lot of beneficial things about drinking coffee and there is the potential for there to be harm from drinking coffee, however, I must say...Everything I have heard about coffee being potentially harmful is the result of overindulgence in it.

Its my opinion that coffee, in moderation, is perfectly safe.

Having experienced overindulgence in coffee and some painful results from it, I'm happy to say I haven't had coffee in over two months. I am basically trying to cleanse out my body and that is one of the reasons I am here at MFP.

I started drinking coffee when I got out of high school and I am now 42. At some point in the near future, I will probably have a nice decaf soy latte. But for now, I am content in my recovery.

Almost any food product that has harmful claims associated with it is fine if consumed in moderation.

Just my two cents.

there are all kinds of studies that say coffee is actually good for you. Antioxidants, and all kinds of apparent protection against things like diabetes, parkinson's, gallstones, kidney stones, alzheimer's disease. I'm sticking with that. And my 3 cups of coffee.

This is totally true!!

i don't think anyone who has replied here is a doctor!

funny...