Discussion»Questions»Food and Drink» Well...coffee in larger quantities helps you live longer. (This month, anyway.) 3-5 cups per day gives you 18% chance to not die early.
Just curious, but where does the "it wreaks havoc on the kidneys" and "causes pre-cancerous cells in breast tissue" come from? Do you have any references to legitimate studies to back those statements?
Oh get real. Look it up yourself. It is common knowledge. You want me to site this? No. Not gonna. You know why? Because there will be just as many naysayers as sayers. So, my point is, that MY doctor told me that if I drink coffee, it will cause pain in my chest due to fibrocystitis. He told me to cut out the caffeine. Since I quit drinking coffee, I immediately had no pain.
He told me coffee is the reason for my having to pee all the time. I quit coffee and no peeing problem.
There are countless STUDIES. Do you think I want to debate this? I do not. Accept it or look it up yourself.
Fibrous Breast Tissue and Caffeine
Although the question as to whether caffeine contributes to fibrous breast tissue has received significant attention, medical research does not indicate that caffeine consumption contributes to the risk of fibrocystic breast tendency. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that heavy caffeine intake make worsen the pain and discomfort associated with fibrous breast tissues, especially around the time of menstruation. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends avoiding caffeine for a few months to assess whether it helps symptoms to subside. Caffeine and Hormones
Caffeine can have an indirect effect on sex hormones in your body due to its effect on the stress hormone cortisol. Consuming large quantities of caffeine results in elevated levels of cortisol, which, when released into the bloodstream over a sustained period, can effect a number of negative health reactions, including cellular changes and potential sex hormone disruption.
In addition to investigating whether caffeine contributes to fibrous breast tissue, researchers have also studied potential linkages between caffeine and breast cancer. Fibrous breast tissue in and of itself is not a risk factor for carcinogenesis. However, data from the ongoing Women’s Health Study indicate that among women with benign breast disease, the risk of developing breast cancer increases significantly among those who consume large amounts of coffee on a daily basis.
Kidney Stones and Coffee
Kidney stones form by precipitation of solid masses out of your urine. According to the NKUDIC, the most common form of kidney stone is calcium oxalate. Caffeine may act as an irritant for those who have kidney stones because of its diuretic effects and it may also contribute to their formation because of the oxalate in coffee. The NKUDIC suggests that you limit your coffee intake to one or two cups per day to limit its effects on kidney stones. Kidney Infection and Coffee
Infections of the kidney typically come from bacterial infections that originate in the urethra, bladder or ureters and then spread to the kidneys. According to Medical News Today, kidney infections can be a serious medical condition that if left untreated can cause permanent damage resulting in loss of kidney function or even death. Kidney infections can be quite painful. If you have one you should drink lots of water and avoid beverages, including coffee, which may irritate the infection and reduce recovery time.
But if I'm reading what you've said correctly it appears that you seem to be confusing coffee with caffeine.
I can only point out that coffee may be had without caffeine (or greatly reduced levels of that drug) and many, many other every day items contain that stimulant: items such as tea, soft drinks, patent and ethical medications, even chewing gum. (Coffee is also not "highly acidic"; pH weighs in at around 5 while the vinegar in your salad dressing and ketchup is in the neighborhood of 2.4.)
But again, how about pointing to some scientific, double-blind studies to back what you say? You're the one trying to pedal what you said as fact so it's incumbent upon you to have the studies to back it, not me. Or to put in another way "Oh, get real" In any event "Common knowledge", which is only another way of saying "old wives tales", just doesn't cut it as scientific evidence..
I said the same thing to him, Whistle. I read that word in The Stand. Stephen King's horror story about the end of the world. And mayhap was used by an old lady who was black and about 100 years old.
Good news for caffaholics like yours truly. Next week they'll tell us that it's a deadly poison and I'll fall back on the same defense I use for beer - "so who wants to live forever anyway?"
WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH 