I read somewhere that too much coffee is bad for health. So just how much is considered too much? 4 cups a day? 5 cups?

I read coffee and brightened up.

I am in love with coffee and can drink as many cups a day if the quality is good yet it has nevr affected me.

would love to know too.

^ Do you mind if I ask you smthng? The last time I checked you were a female n now male How come ?

I dislike coffee totally cos of caffeine which i learnt is injuries to the body when it is excess.

atasteve:

I dislike coffee totally cos of caffeine which i learnt is injuries to the body when it is excess.

Chinese traditional tea is better than this so called coffee

KUDING TEA FROM GREEN WORLD.

coffee makes ur teath yellow nd gives bad breath

Coffee contain caffeine and it's not healthy for pregnant women or women trying to conceive.

Smilenw:

^ Do you mind if I ask you smthng? The last time I checked you were a female n now male How come ?

How does this relate to the topic at hand?

Advantages:

• Coffee is actually one of the healthiest beverages billions of people consume regularly. • Coffee containing with bitter orange, hydroxycitric acid, and chromium can encourage an increase up to 30% in metabolic rate. • Coffee with exercise when taking 300mg averages a 20% increase in energy and fatigue while burning fat increased 107% greater than without caffeine. • Caffeine in coffee keeps our brains alert and receptive of new information. • Regular consumption of coffee decreases the risk of type II diabetes and many other health risks.

Disadvantages:

• Coffee when consumed in excess can be addictive, stimulate, and a mood charger. • A large amount of coffee or caffeine consumed all at once can have a negative affect on blood sugar levels that influences fat burning that could change into storing fat. • Too much coffee over time can stain your teeth.

Smilenw:

^ Do you mind if I ask you smthng? The last time I checked you were a female n now male How come ?

Com'on! Man, People change now. U knw now? Hahahaha

lmao

I hate coffee.

just finished gulping a combination of Ginseng coffee & Red yeast coffee, all edmark products,

Nobody cares if u hate coffee. so i'ld suggest u keep the hatred to urself.

Yours GEJ,:

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Never mind, I do this once in a while , so how much did you say was too much

coffee is both good and bad for you. ok heres the good news. coffee is a digestive bitter and hence stimulates sluggish digestion. this is very good.

here is the bad news

1, coffee depletes inositol from your body. inositol is used to make lecithin. lecithin is used to make all the cell walls permeable. hence your cells can degenerate with too muh coffee. you only have to look at british people at the age of 40 to see the damage of too much coffee to the skin. leathery and with no suppleness
2  coffee destroys the heart. it causes premature atrial complexes, premature ventricular complexes, premature junctional complexes, atrial tachycardia, junctional tachycardia, accelerated junctional rhythms, accelerated idioventricular rhythms, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, torsades de pointes. all these are aberrations of normal heart rhythms.

so there you have it

3 cup is enough for a day, too much coffee is dangerous to heath. 1 cup morning , 1 cup afternoon and 1 cup evening . Well prescribed.

Poster, just know that too much of everything is bad, 1 cup of coffee a day is not bad, i even try not to drink a cup daily, other days i drink juice and tea

My body runs on coffee. I love coffee soo much.The only thing I hate about it is that it is a duretic.
I hate going to the bathroom all the time.
Theres Ganoderma coffee(sp) chinese origin for diabetics or HBP.
Cuban coffee rocks

@buzagee. pluz add more positive effects to counter all that you posted.Those are huge terms there.

coffee is both good and bad for you. ok heres the good news. coffee is a digestive bitter and hence stimulates sluggish digestion. this is very good.

here is the bad news

1, coffee depletes inositol from your body. inositol is used to make lecithin. lecithin is used to make all the cell walls permeable. hence your cells can degenerate with too muh coffee. you only have to look at british people at the age of 40 to see the damage of too much coffee to the skin. leathery and with no suppleness
2  coffee destroys the heart. it causes premature atrial complexes, premature ventricular complexes, premature junctional complexes, atrial tachycardia, junctional tachycardia, accelerated junctional rhythms, accelerated idioventricular rhythms, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, torsades de pointes. all these are aberrations of normal heart rhythms.

so there you have it

I love coffee and your rantings sound familiar. Many people have told me such things, but I've searched the internet on this issue over and over again. I've also consulted with some doctors {in India by the way} on this same issue. Every one has said coffee had no "destructive" effects on the body. I've also keenly followed reports on researches conducted on this same issue. The last report I heard was published on BBC {that was were I heard it at least}. The report seemed to conclude that frequent coffee drinkers have a longer lifespan, and are more immune to a type of cancer {that I cannot recall at this moment}. I've tried to locate that report but it seems like I can't find it, for now at least {it was about 3 years ago}. So, PLEASE TELL US THE SOURCE OF THESE STATEMENTS YOU HAVE MADE? DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE A DOCTOR, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED ALL NIGERIAN DOCTORS ARE QUACK, SO I DON'T RELY ON ANYTHING THEY TELL ME!!!

As for the poster, if you REALLY WANT TO KNOW, GO ONLINE {WIKIPEDIA OR SOMETHING}. YOU'LL BE AMAZED AT THE BENEFITS OF COFFEE.

buzugee:

coffee is both good and bad for you. ok heres the good news. coffee is a digestive bitter and hence stimulates sluggish digestion. this is very good.

here is the bad news

1, coffee depletes inositol from your body. inositol is used to make lecithin. lecithin is used to make all the cell walls permeable. hence your cells can degenerate with too muh coffee. you only have to look at british people at the age of 40 to see the damage of too much coffee to the skin. leathery and with no suppleness
2  coffee destroys the heart. it causes premature atrial complexes, premature ventricular complexes, premature junctional complexes, atrial tachycardia, junctional tachycardia, accelerated junctional rhythms, accelerated idioventricular rhythms, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, torsades de pointes. all these are aberrations of normal heart rhythms.

so there you have it

Well, you lie!

As far as I know, coffee has nothing to do with skin or looking old at 40. Generally, the European tend to look slightly older than Africans of the same age group, so coffee has nothing to do with that and British are not coffee drinkers. In fact, they were not even in the top 50 coffee drinkers 4 years ago.

Now to debunk that claim that coffee makes you look old and die fast, let us look at the top 3 coffee drinkers in the world - Finland( 12 KG per person per year), Norway 10KG, and Iceland about 10 KG.

Life expectancy for those three countries are over 82 years (Nigeria, a supposedly non-coffee drinking country is ranked #182 out of 194 countries - right behind Somali for F*ck sake!)
and about lecithin, studies say it promotes heir growth, prevent constipation and also prevent baldness. There's no stats that says the Fins have less hair than the rest of us

So, away goes the first reason provided.

the second one about coffee been bad for your heart, well, that's just not true. A cup of coffee a day is not just good for you, it would help your blood flow and help your heart work better.

lots of research papers have been publish to debunk the coffee bad for your heart claim. Research has shown that coffee drinkers have better health and less likely to die from a heart attack than those would drink tea.

Another study showed that coffee lower the risk of stroke for drinkers.

Other reasons you should drink coffee are:

Reduction in chances of Parkinson’s Disease
Reduction in chances of diabetes
Sugar control
Appetite control and weight loss
Increase in heart health
Helps aid some headaches
Increases overall mood
May contribute to reduction of risk for some cancers

I shamelessly copied the above from talkabaoutcoffee.com http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/coffee-is-good-for-your-health.html

But to answer the original poster's question, 3 cups of instant coffee a day is fine.

[color=#770077][/color] like everythng in life, coffee has its pros and cons. Like everything in life it should be done in moderation,