- Coffee intensifies stress, causing an average 40% increase in adrenaline. This results in increased blood pressure, heart rate, perspiration, muscular tension, nervousness, and irritability.
- Coffee increases the secretion of stomach acid by 400%, contributing to gastritis and peptic ulcer
- Caffeine is linked to ovarian, bladder and kidney cancers
- Coffee increases intellectual speed, but not power (working faster but not smarter)
- Coffee stimulates the pancreas and adrenals, intensifying hypoglycemia and weakening the adrenal’s ability to respond to stress
- Coffee reduces fertility. More than one cup a day makes a woman half as likely to conceive (American Journal of Epidemiology, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
- PAH’s (polycyclic hydrocarbons), some of the worlds most powerful carcinogens, are found in large amounts in roasted coffee (as they are in charcoal broiled meat)
- Coffee causes a significant loss of nutrients, especially magnesium, potassium, calcium, zinc, b vitamins, especially inositol and biotin. It interferes with iron absorption
- Decaffeinated coffee contains methylene chloride, a toxic solvent
- Roasted coffee is a potent source of free radicals and benzene, which contribute significantly to chronic disease and cancer
- If drinking more than one cup of coffee a day, why not explore another option…..
- like green tea and raw honey?
[Source: natural fact sheet Asa Hereshoff]
