Acidic Coffee - Did you know?
By Inlemay
@Inlemay (17713)
South Africa
April 19, 2016 2:35am CST
My daily coffee could be as lethal as Battery acid - did you know that coffee contains high levels of acid?
"Coffee is highly acidic and it can stimulate the hypersecretion of gastric acids. Decaffeinated coffee has been shown to increase acidity to a greater degree than either regular coffee or caffeine alone. Both caffeine and coffee stimulate gastric acid secretion and decaffeinated coffee raises serum gastrin levels."
Doctors orders came through about 3 weeks ago that I am to avoid coffee, or preferably never drink it again, however I cannot get my morning kick-start with a cuppa TEA, it not the same.
So I am working on some kind of solution . . . . how to find a low acid coffee for my morning wake-up and then I promise to do the Total-Tea-thing-throughout-the-day.
My photo is of the NZ postcard STAMP i got yesterday - I thought i would share it as I was having my wake-up coffee of the day.
Did you know?
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16 responses
@yanzalong (18987)
• Indonesia
19 Apr 16
I agree to your opinion Mr. Scheng1. We should not drink coffee more than twice, I guess.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
19 Apr 16
I hate the taste of coffee though in drinking way too many fizzy drinks I still get a lot of caffiene
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
19 Apr 16
Yes, I know there is some acidity in coffee but that has not deterred me from having my morning and afternoon cups of coffee :)
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@yanzalong (18987)
• Indonesia
19 Apr 16
@Inlemay Now my coffee is not as strong as it used to be.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
19 Apr 16
@sunrisefan No - I will not let it get the better of me - I shall cut down and eventually stop, but without going cold turkey.
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i cant and i wont.
@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
19 Apr 16
Yes i knew about it because my husband was told by his doctor to avoid coffee because he had hyperacidity.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
19 Apr 16
i fear i was ne'er fond 'f coffee myself, but do know 'bout the acidity's we battled such with my momma (she's severe ulcerative colitis). the solution was to put a pinch'f bakin' soda (jest a wee pinch) 'n that seems to be treatin' her alright. 'pparently, it neutralizes the acidity without effectin' the flavor.
best'f luck to ya! makin' changes to ones habits aint pleasant. i can truly empathize with ya'n that. big hugs!
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
19 Apr 16
So you are also a non coffee person now. I suppose it will take some getting used to, I do feel a lot better and slowly I feel the difference. But I will have to find something to give me that little hype as every day since i stopped the coffee, I have been feeling kind-of flat by 4pm - when I played bowls on Saturday, i barely got through my last game. That wont do - so I am on the search for a good replacement, but with less risk to my health.
@yanzalong (18987)
• Indonesia
19 Apr 16
I have drunk coffee since I was at Junior High School. I haven't had or felt any negative effect of drinking coffee.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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19 Apr 16
I think I vaguely knew. When Husband became ill his symptoms didn't start showing properly until he'd stopped drinking copious amounts of coffee; whether it was just masking the symptoms or part of the cause, we don't know. As it happens I'd just arrived back at my desk with a very rare coffee when I stumbled upon this post! Now all I can think of is that it's a cup of acid! :)
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