Article by: Mark Hyman
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Source: http://www.hungryforchange.tv/article/10-reasons-to-quit-coffee-plus-healthy-alternatives
Publication Date: February 24, 2013 This article provided ten reasons why coffee is bad for you and people should quit. As we all know too much coffee is bad for you. But we never look at the facts as to why this simple drink is bad for you. In our minds coffee makes us feel better and stress free. But in reality the caffeine in it increases our stress hormones. If you get addicted to caffeine it decreases insulin activity. This makes it harder for your cells to respond to blood sugar.
You can become extremely addicted to coffee and it makes it harder to find good source of energy. It can become emotionally hard for one to try to quit coffee. Coffee can also be bad for your teeth. It stains it. Coffee does temporarily reduce the efficiency that your body absorbs calcium. If you drink about six cups a day you have a higher risk of heart disease. Coffee also increase your fatty tastes because you can get addicted to the amount of sugar you need in coffee for it to taste good. Heavy coffee drinkers may have difficulty getting enough minerals in their diet. Coffee has been shown to be one of the major sources of this dangerous chemical in American diets. Unfortunately I am addicted to coffee and nothing anyone will say or do will make me stop drinking it. I spend way too much money on it. I probably spend over thousands