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thea,

I thought I remembered something on this. Msg #38618 is copied below from Doc, himself.

Enjoy!

Ann

 

 

One cup of coffee a day is actually somewhat beneficial for your nervous system. Over one cup however, and you're placing a stress on your heart and your entire cardiovascular system. I know a guy who drinks 15 POTS a day and refuses to cut back. These are the types I'm talking about, the ones who are not willing to make any lifestyle changes ;o)

 

Love,

 

Doc

 

I'm sure this has been asked before.

How bad is coffee?

 

I only have 1 big cup a day and it's lite. But I'm really stressed these days. Hard time sleeping and I go to work and I find that I'm telling myself to breathe.. A bit uptight. But I hate to get rid of my 1 cup.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thea

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Hi Caroline,

 

When I asked the Doc about this when I was finishing my first cleanse he told me that 1 cup of coffee per day can actually be good for you. I forget the specifics of why, but maybe he'll post the reason for us! Anyway, he gave me the answer I wanted to hear! ;)

 

He also said that MORE than one cup is NOT good. Goes past the beneficial point then.

 

Other tips were - get organic coffee, and not decaf unless you research it yourself and are SURE they use no chemicals in the decaf process. I would also recommend that whatever you're adding in (half/half or milk) be organic as well.

 

Cheers! :)

Kelli

 

 

Caroline [ladyguinevere] Wednesday, May 26, 2004 3:27 AMherbal_Remedies Subject: Herbal Remedies - coffee

The one thing I do enjoy is my cup of coffee in the morning.

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Yup! He told me the same thing.

 

You can get organic coffee at Starbucks if your local Co-op or HFS

does not carry it.

 

DH likes to use Half and half and so he only uses organic. You

should also be bale to get this at your local Co-op or HFS.

 

Sylvia

 

herbal remedies , " Kelli Bever " <kelli@c...>

wrote:

> Hi Caroline,

>

> When I asked the Doc about this when I was finishing my first

cleanse he told me that 1 cup of coffee per day can actually be good

for you. I forget the specifics of why, but maybe he'll post the

reason for us! Anyway, he gave me the answer I wanted to hear! ;)

>

> He also said that MORE than one cup is NOT good. Goes past the

beneficial point then.

>

> Other tips were - get organic coffee, and not decaf unless you

research it yourself and are SURE they use no chemicals in the decaf

process. I would also recommend that whatever you're adding in

(half/half or milk) be organic as well.

>

> Cheers! :)

>

> Kelli

>

>

> Caroline [ladyguinevere@e...]

> Wednesday, May 26, 2004 3:27 AM

> herbal_Remedies

> Herbal Remedies - coffee

>

>

> The one thing I do enjoy is my cup of coffee in the morning.

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Great! Thanks....I'll make sure my coffee is strictly organic...as well as my half & half...thank goodness I can keep my coffee...it is truly one of those silly pleasures I get...and you know how we mom's need to keep as many of these pleasures as we can!! lol I actually had my first cup of coffee this morning since last Thursday...so it really isn't something I have every day...and I would not go decaf...the thought of decaf coffee has always bothered me...because the thought of taking the coffee bean and making it something it isn't...never seemed right to me.

 

Thanks again!

Caroline

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Hate to say this, but the cream is worse

then the coffee and yes, there’s just no substitute L Think ‘pus’ next

time you put it in. That’s just one of the many things in cow’s

milk!! That’s what got me off it. And I really loved a big glass of really cold

milk. Anna

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EEEWWWWWW!!!!

 

OK, I'm cured! ;)

 

Kelli

 

 

DrCrandall [drcrandall] Wednesday, May 26, 2004 3:47 PMherbal remedies Subject: RE: Herbal Remedies - coffee

 

Hate to say this, but the cream is worse then the coffee and yes, there’s just no substitute L Think ‘pus’ next time you put it in. That’s just one of the many things in cow’s milk!!

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In a message dated 5/26/2004 4:14:37 PM US Mountain Standard Time, kelli writes:

 

Hate to say this, but the cream is worse then the coffee and yes, there’s just no substitute L Think ‘pus’ next time you put it in. That’s just one of the many things in cow’s milk!!

There is a web site called:

 

Got Pus?

 

God Bless,

Jamie in Az

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You guys are going to make me puke!

: O

 

Candace

 

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Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:07 AM

Re: Herbal Remedies - coffee

 

 

 

There is a web site called:

 

Got Pus?

 

God Bless,

Jamie in AzFederal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

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Okay, I went to http://www.milksucks.com/pus.html and it says the pus is caused by overmilking in commercial dairy places that causes mastitis.

Soooooooo wouldn't organic milk be okay?

 

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Candace Podratz

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Thursday, May 27, 2004 9:52 AM

Re: Herbal Remedies - coffee

 

You guys are going to make me puke!

: O

 

Candace

 

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SpareRibOfAz

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Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:07 AM

Re: Herbal Remedies - coffee

 

 

 

There is a web site called:

 

Got Pus?

 

God Bless,

Jamie in AzFederal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

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In a message dated 5/27/2004 8:19:30 AM US Mountain Standard Time, CandaceAndBrock writes:

 

You guys are going to make me puke!

: O

 

Candace

LOL Candace! Well sometimes puking is good for ya

 

Just funnin' ya

 

God Bless,

Jamie in Az

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That is what we do, we stick to organic milk and other dairy, but we

have still cut back. I have not heard of any data about pus ratios

in organic milk farms.

 

Sylvia

 

herbal remedies , " Candace Podratz "

<CandaceAndBrock@w...> wrote:

> Okay, I went to http://www.milksucks.com/pus.html and it says the

pus is caused by overmilking in commercial dairy places that causes

mastitis.

> Soooooooo wouldn't organic milk be okay?

>

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Really? There is? I can't find it. Or are you jokin' with me? ;) KelliSpareRibOfAz [spareRibOfAz] Thursday, May 27, 2004 6:08 AMherbal remedies Subject: Re: Herbal Remedies - coffeeThere is a web site called: Got Pus? God Bless,Jamie in Az

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This is true.

The specifics are: One cup a day will give you the benefits of the coffee bean herb that assist in nerve regeneration. More than one cup a day, and this reverses, and additionally becomes very hard on the heart and the adrenals.

Best is to drink it black, or at the very least, use only certified organic "RAW" milk or cream, preferably from a source you personally know.

Hope this helps.

Love,

Doc

 

Ian "Doc" Shillington N.D.727-738-0554DocShillington

 

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Kelli Bever

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Wednesday, May 26, 2004 1:43 PM

RE: Herbal Remedies - coffee

 

Hi Caroline,

 

When I asked the Doc about this when I was finishing my first cleanse he told me that 1 cup of coffee per day can actually be good for you. I forget the specifics of why, but maybe he'll post the reason for us! Anyway, he gave me the answer I wanted to hear! ;)

 

He also said that MORE than one cup is NOT good. Goes past the beneficial point then.

 

Other tips were - get organic coffee, and not decaf unless you research it yourself and are SURE they use no chemicals in the decaf process. I would also recommend that whatever you're adding in (half/half or milk) be organic as well.

 

Cheers! :)

Kelli

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SPOT ON!!!

I eat no dairy whatsoever.

Love,

Doc

 

Ian "Doc" Shillington N.D.727-738-0554DocShillington

 

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Wednesday, May 26, 2004 6:47 PM

RE: Herbal Remedies - coffee

 

 

Hate to say this, but the cream is worse then the coffee and yes, there’s just no substitute L Think ‘pus’ next time you put it in. That’s just one of the many things in cow’s milk!! That’s what got me off it. And I really loved a big glass of really cold milk. Anna

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For all the anti-java zealots out there in TCM land, I recommend Subhuti

Dharmananda'a look at the herbal analysis of our controversial bean (see

below for link), and its health benefits and problems. There is much

research out there showing that, statistically, coffee drinking can prevent

a whole host of diseases, probably by circulating qi and vaporizing phlegm

through stoking the heart fire. Of course, in some people and in excessive

amounts, it can be bad, like any herb, and also it is probably best drunk

black, which is rare, at least in the US.

 

http://www.itmonline.org/arts/coffee.htm

 

Benjamin Hawes, MAOM, Lic. Ac.,

 

CORTEZ FAMILY ACUPUNCTURE

1430 E. Main Street, Suite #4

Cortez, CO 81321

(970) 565-0230

 

> Message: 5

> Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:11:37 +0100

> " Attilio D'Alberto " <attiliodalberto

> RE: Re: Is it necessary to Conserve Jing?

>

> Please explain Chris how coffee can be good for people. Yes, everything is

> not harmful in moderation, but how can it be good for you. I'd love to

> know,

> as my wife lives of a daily double espresso!

>

> Kind regards

>

> Attilio

>

>

> Musiclear [Musiclear]

> 09 September 2004 13:54

> Chinese Medicine

> Re: Re: Is it necessary to Conserve Jing?

>

>

> Throughout your post you mentioned giving up coffee several times without

> the possibility that coffee may actually be a good thing for some people.

> Coffee is good to some people.

> A blanket statement rarely covers the full spectrum of people.

>

> Chris

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At 03:47 PM 9/9/04 Benjamin Hawes wrote:

>

>For all the anti-java zealots out there in TCM land, I recommend Subhuti

>Dharmananda'a look at the herbal analysis of our controversial bean (see

>below for link), and its health benefits and problems. ....

>

>http://www.itmonline.org/arts/coffee.htm

 

Excellent reference. Should be read by all here with an interest in this

subject, even if they might not be in complete agreement. (Dharmananada's

does involve interpretation as well as reporting fact.)

 

Thank you,

 

 

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I guess my bubble was a bust, Gano coffee does have caffeine in it. whoever asked about a no caffeine coffee, I apologize for the misinformation.

June

 

 

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Re: Coffee

Good Morning...you probably tried the Classic. If you likesugar you will like the Gano 3-1...I love it but add a littlebit of half and half. The wholesale cost for the 3-1 is $7.50- the over all range is from 7$ to 8.50 with the Schokoladebeing $11.50. I believe the cost - per packet - is around$.37 - to $.44 which is cheap compared to the healthbenefits it provides.Some people are saying they like it equallyas well as Starbucks and one could whip it up like a latteusing the coffee. The good thing it only has 8.5 gr.of caffeine where regular coffee has 100 to 180 mg. Andof course it has the Reishi Mushroom extract that hasreally been helping diabetics and people with cancer.I just heard this week that even people with HIV, MSand other problems are being helped. The ones withhealth challenges use the coffee and take the Ganodermain capsules. There are some awesome testimoniescoming from people.I can send you some more samples to pass out if youwant to test the waters.Love....granny

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Coffee causes Cancer JoAnn Guest Aug 02, 2005

18:48 PDT

 

www.amazingdiet.org

 

 

Caffeine is the world's most popular stimulant. The

drug four out of

five Americans take on any given day. Most of the

caffeine we

consume comes from coffee.

The United States buys nearly one-half of the world

supply of coffee

beans. It is said that a food service operation can

stand or fall on

its reputation of the coffee it serves. Every

mid-morning and mid-

afternoon working day millions of office and factory

workers abandon

jobs for an employer-paid " coffee break. " Over

15,000,000 Americans are

hooked on coffee; and most of them

don't even know it, so insidious is its addictive

onslaught. The child

or adult may unknowingly ingest several hundred

milligrams of caffeine

daily.

 

Like narcotics, alcohol or cigarettes, coffee and

caffeinated

beverages are addictive, destructive drugs which each

year

predispose millions of Americans to crippling

illnesses and

sometimes fatal diseases.

Coffee and tea are the two most popular beverages in

America. Less

than 9 percent of the population drink neither coffee

nor tea.

 

Coffee is America's No. 1 drug problem.

 

CAFFEINE WITHDRAWAL

 

Caffeine withdrawal can occur from just missing one

cup of coffee in

the morning. Symptoms of caffeine withdrawal are

headaches,

irritability, inability to work effectively,

nervousness,

restlessness and lethargy. A steady user of caffeine

may, at times,

experience tight headaches in the back of the neck

area and be quick

to anger or irritation.

 

CAFFEINE ACTS AS A STIMULANT

Caffeine is a toxic stimulant. Body reactions are

speeded up. This

is not a natural thing for the body.

What it does is activate The Fight or Flight Response.

 

 

Executive Fitness Newsletter, October 13, 1984,

stated:

 

" It's important to remember that the caffeine in

coffee is a powerful

substance. It can stimulate the central nervous

system, increase

heartbeat and metabolic rate, increase the secretion

of stomach

acid, and step up secretion of stomach acid,

and step up kidney and bladder action.

 

It's also well known for its annoying ability to

affect sleep. "

 

The article goes on to say that in higher doses,

caffeine can cause

" coffee nerves " with a wide assortment of symptoms

" including

anxiety, irritability, headaches, light-headedness,

nausea and

diarrhea. "

 

Coffee can cause a temporary 'increase " in blood

sugar, but it is

quickly followed by a decrease, and stimulates the

release of

" adrenalin " , which causes body tissues to be " broken

down " into " sugar "

and " fat " .

 

Too much insulin is produced, and the blood sugar

falls to a low level.

 

 

CAFFEINE IS A POISON

 

Caffeine, which is the main chemical in coffee, is a

powerful

poison! A drop of caffeine injected into the skin of

an animal will

produce death within a few minutes.

An infinitely small amount injected into the brain

will cause

convulsions.

 

The amount of caffeine in a cup of coffee is quite

small. Yet we drink

coffee because of the effect of the caffeine,

just as we smoke because of the effect of the

nicotine.

 

Both are drugs, both are habit-forming!

 

Both are poisons

 

COFFEE-DRINKING & STOMACH ULCERS

 

Two modern disorders: The general public usually

associates with

coffee drinking — ulcers and heart trouble. J.A. Roth

and A.C. Ivy,

whose animal experiments on coffee are famous, states

in

Gastroenterology, November, 1948:

 

" Caffeine " produces " gastro-duodenal ulcers in animals

to

whom the drug is given in a beeswax container so that

their stomachs

are absorbing caffeine continually.

 

Also, caffeine produces very definite changes in the

blood vessels of

animals, which are similar to changes produced by

" prolonged "

resentment

hostility and anxiety. "

 

COFFEE LINKED TO HIP FRACTURES

 

The Providence Journal wrote in October 1, 1990:

" People who drink

more than two cups of coffee or four cups of tea a day

could be

increasing their risk of hip fracture in old age,

according to a new

study.

 

" The study, published in the October issue of the

American Journal

of Epidemiology, is the first to link caffeine

consumption with hip

fractures that occur in older people whose bones have

weakened.

A

hip fracture often marks an elderly person's final

decline into

dependency or death.

 

" Dr. Douglas P. Kiel, a professor of medicine at Brown

University,

and his colleagues looked at how much coffee or tea

3,170 people

reported drinking over 14 years.

 

Then they looked to see which ones fractured their

hips, a sign that

bones had become brittle. They found that heavy

caffeine drinkers were

53 percent more likely to suffer hip fractures.

 

" Caffeine has long been suspected of " draining "

calcium from the

bones, because people who consume it have higher

levels of calcium in

their " urine " .

 

Loss of calcium leads to osteoporosis,

the brittle-bone

condition that afflicts many elderly people, and

results in an

estimated 250,000 hip fractures each year. "

 

INFERTILITY

 

Trying to become pregnant?

Then you should stop drinking caffinated drinks.

 

Among 104 women who drank junst one cup of caffinated

coffee a

daywere half as likely to become pregnant during any

given menstrual

cycle as those who drank less, accoding to a 1988

study by Allen

Wilcox of the National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences in

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

 

Most of the studies conducted since then have also

found that

caffeine impairs fertility, but usually only at three

or more cups

of regular coffee a day.

 

But the research is only as good or bad-as the women's

memories. For

example, scientists at Johns Hopkins University found

that among

2,500 women who were trying to become pregnant,

consuming more than

300 milligrams of caffeine a day reduced their chances

of succeeding

in any given month by 17 percent.

But those results were based on

the amount of coffee and soft drinks the women could

remember having

consumed as many as ten years earlier.

 

Even so, " it's probably prudent for women who are

trying to become

pregnant, and especially for those having trouble, to

cut back on

caffeine, " says Mark Klebanoff of the National

Institute of Child

Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Maryland.

 

DOES COFFEE CAUSE CANCER?

 

There is mounting evidence suggesting that if you want

to avoid

certain cancers, you are well-advised to kick the

coffee habit.

 

Roasting coffee " produces "

tars and has the same characteristic as

 

coal tar.

 

- One study revealed that not only was coffee drinking

associated

with increased risk of bladder cancer, but the

drinking of cola drinks

also was linked to this problem.

- Coffee drinking increases the risk of birth defects.

 

- Coffee drinking increases blood pressure, increasing

the risk of

heart disease.

 

It is commonly thought that the drinking of coffee,

soft drinks, and

other caffinated drinks is a minor matter as far as

our healh is

concerned. But is it?

 

We cannot estimate its effect on mind and

emotions, discrimination and judgment.

 

And then there is the harmful effects of the

stimulation on the heart

and other vital organs.

 

Coffee and other caffeine beverages are poor

substitutes for water.

 

The body need fluids, but not stimulating drugs.

 

Giving up the coffee habit is relatively easy to do

for most folks —

once a commitment has been made.

 

Since caffeine is a less toxic drug than alcohol and

street drugs,

the majority of coffee drinkers can give up the habit

without the

sort of difficulties that both alcoholics and drug

addicts typically

experience. While it is true that caffeine has been

around a long

time, that is not necessarily its best endrsement.

Russian roulette has been around for some time, too!

 

When giving up caffeine eat and drink nothing that

does not

contribute in some way to good nutrition for the body.

 

Any food or drink that contains neither vitamins,

minerals or enzymes

should

automatically be crossed off the list. While breaking

" the coffee

habit " be sure to drink plenty of fresh juices and

water.

 

" Just how widespread is coffee drinking?

 

The average American drinks

over twenty-six gallons of coffee per year, but

perhaps more germane

to the discussion is caffeine itself.

 

Coffee has over three hundred

chemicals; caffeine is only one of them. "

- Carol Simontacchi, The Crazy Makers

By Katy Chamberlin

 

-

 

References:

 

1. Charles F. Wetherall, Kicking The Coffee Habit,

Wetherall Publ.

Co. MN.

2. Andrew Weil, M.D. & Winifred Rosen, Chocolate To

Morphine,

Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, Mass.

3. Carol Simontacchi, The Crazy Makers, Jeremy P.

Tarcher/Putnam,

NY.

4. Nutrition Action, newsletter published by Center

for Science in

the Public Interest, 1755 S. Street, N.W., WA, D.C.

5. Winston Craig, Ph.D., What's This About Caffeine,

Cocoa, And

Chocolate?, Wildwood Echoes,

Fall, 1981.

6. Mervyn G. Hardinge, M.D., A Philosophy of Health,

Loma Linda

University, CA.

http://www.amazingdiet.org/

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COFFEE CONSUMPTION IN REGARDS TO CANCER

--

 

When coffee is roasted, the carcinogen, " benzopyrene "

is formed. There

have also been identified two other possible

'carcinogens' found in

coffee.

 

In 1981 I had an exchange with Professor Brian

MacMahon of the Harvard

School of Public Health.

 

He had completed a study in the Boston area

discovering that even the

consumption of three cups of coffee a day increased

the risks of

contracting pancreatic cancer by a factor of 2.7.

 

The study presented us with conclusive evidence that

coffee consumption

was linked to at least 50% of all pancreatic cancers.

 

He stopped drinking coffee, replacing coffee with tea

in his office.

 

In England prior to 1948 people there drank tea and

very little coffee.

However, after 1948, there was a vast increase in

coffee drinking in

England, Dr. Tim Spencer of the St. Bartholomew's

Hospital in London in

1981 cast much light on the MacMahon study. He plotted

the importation

of coffee into England between 1948 and 1973.

 

During that time, the importation of coffee increased

by 120%. Also

during that time the death rate from pancreatic cancer

in England

increased by 50%.

 

Dr. A.J. McMichael in Australia reviewed the MacMahon

and Spencer

reports and had this to add.

 

He gave reference to the fact that coffee drinking

greatly increased

the 'production' of the " intestinal hormone " ,

'gastrin'.

 

He said that in minor animals, coffee frequently

stimulates the

production of gastrin, and gastrin stimulates

" pancreatic hyperplasia "

and " neoplasia " .

 

In 1985 Ana Marie Comary Schally of Tulane University

reported that

pancreatic cancer seems to be " hormone induced " .

 

Coffee drinking in the USA has remained much the same

over the past 100

years but during that time there has been a vast

increase in deaths

from

pncreatic cancer.

 

It is suggested that something very similar is

happening with

pancreatic

cancer as has happened previously with lung cancer and

that is that the

increase

in pancreatic cancer has been the 'direct result'

of the " combination " of coffee drinking and the

three-fold increase of

" immuno-suppressive "

'polyunsaturated fats " in the diet.

 

There is a reference to support this concept.

 

D.F. Brik of our National Cancer Institute had

reported in 1981 that

" pancreatic cancer "

'increased' when *corn oil*

was added to the diets of golden hamsters.

 

From an article published by the " Townsend Letter " ,

" Some Real Causes of heart Disease & Cancer " , by Wayne

Martin

 

Caffeine,the main chemical in coffee, is a potential

poison! Just a

small drop of caffeine injected into the skin of test

animals produces

*death* within just a few minutes.

 

An infinitely small amount injected into the " brain "

causes " convulsions " .

 

There is mounting evidence suggesting that if you want

to avoid

certain terminal cancers, you would be well-advised to

" kick " the

'coffee habit'.

 

Roasting coffee produces tars and has similar

characteristics as

coal tar.

- One recent study revealed that not only was coffee

consumption

associated with increased risk of bladder cancer, but

the consumption

of

cola drinks was frequently linked to this problem as

well.

 

- Coffee drinking increases the risk of birth defects.

 

 

- Coffee drinking increases blood pressure, also

greatly increasing the

risks of more serious cardiovascular disease.

 

It is commonly thought that the consumption of coffee,

soft drinks, and

other 'caffinated' drinks is a minor matter as far as

our health is

concerned. But is it?

 

We cannot estimate its " effect " on mind and emotions,

discrimination

and judgment. And then there is the harmful effects of

the

" stimulation "

 

on the heart, adrenals and other vital organs.

 

Coffee and other caffeine beverages are poor

substitutes for water.

 

The body needs quite large amounts of fluids, however

it doesn't

'thrive' on stimulating drugs.

 

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Coffee, as well as colas which are also mentioned in this info, cause acidic conditions in the body. You've all heard this from me at least a hundred times. Acidic conditions in the body cause cancer as well as many other forms of degenerative disease. Alkalinity is what will keep us heathy. No disease, not even cancer, can live in a totally alkaline environment. That is why I preach so much about increasing alkalinity and strengthening the immune system. Stay away from the coffes and colas. The withdrawal symptoms from caffeine aren't easy to deal with but do eventually go away. I never drank coffee, but when I gave up Pepsi (in the mid 80s) I got really bad headaches and couldn't sleep at night. This only lasted for a couple of weeks though. Small sacrifice to make if you goal is to increase your life expectancy! Great info again, Kel!

 

Blessings, Renee"Kelly W." <kellykebby wrote:

Coffee causes Cancer JoAnn Guest Aug 02, 200518:48 PDT www.amazingdiet.org Caffeine is the world's most popular stimulant. Thedrug four out of five Americans take on any given day. Most of thecaffeine we consume comes from coffee. The United States buys nearly one-half of the worldsupply of coffee beans. It is said that a food service operation canstand or fall on its reputation of the coffee it serves. Everymid-morning and mid- afternoon working day millions of office and factoryworkers abandon jobs for an employer-paid "coffee break." Over15,000,000 Americans are hooked on coffee; and most of them don't even know it, so insidious is its addictiveonslaught. The child or adult may unknowingly ingest several hundredmilligrams of caffeine daily.

Like narcotics, alcohol or cigarettes, coffee andcaffeinated beverages are addictive, destructive drugs which eachyear predispose millions of Americans to cripplingillnesses and sometimes fatal diseases. Coffee and tea are the two most popular beverages inAmerica. Less than 9 percent of the population drink neither coffeenor tea. Coffee is America's No. 1 drug problem. CAFFEINE WITHDRAWAL Caffeine withdrawal can occur from just missing onecup of coffee in the morning. Symptoms of caffeine withdrawal areheadaches, irritability, inability to work effectively,nervousness, restlessness and lethargy. A steady user of caffeinemay, at times, experience tight headaches in the back of the neckarea and be quick to anger or irritation. CAFFEINE ACTS AS A STIMULANT Caffeine is a toxic stimulant. Body reactions arespeeded up. This is not a natural thing for the

body. What it does is activate The Fight or Flight Response.Executive Fitness Newsletter, October 13, 1984,stated: "It's important to remember that the caffeine incoffee is a powerful substance. It can stimulate the central nervoussystem, increase heartbeat and metabolic rate, increase the secretionof stomach acid, and step up secretion of stomach acid, and step up kidney and bladder action. It's also well known for its annoying ability toaffect sleep." The article goes on to say that in higher doses,caffeine can cause "coffee nerves" with a wide assortment of symptoms"including anxiety, irritability, headaches, light-headedness,nausea and diarrhea." Coffee can cause a temporary 'increase" in bloodsugar, but it is quickly followed by a decrease, and stimulates therelease of "adrenalin", which causes body tissues to be "brokendown" into "sugar" and

"fat".Too much insulin is produced, and the blood sugarfalls to a low level. CAFFEINE IS A POISON Caffeine, which is the main chemical in coffee, is apowerful poison! A drop of caffeine injected into the skin ofan animal will produce death within a few minutes. An infinitely small amount injected into the brainwill cause convulsions. The amount of caffeine in a cup of coffee is quitesmall. Yet we drink coffee because of the effect of the caffeine, just as we smoke because of the effect of thenicotine. Both are drugs, both are habit-forming! Both are poisons COFFEE-DRINKING & STOMACH ULCERS Two modern disorders: The general public usuallyassociates with coffee drinking — ulcers and heart trouble. J.A. Rothand A.C. Ivy, whose animal experiments on coffee are famous, statesin Gastroenterology, November, 1948: "Caffeine "produces"

gastro-duodenal ulcers in animalsto whom the drug is given in a beeswax container so thattheir stomachs are absorbing caffeine continually.Also, caffeine produces very definite changes in theblood vessels of animals, which are similar to changes produced by"prolonged" resentment hostility and anxiety." COFFEE LINKED TO HIP FRACTURES The Providence Journal wrote in October 1, 1990:"People who drink more than two cups of coffee or four cups of tea a daycould be increasing their risk of hip fracture in old age,according to a new study. "The study, published in the October issue of theAmerican Journal of Epidemiology, is the first to link caffeineconsumption with hip fractures that occur in older people whose bones haveweakened. A hip fracture often marks an elderly person's finaldecline into dependency or death. "Dr. Douglas P. Kiel, a professor of

medicine at BrownUniversity, and his colleagues looked at how much coffee or tea3,170 people reported drinking over 14 years. Then they looked to see which ones fractured theirhips, a sign that bones had become brittle. They found that heavycaffeine drinkers were 53 percent more likely to suffer hip fractures. "Caffeine has long been suspected of "draining"calcium from the bones, because people who consume it have higherlevels of calcium in their "urine".Loss of calcium leads to osteoporosis,the brittle-bone condition that afflicts many elderly people, andresults in an estimated 250,000 hip fractures each year." INFERTILITY Trying to become pregnant? Then you should stop drinking caffinated drinks.Among 104 women who drank junst one cup of caffinatedcoffee a daywere half as likely to become pregnant during anygiven menstrual cycle as those who drank

less, accoding to a 1988study by Allen Wilcox of the National Institute of EnvironmentalHealth Sciences in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Most of the studies conducted since then have alsofound that caffeine impairs fertility, but usually only at threeor more cups of regular coffee a day. But the research is only as good or bad-as the women'smemories. For example, scientists at Johns Hopkins University foundthat among 2,500 women who were trying to become pregnant,consuming more than 300 milligrams of caffeine a day reduced their chancesof succeeding in any given month by 17 percent. But those results were based on the amount of coffee and soft drinks the women couldremember having consumed as many as ten years earlier. Even so, "it's probably prudent for women who aretrying to become pregnant, and especially for those having trouble, tocut back on

caffeine," says Mark Klebanoff of the NationalInstitute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Maryland. DOES COFFEE CAUSE CANCER? There is mounting evidence suggesting that if you wantto avoid certain cancers, you are well-advised to kick thecoffee habit. Roasting coffee "produces"tars and has the same characteristic as coal tar. - One study revealed that not only was coffee drinkingassociated with increased risk of bladder cancer, but thedrinking of cola drinks also was linked to this problem. - Coffee drinking increases the risk of birth defects.- Coffee drinking increases blood pressure, increasingthe risk of heart disease. It is commonly thought that the drinking of coffee,soft drinks, and other caffinated drinks is a minor matter as far asour healh is concerned. But is it? We cannot estimate its effect on mind and emotions,

discrimination and judgment. And then there is the harmful effects of thestimulation on the heart and other vital organs. Coffee and other caffeine beverages are poorsubstitutes for water. The body need fluids, but not stimulating drugs. Giving up the coffee habit is relatively easy to dofor most folks — once a commitment has been made. Since caffeine is a less toxic drug than alcohol andstreet drugs, the majority of coffee drinkers can give up the habitwithout the sort of difficulties that both alcoholics and drugaddicts typically experience. While it is true that caffeine has beenaround a long time, that is not necessarily its best endrsement. Russian roulette has been around for some time, too! When giving up caffeine eat and drink nothing thatdoes not contribute in some way to good nutrition for the body.Any food or drink that contains neither

vitamins,minerals or enzymes should automatically be crossed off the list. While breaking"the coffee habit" be sure to drink plenty of fresh juices andwater. "Just how widespread is coffee drinking? The average American drinks over twenty-six gallons of coffee per year, butperhaps more germane to the discussion is caffeine itself. Coffee has over three hundred chemicals; caffeine is only one of them." - Carol Simontacchi, The Crazy Makers By Katy Chamberlin -References: 1. Charles F. Wetherall, Kicking The Coffee Habit,Wetherall Publ. Co. MN. 2. Andrew Weil, M.D. & Winifred Rosen, Chocolate ToMorphine, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, Mass. 3. Carol Simontacchi, The Crazy Makers, Jeremy P.Tarcher/Putnam, NY. 4. Nutrition Action, newsletter published by Centerfor Science in the

Public Interest, 1755 S. Street, N.W., WA, D.C. 5. Winston Craig, Ph.D., What's This About Caffeine,Cocoa, And Chocolate?, Wildwood Echoes, Fall, 1981. 6. Mervyn G. Hardinge, M.D., A Philosophy of Health,Loma Linda University, CA. http://www.amazingdiet.org/ --COFFEE CONSUMPTION IN REGARDS TO CANCER --When coffee is roasted, the carcinogen, "benzopyrene"is formed. There have also been identified two other possible'carcinogens' found in coffee. In 1981 I had an exchange with Professor BrianMacMahon of the Harvard School of Public Health. He had completed a study in the Boston areadiscovering that even the consumption of three cups of coffee a day increasedthe risks of contracting pancreatic cancer

by a factor of 2.7. The study presented us with conclusive evidence thatcoffee consumption was linked to at least 50% of all pancreatic cancers. He stopped drinking coffee, replacing coffee with teain his office. In England prior to 1948 people there drank tea andvery little coffee. However, after 1948, there was a vast increase incoffee drinking in England, Dr. Tim Spencer of the St. Bartholomew'sHospital in London in 1981 cast much light on the MacMahon study. He plottedthe importation of coffee into England between 1948 and 1973. During that time, the importation of coffee increasedby 120%. Also during that time the death rate from pancreatic cancerin England increased by 50%. Dr. A.J. McMichael in Australia reviewed the MacMahonand Spencer reports and had this to add. He gave reference to the fact that coffee drinkinggreatly increased the 'production' of

the "intestinal hormone",'gastrin'. He said that in minor animals, coffee frequentlystimulates the production of gastrin, and gastrin stimulates"pancreatic hyperplasia" and "neoplasia". In 1985 Ana Marie Comary Schally of Tulane Universityreported that pancreatic cancer seems to be "hormone induced". Coffee drinking in the USA has remained much the sameover the past 100 years but during that time there has been a vastincrease in deaths from pncreatic cancer. It is suggested that something very similar ishappening with pancreatic cancer as has happened previously with lung cancer andthat is that the increase in pancreatic cancer has been the 'direct result' of the "combination" of coffee drinking and thethree-fold increase of "immuno-suppressive" 'polyunsaturated fats" in the diet. There is a reference to support this concept.D.F. Brik of our

National Cancer Institute hadreported in 1981 that "pancreatic cancer" 'increased' when *corn oil* was added to the diets of golden hamsters. From an article published by the "Townsend Letter", "Some Real Causes of heart Disease & Cancer", by WayneMartin Caffeine,the main chemical in coffee, is a potentialpoison! Just a small drop of caffeine injected into the skin of testanimals produces *death* within just a few minutes. An infinitely small amount injected into the "brain"causes "convulsions". There is mounting evidence suggesting that if you wantto avoid certain terminal cancers, you would be well-advised to"kick" the 'coffee habit'. Roasting coffee produces tars and has similarcharacteristics as coal tar. - One recent study revealed that not only was coffeeconsumption associated with increased risk of bladder cancer, butthe consumption of cola

drinks was frequently linked to this problem aswell. - Coffee drinking increases the risk of birth defects.- Coffee drinking increases blood pressure, alsogreatly increasing the risks of more serious cardiovascular disease. It is commonly thought that the consumption of coffee,soft drinks, and other 'caffinated' drinks is a minor matter as far asour health is concerned. But is it? We cannot estimate its "effect" on mind and emotions,discrimination and judgment. And then there is the harmful effects ofthe "stimulation" on the heart, adrenals and other vital organs. Coffee and other caffeine beverages are poorsubstitutes for water. The body needs quite large amounts of fluids, howeverit doesn't 'thrive' on stimulating drugs. _________________JoAnn Guest mrsjo- DietaryTi- www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/Genes

AIM Barleygreen "Wisdom of the Past, Food of the Future" http://www.geocities.com/mrsjoguest/Diets.html

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