COFFEE - ITS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
©
November 2018, L.D. Wilson Consultants,
Inc.
All
information in this article is for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment,
prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
Coffee is an ancient beverage
that has been used for thousands of years. It is made from a tropical seed that is dried and fermented
before it is roasted.
In the past 20 years, coffee is
growing in popularity in America, a nation that previously did not use as much
coffee. It is also growing in
popularity particularly among younger people.
We are not surprised at these
trends. Many people are exhausted
and looking for quick answers to their problem of fatigue.
Doctors offer few remedies
because they are usually unaware of the need for better nutrition and the
rebuilding of the adrenal and thyroid glands. Only nutritional balancing science, or a similar program,
can truly rebuild the bodyÕs energy system and restore excellent energy in a
natural way.
CoffeeÕs
benefits.
Today, some health professionals recommend coffee, even for teens, because
studies reveal that it helps with constipation and, in fact, reduces the
incidence of AlzheimerÕs disease, cirrhosis of the liver and perhaps other
health conditions. Coffee contains
some antioxidants, polyphenols and other chemicals that are beneficial for the
body.
Coffee can also help people stay
alert for studying, driving and other activities. Also, by speeding up the oxidation rate, coffee can help a
person to remain balanced emotionally and mentally. These are among the benefits of coffee.
PROBLEMS WITH
COFFEE DRINKING
The detrimental effects of
drinking coffee include:
á
Weak. Some coffee sold today is not strong
enough. There can be different
reasons for this such as the way it is where it is grown, how it is roasted,
and other processing.
á
Caffeine. Caffeine is a mild but still somewhat harmful
stimulant. Stimulants whip the
adrenal glands into action. This
eventually weakens the adrenals and perhaps the thyroid gland, and this leads
to more depletion of a personÕs energy.
In large enough amounts, or with chronic use, caffeine from any source
is associated with anxiety, irritability, tremors, dehydration, and rebound
fatigue and exhaustion.
Living
on caffeine, as so many young people do today, prevents one from truly relaxing
and resting as well. It can also
lead to mental impairment because the mind simply does not function quite as
well on stimulants, although it may indeed keep a person awake. Caffeine also tends to dehydrate the
body.
á
Rancid
oils. If coffee is old, it may
contain oils that are somewhat rancid.
Rancid oils are toxic for the liver, and are also stimulants. This is why even decaffeinated coffee
will often give a person a lift or a ÔhighÕ.
á
Toxic
chemical additives. Most
decaffeinated coffee and some Òcoffee blendsÓ contain added chemicals that are
used to remove the caffeine, add flavor, or for other purposes. If one wishes to drink decaffeinated
coffee, NestleÕs and perhaps one or two other brands claim to use a water
decaffeination process without chemicals.
á
Dehydration. This is a particularly damaging effect
of caffeine, alcohol and sugar.
Drinking more than about one cup of caffeinated coffee always tends to
dehydrate the body. Anyone who drinks coffee must
become aware of this possibility, and must drink plenty of either spring water
or carbon-filtered tap water to avoid dehydration. For more on this topic, please read Hydration
on this site.
á
Diabetes. Many Type II diabetics love
their coffee, and it worsens their condition significantly. It does this through dehydration,
adrenal stimulation, and perhaps other ways. For more on this, please read Diabetes
on this site.
á Disturbed digestion. Coffee, particularly if it is strong, is an irritant to the stomach, and perhaps to other organs as well. This is the most common complaint about coffee, and the reason most people stop drinking it.
RECOMMENDATIONS
We do not recommend drinking
coffee, but we allow one cup a day of regular coffee on development
programs. It should never be given
to children or to teenagers, as is the habit today. This was well known some years ago, but has been forgotten by
many parents. It is too
stimulating.
Unfortunately, most teens today
are so tired they are attracted to coffee, and are often regular visitors to
the cafes, coffee houses and Starbucks that have sprung up all over America and
Europe.
If a person wishes to drink
coffee, please limit it to one cup of regular
coffee daily. Do not drink
cappuccinos or lattes, which are much stronger. Also, please avoid the sweetened and flavored coffees that
are high in sugar, chocolate and other items that are harmful for health.
Also, if you must drink coffee,
do not add sugar to your coffee.
However, adding real cream is okay. Stay away from the fake creams such as Cremora, powdered
cream or the many other fake ones.
Finally, if you notice stomach
irritation at all, stop drinking coffee.
Coffee often
better than soda pop or some bottled sweetened teas. While we cannot recommend drinking coffee, it is better than
drinking some other caffeinated beverages such as sweetened tea or the worst,
soda pop. Soda pop often contains
up to 70 chemical additives such as flavors, colors, preservatives and others
that are not required to be on the label.
Soda is also high in sugar,
especially high fructose corn syrup, one of the worst sweeteners. Other harmful sweeteners are dextrose,
glucose, maltose, and other damaging sugars.
We donÕt even recommend xylitol,
mannitol or stevia. Even these are
toxic and yin.
WHAT ABOUT COFFEE
RETENTION ENEMAS?
Coffee retention
enemas are very different from drinking coffee. We are often asked why we
recommend coffee enemas, although we do not recommend drinking coffee. The reason is that some of the toxins
in coffee are blocked from entering the body when coffee is administered
rectally.
There is less caffeine effect,
and no stomach irritation. The
toxic metals and other toxins in the coffee are absorbed much less through the
colon wall than when it is ingested as a beverage. The coffee retention enema has an extremely positive effect
on the liver and colon, in particular, that does not
occur from drinking coffee.
Though some do not agree, we
observe as physicians that coffee retention enemas are a fabulously powerful,
safe and effective healing modality that would benefit most people today.
We are always alert to possible
Ôside effectsÕ from them, and very few have arisen. A separate article on this website entitled Coffee Enemas offers much more information about
the use of coffee retention enemas, also called rectal implantation of coffee
as a method of liver dialysis.
WHAT ABOUT VAGINAL
COFFEE IMPLANTS?
These are also very helpful for
many women, and totally different from drinking coffee. For much more about them, please read Vaginal Coffee Implants on this site.
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