Is drinking a lot of coffee bad for your health?

@pecito (303)
Bulgaria
October 18, 2010 12:31pm CST
I love coffee and recently I've been drinking 4-5 cups of coffee every day.However my friend told me I should stop doing that coz coffee takes away calcium from the bones.Do you drink a lot of coffee like me and do u think it's bad for the health?
8 responses
• Philippines
20 Oct 10
even me, i always drink coffe everyday, but though i love coffe i also need to be balance, if you already know that too much coffe is not good in your body so, its better to minimize it, right.?
@rijovjohn (429)
• India
20 Oct 10
Consuming anything in excess amount is bad for health. As for tea it contain caffeine which is not good for health. But drinking tea twice a day wont have much impact. I think tea is more good than coffee and is less harmful. But some people like only coffee. Its up to you.Daily we are consuming a lot of poisonous thing. Comparing to it this will make less impact and no need to worry about it.
@greenline (14838)
• Canada
18 Oct 10
Yes, I drink a lot of coffee every day , starting from breakfast time. Drinking too much coffee is not good for health, especially if drinking very strong coffee. So, I have recently changed to decaffinated coffee, and I take that with lots of milk. And, I know I should reduce the number of cups I drink each day too. Have a nice day !
@Jotomy (6322)
• India
18 Oct 10
Hi pecito, definitely drinking coffee more than two cups is not good for health. Anything too much too bad.
@TonyPluto (171)
• United States
18 Oct 10
The only thing I can say for sure is that it messes up your central nervous system. Caffeine is a nuero-toxin developed by plants as a defense mechanism to keep animals from eating them. Caffeine can cause all sorts of psychological side effects ranging from simple loss of sleep to severe psychosis and hallucinations. Coffee has some positives as well, such as lots of anti-oxidants and improved memory function but it's like everything else. Best in moderation.
@shuley (368)
19 Oct 10
Hello pecito, before I am a coffee drinker 2 cups a day, but later on I felt that whenever I drink coffee I palpitate so I stop drinking coffee. But again once in a while I drink coffee because I love it.
@mods196621 (3652)
• Philippines
18 Oct 10
I am a coffee drinker also and i love coffee with caffeine. And also i love black coffee with no milk. Because i hate milk. Coffee is ot actually very bad to our health but there are people that no need coffee in their systems. meaning against their body mechanism. Sometimes it helps our body. There are things that coffee will help but i cant really point out all of them ihave one good thing know it gives anti oxidants.
@tomitomi (5429)
• Singapore
18 Oct 10
Hi pecito! I'm drinking as much too. Sometimes up to 6 cups per day. And all I can say is that each time I drink coffee I'm more refreshed, alert and awake. I'm not sure if there is a long term side effect to this.