Is instant coffee really bad for you?

i don't really think it's harmful to take instant coffee... well, not that i researched about it, but because we've been taking a lot of it and we haven't had any problems about it.. ^_^ i think any form of coffee in any way it was made, it's still good! hehe

I know an instant coffee that is not bad for health, actually good for health. It contains immune boosting herbal mushrooms and low in caffeine content, only 0.06%. Some people here in our place use it to fight cancer since cancer is related to lowered capability of our immune cells to fight cancer cells. I'm drinking the herbal instant coffee at the rate of 5-6 times a day!

i enjoy instant coffee once a day in the morning. i like it because it is easy to make. i think too much of anything isn't good for a person. i haven't heard about any problems with instant coffees.

Instant coffee is still pure coffee, and certainly not bad for you...no more than regular ground coffee might be. The only difference between the two, is that in the making of instant coffee, nearly all of the water has been removed. There is no chemical alteration whatsoever going on. Two methods are used to make instant coffee crystals. One is by freeze-drying, the other is by spray-drying, basically determining the process in which the water is evaporated. The first one is self explanitory. Ice crystals are allowed to evaporate in their own time. The second method sprays water onto the coffee and is then allowed to evaporate. Then once again, it is sprayed with hot water from a high tower into a large hot aired chamber. By doing so, it forms the coffee crystals into a concentrate. Since the second method uses such high temperatures, it basically removes most or all of the oils from the coffee, thereby losing most of the coffee's natural flavor. But bad for you? No. It's still coffee...just manufactured a little differently, is all. Drinking too MUCH coffee, is probably what might be bad for you...instant or brewed. cdrxo