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« Reply #40 on: April 21, 2003, 09:31:00 PM »
Coffee and Blood Pressure

The caffeine in just 2 or 3 cups of coffee can cause blood vessels to become brittle and stiff for up to 3 hours--a risky proposition for anyone and particularly for those with high blood pressure. --American Society of Hypertension meeting, May 2002.

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« Reply #41 on: April 30, 2003, 05:27:00 PM »
Coffee Brews Gallbladder Trouble

Gallstone sufferers may be able to avoid unexplained bouts of abdominal pain simply by curtailing coffee drinking. This according to Dutch researchers who have found that java couses the gallbladder to contract.

"If the gallbladder contacts for any reason and there are stones in there, it's going to hurt, warns Cornelis Lamers, head of the department of gastroenterology at University Hospital in Leiden, The Netherlands. High-fat foods are well-known squeeze inducers. That's becauise bile, the fat-digesting liquid produced in the liver (and stored in the gallbladder) is released through contractions. Gallstone patients, therefore, are generally advised to avoid fatty foods.

When 6 healthy men and women downed as little as 6-ounces of black coffee (both regular and decaf) Lamars discovered via ultrasound that their gallbladders contracted. The subjects also had increased blood levels of cholecystokinin, an intestinal hormone that triggers gallbladder contractions.

Dr. Lamers suspects that coffee's amino acid makeup may somehow be to blame, and recommends that people who have gallstones eschew the brew. --adapted from Health, Jan. 1991.

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« Reply #42 on: June 30, 2003, 09:16:00 PM »
Coffee Wreaks Havoc on Homocysteine

It seems that coffee itself, not just the caffeine in it, contributes to high homocyeteine levels, a factor that has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. In comparing  the homocysteine-raising effects of caffeine, coffee and a placebo, researchers found that caffeine increased homocysteine by 5 percent, while coffee raised levels 11 percent higher than the placebo. --adapted from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2002; 76: 1244-1248.

Note: Homocysteine is formed in the body from methionine, an amino acid found in all protein foods, but is 2 to 3 times higher in meat, eggs, milk and cheese than in plant protein. This substance may be even more important than cholesterol levels and may be involved in a large percentage of heart disease cases.

As with cholesterol, some homocysteine is needed and utilized by the body, but a dietary overload of methionine in the form of a high-animal protein diet produces an overabundance which must be converted to nontoxic compounds by the dietary nutrients folic acid, vitamins B-6 and B-12. If these nutrients are in short supply, as is the case in the average American diet, then homocysteine levels remain high and damage blood vessels leading to heart problems and strokes.

Kilmer S. McCully, MD., writing in The Homocysteine Revolution, (Keats Publishing, Inc. CT) points out that human populations that are mainly vegetarian take in less methionine than those eating meat and dairy products. This according to the Harvard trained physician and researcher, helps explain why vegetarians are relatively protected against arteriosclerosis compared with those eating largely of meat and dairy products. Plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains, nuts and seeds--abundant in a correct plant-based diet offer adequate folate and B-6, necessary to recycle homocysteine into harmless breakdown products.

Daily coffee drinking, too, increases the risk of heart disease by boosting homocysteine levels in the blood. The relationship, according to a Norwegian study was much stronger than was shown in previous studies linking coffee and blood cholesterol levels. A clear dose response curve showed that the more coffee consumed, the higher the homocysteine levels. Smoking further increases these levels, according to the study. --The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Jan. 1997.

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« Reply #43 on: July 01, 2003, 08:29:00 PM »
Thanks, Sister Suzanne. It takes science some time to catch up with truth! We are truly blessed as a people to have light in advance of the world.
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« Reply #44 on: September 29, 2003, 08:55:00 PM »
Caffeine Alert

We know that insulin is essential for the proper metabolism of carbohydrates and sugars. Unfortunately, researchers have found that a small amount of caffeine decreases the ability to process insulin. This according to medical scientists at the University Medical Center in The Netherlands, who found that subjects drinking coffee showed significant decreases in insulin sensitivity; they were less capable of sending blood sugar to cells to be used for energy and had less energy. --adapted from Vegetarian Times, June 2002.

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« Reply #45 on: September 29, 2003, 10:13:00 PM »
Wow! Thank you for that information!

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« Reply #46 on: July 03, 2007, 04:47:00 PM »
The Dangers of Coffee
              by Dr. Wu Tao-Wei

Coffee is so much a part of the America "Way of Life" that few
people can believe that it is actually an American "way of
Death". Or more precisely, it is an international speculator's
way of death since the coffee tree is not a native American bush
and is solely an import-export product. At $6 billion dollars per
year, it ranks only behind oil as an import item.

Those who have been addicted to drinking coffee know of the
pleasures that coffee can bring. That hot cup first thing in the
morning gets the brain working, opens the eyes, invigorates the
heart rate giving a euphoric, happy feeling, and coffee gets the
bowels moving.

Those of us who have been addicted to drinking coffee know how we
feel if we don't start the day with a cup (or five cups) of
coffee in the morning. Without our coffee, we feel grumpy and
short-tempered, we can't quite shake the sleep from our eyes,
sitting on the toilet takes forever, and we don't really feel
wide awake until nine of ten in the morning.

I got addicted to coffee because it was the beverage that all of
my American co-workers drank, and so to be a part of the American
morning breakfast ritual, I started drinking it, too. And so, I
speak from experience. Being addicted to coffee, is no different
than any other drug addiction. Just as a heroin or a morphine
junky feels good when he's high and suffers when he can't get his
fix, so too with the coffee addict. Even the withdrawal symptoms
are similar: splitting headaches, heart palpitations, nausea,
general malaise, joint and muscle aches, all lasting several
days. These kinds of withdrawal symptoms are a result of a
build-up of toxins in the body suddenly being released into the
blood-stream. When you stop drinking coffee, these toxins are
released, causing the above-mentioned feelings.

In future articles, I will explain the yin-yang balance of foods
and beverages. But for now, all that you need to know about
coffee (a dark, yin beverage) is that it is full of deadly
poisons. This is no exageration! In fact, chemical analysis
reveals that there are over 600 known toxins in a cup of coffee.
Oh, they are in miniscule amounts, but they are a presence that
your kidneys and liver must detoxify in order to purify your
blood.

You see, when a coffee plantation grows their trees, they use a
variety of herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and synthetic
fertilizers some of which are banned in the United States because
they are so toxic but which U.S. chemical manufacturers galdly
sell to coffee growing nations since the health laws in those
countries are so lax.

In addition, the coffee tree, itself, produces alkaloids and
caffeine. All of these poisons are absorbed by the coffee bean.
When the bean is roasted, the heat causes all of these poisonous
chemicals to undergo chemical reaction which produces a stew of
side reactions, by-products and recombinations of these poison
molecules. Thus, over 600 varieties of deadly poisons are being
synthesized while you are standing in the coffee roasting company
and inhaling the fragrance of hot coffee beans.

In the United States every year, are thousands of people whose
liver and kidneys fail. They must endure blood dialysis
treatments or they will die. They join long waiting lists to get
expensive kidney and liver transplants. {edited }

Caffeine depletes the body of calcium, so old people end up with
brittle bones and hip fractures. High intake of caffeine produces
symptoms such as anxiety neurosis, nervousness, irritability,
tremulousness, occasional muscle twitchings, insomnia, sensory
disturbances, tachypnea, heart palpitations, flushing, cardiac
arrhythmias, and gastointestinal disturbances, panic attacks,
chronic nervousness and irritability; digestive difficulties,
including heartburn, indigestion, and ulcers; fibrocystic breast
lumps; migraine headaches; and low blood sugar. It can lead to
increased risk of pancreatic and bladder cancers, and, as a heart
stimulant, is linked to blood-pressure abnormalities and
myocardial infarction, sleeplessness, irritability, anxiety,
increased urination, stomach irritation, fibrocystic disease
(benign growths) in the breast, and harm to a developing fetus.

In addition, caffeine is commonly added to various junk foods and
colas, so even little children are subjected to this drug at an
early age. And yet, the Jewish Medical Monopoly pretends with
hypocritical seriousness that they do not know the cause of such
things as panic attacks and unruly children. The physicians claim
that such children have some (fake) disease that they call
"Attention Deficit Disorder" which calls for drugs from the
Jewish Pharmacological Monopoly. Even though they know from their
own research that caffeine has a direct irritant effect on nerves
and burns up our precious supply of thiamine, or vitamin B1, the
nutrient so necessary for tranquility; even though they know
this, they sell you anti-depressants and other drugs, instead.

All of this is just from the caffeine alone without counting the
effects in kidney, liver, digestive tract damage and cancer
promotion caused by the over 600 toxins found in a cup of coffee.

To stop drinking coffee is easy to do by switiching to tea. And
once you are confident that you can stay away from coffee, then
you can switch from caffeinated tea to herbal tea. It is up to
each person to take good care of yourself because no one can
manage your health better than yourself.

Proper health care requires accurate knowledge. But you cannot
expect accurate knowledge from those who make money from the
Peoples' ignorance and sickness. We did not get accurate
knowledge from the cigarette manufacturers. Instead, the People
were told lies and deceived on a grand scale. Neither can you
expect accurate knowledge from the coffee importers, bankers and
physicians.

Since I stopped drinking coffee, now, when I open my eyes in the
morning, I am awake and ready to start the day. I no longer
stumble around trying to wake up long enough to brew a pot of
poison. Herb tea is quite delicious. I grow my own in my garden.
Sage tea and peppermint are my favorite. And if I don't drink
any tea that day, I don't come down with the splitting migraines
and the flu-like feeling of caffeine withdrawals. Really! Once
you stop drinking coffee, you won't miss it even a little bit.



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Re: COFFEE
« Reply #47 on: July 03, 2007, 09:54:00 PM »
And since the hospitals of our day serve their sick patients tea and coffee, it must be said to be a contributing factor to the death of patients in their care.
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« Reply #48 on: July 04, 2007, 06:44:00 AM »
Yes, it has to be - along with dairy.
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« Reply #49 on: July 04, 2007, 06:56:00 AM »
All of my life I have loved the smell of fresh coffee in the morning as both my parents had to have their morning coffee.

For myself one sip of coffe was enough for me and I never had it again nor do I have the desire to do so. From that one experience I have never eaten or drank any food that has coffee in it.

Still the smell hits something inside of me and I still like the smell of it. Maybe it is a good memories or something else.

 

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« Reply #50 on: July 09, 2007, 09:23:00 PM »
Dear Friends, I have an apology to make for not reviewing the above coffee article before I cut and pasted it on the forum. I should have retyped it and deleted the "Jewish" comments as I do not believe in bad-mouthing any person or groups of people.

Again, those comments should have been deleted. Please accept my apology. I feel bad that I overlooked doing the right thing about the article.

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« Reply #51 on: December 13, 2007, 04:39:49 PM »
Caffeine Risk study Urged

California--A state advisory board called for a study to determine if sodas and energy drinks containing caffeine pose a risk to pregnant women. The review could lead to warning labels on the drinks under Prop. 65, a 1986 ballot measure that requires the state to identify chemicals that could cause cancer or birth defects.

In arguing for the caffeine review, a board member cited dozens of scientific studies linking the stimulant to miscarriages, premature births and low birth weight. Unfortunately, the label requirement would not cover coffee and tea, which have much higher caffeine levels, because the stimulant occurs naturally in those beverages. Prop 65 only applies to chemicals that are added to foods or products.

The distinction drew criticism from the American Beverage Association, which said the coffee exemption would confuse consumers and unfairly penalize the soft drink industry.   --Source: The Assocaited Press.

Comment: Coffee, of course is the major source of caffeine in the American diet. Indeed here is more information about the dangers of this chemical:

Several years ago researchers reported in a study of heart disease in approximately 2,000 Western electric employees in Chicago that the frequency of heart disease was positively and significantly related to the amount of coffee consumed. ("Study of Coronary Heart Disease," Circulation 28:20-31, 1963).

Later other researchers showed that coffee had the direct effect of altering the human glucose response curves so that individuals showed up as "more diabetic" after drinking coffee than before. (Lancet, 527-529, March 11, 1967).

Researchers also showed that coffee drinking increases the free fatty acid levels in the blood. (Metabolism 17: 702-708, 1968). Most are aware of the role that blood fats act in heart disease and other degenerative diseases. Indeed,  it immediately becomes clear how coffee drinking can increase the incidence of heart problems.

And caffeine may also plaly a role in the production of cancer. Researchers have shown that caffeine causes chromatid breakage in human cells, like the breakaage that occurs when a person is exposed to radiation. Indeed, they estimate that one cup of coffee is equivalent to .01 roentgens of radiation exposure in the X band. It was noted that "there is a strong likelihood that caffeine may prove to be one of the most dangerous mutagens in man." ("Mutagenifc Action of Caffeine," Cancer Research 28:2375-2389, November 1968).

Comment: The warnings are clear. Indeed, we Seventh-day Adventist have the counsel of the Spirit of Prophecy, as well the scientific information as to the dangers of caffeine containing beverages.

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« Reply #52 on: January 22, 2008, 04:00:46 PM »
Consumption of Caffeine Linked to Miscarriages

Caffeine consumption by pregnant women can significantly increase the risk of miscarriage, according to new research. The study involving over 1,000 pregnant women, provides the most convincing evidence to date of such a link, the researchers warn.

Previous research indicated an increased risk, but scientists were unsure whether those findings were affected by the fact that women having morning sickness might be less likely to drink coffee or other caffeinated beverages.

The new study found that those women who consumed 200 milligrams of caffeine or more a day were about twice as likely to miscarry. That's about the amount of caffeine in two 8-oz. cups of coffee, five 12-oz. cans of soda or 6 cups of tea.

These findings are consistent with those of earlier studies, which show an increased risk of miscarriage from daily consumption of about 150 to 300 milligrams of caffeine. But according to the study's lead researcher, De-Kun Li, a reproductive and perinatal epidemiologist at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., they went one step further in determining whether it was the caffeine itself or something else. He says, "My hope is our study will remove that uncertainty. I think this should put the argument to rest."

Based on the findings, Li recommends that women who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant minimize caffeine intake. "If they have to drink caffeine-containing beverages, they should reduce the amount to one cup a day at the most."

Tracy Flanagan, director of women's health at Kaiser Permanente, agreed. "Avoiding [caffeine] may be even better," she said. --This info can be found on the website of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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« Reply #53 on: May 24, 2008, 04:31:02 AM »
It is amazing to me how many Adventists use caffeine...I believe it is one of the worst drugs there is, mainly because it is not looked upon as a drug....
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« Reply #54 on: May 24, 2008, 04:53:47 AM »
It is amazing to me how many Adventists use caffeine...I believe it is one of the worst drugs there is, mainly because it is not looked upon as a drug....

I bet we would be shocked to know how many SDA pastors drink coffee.  We had a pastor once who was addicted to coffee, and didn't hide the fact.  When I was a kid, the brethren would have labored with him.  Nowadays, no one dares say anything for fear of being considered judgmental, or legalistic.
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« Reply #55 on: May 24, 2008, 10:57:01 AM »
There was a time when the baptismal vows included the non-use of coffee, tea, alcoholic beverages, etc. Not any more. I have read SDA blogs where the blogger speaks casually about their caffeine and alcoholic beverage intake.
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« Reply #56 on: May 25, 2008, 03:31:00 AM »
What do the baptismal vows say now, in regards to health? 
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« Reply #57 on: May 25, 2008, 04:03:07 AM »
What do the baptismal vows say now, in regards to health? 

That may be hard to determine, since fewer and fewer pastors are reading the baptismal vows to the candidate in front of the church right before the baptism.  I've questioned this practice, but have not yet heard a good answer.
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« Reply #58 on: May 25, 2008, 06:22:57 AM »
The current vow relative to this reads:

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10. Do you believe that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit; and will you honor God by caring for it, avoiding the use of that which is harmful, abstaining from all unclean foods; from the use, manufacture, or sale of alcoholic beverages; the use, manufacture, or sale of tobacco in any of its forms for human consumption; and from the misuse of or trafficking in narcotics or other drugs?


It says the same thing on my certificate of baptism.
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« Reply #59 on: May 25, 2008, 09:35:57 AM »
The current vow relative to this reads:

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10. Do you believe that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit; and will you honor God by caring for it, avoiding the use of that which is harmful, abstaining from all unclean foods; from the use, manufacture, or sale of alcoholic beverages; the use, manufacture, or sale of tobacco in any of its forms for human consumption; and from the misuse of or trafficking in narcotics or other drugs?


It says the same thing on my certificate of baptism.

I just looked at my baptismal certificate from 1967.  It basically says the same thing, but doesn't mention drugs or narcotics.  No mention of coffee or tea.  I was surprised, because when I was growing up it was understood that SDA's did not drink tea or coffee.
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