Caffeine

[Onejez]

I love my coffee in the morning, however my shiatsu practitioner friend says that caffeine taken the same time as fruit/vitamins/vegetable/protein actually blocks any of this goodness being digested by the body. Most people I've asked since disagree with this, does anyone know where I can get a definite answer! One love and thanks

[ludwig]

If that was true half the people in my office (who drink coffee all day long) would have died of malnutrition by now, so it sounds a bit suspect.

I avoid it though. I don't like the effect it has on my nerves.

[Pea Pod]

This article says coffee takes vitamins out of the body so she maybe has a point.http://www.mcvitamins.com/Health%20Opponents/C offee.htm

[Lakitu]

You mean you don't like feeling wired, ludwig?? ;o)

[Rosetta]

Try redbush tea, its caffeine free and tastes better than any brand of decaf coffee I have ever tried

[GYMRAT]

yeah as rosetta said redbush tea is the one! lovely taste and full of antioxidants!

[hundreddolla]

Why are you taking dietary advice from a masseuse?

[natalie_1982]

I think caffeine can inhibit absorption of iron? Amongst other reasons, this is why it is not reccommended that pregnant women and children drink caffeinated drinks, particularly with food.

[natalie_1982]

http://www.explorevitamins.co.uk/effect-of-caf feine-on-vitamin-absorption.html

[natalie_1982]

I wouldn't think that one coffee a day is going to cause all that much damage if you have a generally healthy lifestyle and diet anyway, if the number of coffees you have a day out numbers the number of fruit / veg portions you have then I would think about cutting down.