Harry

Hi,
Your body is made up of about 70% water. So, everything that you drink has to be processed by your liver to get the water for all your organs to function.

Coffee contains no nutritional value except it does give you the caffiene kick-- as others have said it may take a little time to get rid of this habit but I think it's well worth the effort.

After drinking coffee, your gastro system thinks you have eaten a steak and your liver activates to produces the bile required for digestion -- and there is very little to digest.

I quit drinking coffee about 30 years ago because of peptic ulcers. When I had ulcers in the 1970ties, was when doctors thought they were caused by anxiety and worry. I read an article about an ulcer cure by the Mayo Clinic and after the treatment the only requierment was to eliminate coffee from your diet -- so I did and have been thankful ever since.

Now they know 85% of ulcers are caused by H pylori bacteria (discovered by Dr Barry Marshall,MD in Austrialia in 1982-- recieved the Nobel prize in 2005) and are treated with antibiotics and a proton pump inhibitor for a week or so.

I suggest getting rid of anything that does not add nutitional value to your body. There will later be other problems to be concerned about!!

Harry