Posted by Larry Hoover on April 25, 2005, at 8:18:47
In reply to Anyone know if Coffee Ruins a Good Diet?, posted by xxNightOwl28 on April 24, 2005, at 5:59:47
> If anyone is knowledgable or savy? about nutrition or dieting I would appreciate your help thank you in advance.
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> I guess this question is? Will coffee deplete or ruin a healthy diet if you drink it a few hours after eating healthy food? Isn't it just going to flush away alot of things? It is a diuretic so I am concerned.
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> I have been doing a very good diet lately, fruit/veggie smoothies, ginseng exract, Fish/Flax Oil Supplemtns/good Multi's etc,
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> I must have a cup in the morn, in the afternoon, and late at night.
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> Since coffee is a diuretic I am concerned that it is putting all my good eating habits to waste????No, it's not putting your good eating to waste.
Your kidneys are "smart filters". They have special pumps that grab a lot of the goodies out of the serum (blood fluid) that will eventually become urine.
Drinking coffee will have no more effect on that process than would drinking a glass of water.
Congrats on looking after your nutrient intake so well. You are what you eat.
Lar
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