[winternett]

My mother and father gave me my genetics, they both drank coffee for many years and are still alive and cancer free into their late 70s. My great grandmother drank coffee ritually as well and lived well into her 90s. Organic coffee is likely best, as it most resembles coffee of the past which was safer to drink...

I love coffee, but noticed I get grumpy and feel a bit stiff in the joints if I drink more than one cup a day, and sometimes I alternate with tea. That's all I really need to determine what works for me. I highly recommend when conflicting media reports are everywhere to start evaluating your background like that to create calm (if you can do so of course) or simply to embrace your mortality and realize that pollution and other factors make everyone's future quite unpredictable regardless.

[citizenpaul]

>a bit stiff in the joints

I found out that I am sometimes allergic to citric acid, which turns out is made from mold. If I have more than one citrus flavor drink I get sore joints. Theoretically the mold is filtered in the final product but I suspect this is not always done well. I just avoid it now but dang its in everything.

Coffee supposedly has trace mold on it could be a similar problem.

[postpawl]

Mold that survives a 450 degree Fahrenheit (232 celcius) roasting process?

[citizenpaul]

You are assuming the process is always done with no cross contamination or commingling in shared space after this process is done. Considering most coffee is processed in poor countries do you think they are vigilant about maintaining and absorbing the cost of doing it 100% of the time?

Same as the citric acid problem I have. Supposedly it is filtered but turns out that is not always the case often enough that I find it is better to just avoid it altogether rather than feel bad all day.