If You Drink Coffee Make Sure it is Organic If You Must Drink Coffee … If you simply MUST drink coffee here are a few tips to help reduce the chances of harmful effects: Use organic coffee – Again, coffee is a heavily sprayed crop, so drinking organic coffee might reduce or eliminate the exposure to toxic herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers. The only drawback is that the countries where coffee is produced probably have less control and monitoring for compliance to organic practices. You will also be helping to protect the health of the people working in the coffee fields, as you will be helping to reduce their toxic exposure as well. If you want to go a step further, look for fair-trade certified coffee, which means the coffee farmers have been paid fairly and treated well. Swiss Water Process decaf -- If you are going to drink decaffeinated coffee, be sure that it is one that uses a non-chemical based method of decaffeination. The Swiss Water Process is a patented method and is the best choice. Most of the major brands are chemically decaffeinated, even if it says Naturally Decaffeinated right on the container. If you are unsure of the methods, contact the manufacturer. Avoid sugar and/or milk -- These are actually much worse for you than the coffee itself. Dont compound the detrimental health effects by adding milk or sugar to your coffee. Unbleached filters -- If you use a drip coffee maker, be sure to use non-bleached filters. The bright white ones, which most people use, are chlorine bleached and some of this chlorine will be extracted from the filter during the brewing process.
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