12 Surprising Dangers of Drinking Home Made Coffee Every Day
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In the morning, a cup of homemade coffee can be just what you need to get you started on the right foot. But even this beloved daily routine could give rise to risks that most people don’t even know about.
Drinking homemade coffee every day can be impacting your health and even damaging your kitchen equipment. What happens when you stop and what are some of the unexpected dangers behind this simple habit?
Increased Risk of Acid Reflux
Coffee is naturally acidic, and drinking it every day can irritate the lining of your esophagus and cause acid reflux or heartburn. For people who have a predisposition to digestive problems, repeated exposure to high acidity can make things worse. It can mess your overall digestive health and leave you uncomfortable right after meals.
Increased Cholesterol Potential
Cafestol and kahweol are found in unfiltered coffee — made with a French press or other brewing methods. These compounds can increase your body’s LDL cholesterol. Consumption of regular coffee without proper filtration may increase your cholesterol levels eventually leading to cardiovascular problems. If you’re unaware of this, your daily habit can do this to your heart quietly.
Dehydration from Caffeine
Caffeine is a diuretic, so it makes you produce more urine and increases dehydration. If you’re drinking coffee on a regular basis but not drinking enough water to compensate, you may be dehydrated. This can lead to headaches, fatigue, and dry skin. In the long term, consistent dehydration can also harm the health of the kidneys.
Staining of Teeth
Coffee is notorious for staining teeth, and it’s notorious for staining teeth if you drink it every day. Coffee’s dark pigments stick to the enamel, leaving embarrassing yellow or brownish stains. But it can dull a smile over time and needs an expensive whitening treatment to undo. They can also weaken your tooth enamel, making them more susceptible to damage.
An increase in Anxiety and Restlessness
Coffee contains caffeine, which, when you drink it daily, will make your central nervous system feel heightened so that your feelings of anxiety or restlessness are heightened. People are prone to anxiety when they drink coffee daily, which can make symptoms worse and make it difficult to relax. This can also mess with your sleeping patterns, which results in your dependence on coffee for energy becoming a cycle. Caffeine-induced anxiety can also be so severe that it will mimic panic attacks in some extreme cases.
Disrupted Sleep Patterns
If you don’t realize it at first, drinking coffee too late in the day can really mess up your sleep. According to the Sleep Foundation, caffeine keeps adenosine from doing its job, which is to tell you when it’s time to sleep, so your body’s natural sleep cycle gets delayed. If you sleep, you may not sleep that well and be tired the next day. This can lead to chronic sleep deprivation over time.
The Issue with Added Sugars and Creamers overloading
Many people put sugar, flavored syrups or creamers to their homemade coffee to make it taste good. Those extras can add up fast, however, turning your coffee into a high calorie, sugar-heavy drink that isn’t healthy for you in the least. As a result, it is no surprise that you can gain weight, become insulin resistant and even at risk for diabetes when you overconsume sugary coffee beverages. Sweetened coffee can quietly sabotage your health goals daily.
Other Nutritional Needs are Ignored
Overreliance on coffee for energy can cause us to neglect other vital food groups — carbohydrates, vegetables, and protein, to name a few. If you’re relying on coffee to keep you alert, you might skip breakfast or lunch and think the caffeine will get you through. In the absence of proper nutrition, your immune system is weak, and you are sluggish. This can lead to nutrient deficiencies, which affect your overall health.
The Laxative Effects on the Digestive System
For some people, sometimes coffee is a natural laxative and stimulates bowel movements. But this does not really matter at all as long as you are taking coffee in moderation. However, too much daily coffee intake can cause dependence on coffee for regular bowel motion. It could screw with your body’s natural rhythm for digesting, resulting in diarrhea or constipation.
Risk of Overconsumption of Caffeine
The more coffee you drink, the more your body gets used to the caffeine, and the more you drink, the more you need. Taking more than recommended daily caffeine dose can produce undesirable side effects such as headaches, irritability, and heart palpitations. It can also place undue stress on your heart and increase the likelihood of heart problems. These are all potentially dangerous effects and require moderation.
Unclean Coffee Machines and Exposure to Contaminants
If your coffee machine hasn’t been cleaned recently, it could be harboring mold, bacteria, and other contaminants. Between the wick and brewing vessel, germs have a perfect breeding ground inside coffee makers. Drinking coffee brewed in a dirty machine puts you at risk for infection or gastrointestinal issues from harmful microbes. It is important to clean your coffee maker often because you don’t want to ingest more than just coffee.
Caffeine Addiction Possibility
Drinking coffee daily makes you dependent on caffeine for regular daily functioning. This dependency can lead to the fact that by the end of the day, you become tired, sluggish, and irritable. When you try to cut back, as the addiction gets worse, you can start experiencing headaches, nausea, and irritability as withdrawal symptoms.
Disclaimer: This list is solely the author’s opinion based on research and publicly available information.
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