Decaf coffee is not safe?

[January]

for most people, consuming moderate amounts of decaffeinated coffee is unlikely to cause harm

I agree with this statement, as I said upthread - but I doubt there is much benifit to drinking it either

I would take the view it is neutral - ie no likelihood of harm in sensible doses, no likelihood of benifit either.

 

[AnneTeak]

what is unsafe about tasteless tea-colored water?

 

[JBR]

I haven't Googled anything about this question yet, but... What about the caffeine that is extracted (mainly from coffee, so far as I know) that is then used by industry to produce caffeinated soft-drinks that are on the market? Coca Cola, Pepsi, and Dr Pepper are commercial drinks that go way back, but there are many more these days.

Is the caffeine itself contaminated? Coca Cola began to incorporate it more than a century ago, I think — substituted for the cocaine which the company realized was a proven addictive substance... by that era, even Freud warned against cocaine.

 

[Paco Dennis]

I haven't Googled anything about this question yet, but... What about the caffeine that is extracted (mainly from coffee, so far as I know) that is then used by industry to produce caffeinated soft-drinks that are on the market? Coca Cola, Pepsi, and Dr Pepper are commercial drinks that go way back, but there are many more these days.

Is the caffeine itself contaminated? Coca Cola began to incorporate it more than a century ago, I think — substituted for the cocaine which the company realized was a proven addictive substance... by that era, even Freud warned against cocaine.

I asked "How is the caffeine extracted to get into coca-cola?"
and "Can any harm come from the chemicals used in the extraction to a human being?"

the answers are too spooky and LONG to copy and paste. They use dangerous chemicals, but the caffeine has levels that are far below concern levels.

 

[Paco Dennis]

What?

"Prospective epidemiological studies find a robust association of habitual coffee consumption (caffeinated or decaffeinated) with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes."

1.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8066601/

2. How drinking coffee may lower your risk for diabetes​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/well...diabetes,correlations — not cause and effect.
I googled the sentence to get references...there are several, here are a couple.

 

[Kir7]

Decaf coffee has a different flavor. And I had to give up regular coffee, because after drinking it, I can't sit still and read - I shake all day long.

 

[StarSong]

Decaf coffee has a different flavor. And I had to give up regular coffee, because after drinking it, I can't sit still and read - I shake all day long.

I can't tell the difference between decaf and caffeinated coffee and I drink both every day.

 

[Myra]

I can't tell the difference between decaf and caffeinated coffee and I drink both every day.

Good afternoon. I too cannot tell the difference between the two.

 

[AnneTeak]

damned if u do, damned if u don't.

 

[Ruthanne]

My brother drinks it. It says not all coffee producers use the same process. Still I'm going to send him a link.