Can you survive without coffee?

As many as 80 percent of adults drink coffee every week.  As its name suggests, it has very high levels of caffeine although, interestingly, coffee beans actually contain half the amount of caffeine as tea leaves.  A cup of coffee only has higher levels of caffeine than a cup of tea because it is drunk in a much more concentrated form.
Caffeine is a drug that acts as a stimulant to the heart and central nervous system, and is also known to increase blood pressure in the short-term.  The stimulating effect of coffee peaks in the blood 15-45 minutes after drinking - but may persist for hours.  How fast your body processes the caffeine depends on your metabolic rate and how sensitive you are.
Caffeine is also a diuretic and can flush important chemicals, such as potassium, from the body as well as making you dehydrated.  Meanwhile, heavy consumption of coffee boiled in a coffee-making machine has long been suspected of having a cholesterol-raising effect, although the evidence remains inconclusive.

All of these factors are damaging to our general well-being, but the main reason that coffee should be banned is because it is very acidic and will upset the body's pH balance.  I know that some people will find this very difficult.  Caffeine, like nicotine (although to a lesser extent) meets some of the criteria of the World Health Organization and the American Psychiatric Association for a drug of dependence.  It acts on the dopamine system in the same way as amphetamines and cocaine.  Dopamine is a neurotransmitter - a brain chemical that carries messages between the brain cells.  It is associated, in particular, with feelings of pleasure, usually after food or sex.  Any drugs, therefore, that artificially affects dopamine levels may cause a craving for more of that drug.
However, unfortunately the only way to give up your daily cups of coffee is to wean yourself off them gently because decaffeinated varieties can be just as harmful.  The "decaffeination" process has chemically altered their bodies composition and, as a result, they will deposit unwanted toxins in the body that will put undue stress on the liver.

So try to think about your daily intake of coffee, don't see it as a substitute for food or snack -- even worse - instead of water! Remember, coffee dehydrates you and therefore you need to drink even more water during the day. Also, any extra ingredients in your coffee can add a lot of calories, such as milk and cream and watch out for any processed "syrup flavorings".