What are the bad effects (on a growing person) of coffee?

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Coffee is very acidic in reaction in the body, and that is why we intuitively add milk to balance it out.coffee will pull alkaline minerals like calcium and magnesium out of the body, and therefore may inhibit the formation of bone. Coffee consumption also increases the amount of estrogen in the body, which may or may not be good, depending on whether you are male or female.

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No more than tea or soda pop.

I heard caffeine can stunt your growth.

None, coffee stunting your growth is an old wives tale!
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Ive been drinking coffee since I was a little kid and I am 5'10"

coffee has caffeine, which actually stunts growth.

well cellulite!!

I drank a ton of coffee and tea as a child and I still turned out taller than my mother. The say coffee can stunt your growth - but there is nothing proven to say that. What is proven is that nutrition when you are a child is crucial to proper growth. Many of the reasons nutrition in England (in the schools) was overhauled in the early part of the 20th century was because in WWI - many of the recruits for the army had to be turned away because they did not meet the minimum 5 feet. Nutrition in England up until that point was poor, and only those in wealthier families tended to get a proper diet and thus reach a normal height.
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University education - courses on History and Nutrition, Culture of early 20th Century in Europe.

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