As Plan9 pointed out, coffee's (well, caffeine) a diuretic so your abiliy to retain water is retarded and you loose more water. So it's important to drink more water to make up for this!
Caffeine speeds up your digestion and excretion (this is the diuretic effect) so having it with meals or moreso
important meals is bad because your food doesn't get process properly in your stomach. It maybe a laxative, but your food isn't getting processed properly in your stomach!
As OshnSoul said, too much is bad. That can actually lead to addiction and some dependacy as well (i should know, i sometimes get it during exam time at uni
). The withdrawal symptons from not getting your newly aquired addicted amount is normally a pretty intense miagraine. Although after a day, you're pretty much
cured. Even some constant moderate amounts of coffee can lead to a
moderate addiction.
If you'ce been drinking a full pot everyday for the last few months, you're likely to hvae some withdrawal symptons
one ounce *= 30 ml
20 ounces = 600ml of coffee a day
I actually get a 600ml carton of commercial iced coffee whenever i am at work or uni (normally weekdays) or just have one glass of coffee (latte, ie 90 per cent milk, my own version) that i make at home. on this current amount, i don't seem to get anymore withdrawal like symptoms or light-headedness, which i used to get about 2 years or so back, cause i drank too much. Coffee is my
achilles heel though, cause it taste so good, to me
