Coffee

[Tarzan01]

Does anyone know if Decaf coffee is helpful for a fatty liver as regular coffee?

[Livmar]

My understanding is it does not matter but it must be taken black with no cream or sugar and it must be drip filtered.

[nash2 Partner]

The caffeine doesn't matter but it needs to brewed through a paper filter. There are two harmful chemicals that the filter catches

[Sunnyskies33 in reply to nash2]

Does it need to be black to be of any help?

[nash2 Partner in reply to Sunnyskies33]

There are arguments for black but it is somewhat fuzzy. My hep doc said if a bit of cream got me to drink more coffee go for it

[Sunnyskies33 in reply to nash2]

Thanks! I have it dark with no sugar but I really enjoy it with that bit of half and half!

[Tarzan01 in reply to nash2]

Okay. Does that mean that instant coffee is out?

[nash2 Partner in reply to Tarzan01]

We really don't know if they filter that, so I can't say. I drink instant occasionally, but prefer to use what I can control

[Cindyh1958 in reply to nash2]

So cold coffee is out if not brewed through a paper filter?

[nash2 Partner in reply to Cindyh1958]

Hot or cold doesn't matter, we just don't know for sure if the decaf is filtered. I suspect it is but it is not known to me. You could run it through a filter yourself and know for sure.

[Cindyh1958 in reply to nash2]

I make my own iced coffee by cold brewing in a stainless steel filter overnight. What is the purpose of the paper fiilter and what is bad that we are trying to filter out?

[nash2 Partner in reply to Cindyh1958]

I don't recall the names of the chemicals but there are two that are harmful for the liver that the paper filter removes