Guideline No. 5
Limit Salt, Alcohol and Caffeine

This guideline advises a moderate intake of salt, alcohol and caffeine because it is not healthy to use any of these substances in excess.

Caffeine

Caffeine may bring on anxiety, irritability and keep you up all night but there is no evidence that it causes serious harm in the amounts currently consumed. No links between caffeine consumption and cancer of any type have been found.

What about Decaffeinated Coffee and Tea?

Methylene chloride, a solvent commonly used to remove the caffeine from coffee and tea has been the subject of ongoing safety concerns. Only small traces of methylene chloride, if any at all, are detected in decaffeinated beverages. These trace levels are considered harmless. A process to remove caffeine using water is growing in popularity. Products decaffeinated in this way are widely available.

See Also: Facts about Salt

See Also: Facts about Alcohol

Info obtained from the Healthy Eating published by the Canadian Cancer Society