Ha! Yes, as a recovering avid coffee drinker myself I understand your view. I had some medical labs done by a functional medicine doctor for an unrelated matter and found out that the catechins in coffee, green tea and black tea (antioxidants for most people) where creating a pre-cancerous condition in my body. This is actually my compelling motive for giving up coffee. This is not the same for everybody, Functional Medicine looks at your specific body chemistry: http://www.alignmentnaturalmedicine.com/services/functional-medicine/