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With every cup of coffee you drink, your body’s calcium balance-the difference between calcium intake and excretion-becomes negative. If you drink more than a couple of cups (not mugs!) of coffee a day, the calcium loss can be substantial, especially if you are absoring too little caclium in the first place.

And this isn’t limited to coffee, black tea, alcohol, fizzy drinks (including energy drinks and diet drinks, cows milk and water flavored with artificial sweeteners all lead to inbalances as well.

The following table summarizes the acidic level of different drinks:

Most Acid(Avoid)	Acid	Lowest Acid	Most alkaline	Alkaline	Lowest Alkaline	Neutral(Unlimited)
Coffee	Decaffeinated Coffee	Black tea	Fruit teas	Green Tea	Roobios tea	Water-preferably water or filtered-lemon or lime can be added.  Still water is the best choice.  Carbonated water can reduce the absorption of some minerals.
Alcohol	Tea with Milk/sugar	Earl Grey	Homemeade fruit Juice	Herbal tea, fenel, chamomile, pepermint	Ginger tea with added lemon
Store bought Juice	Weak Coffee	Most Super Market Teas	Aqua Libra
Cows Milk	Sprizters	Soy Milk
Cranberry Juice	Store bought Juice diluted with water 50%	Nut Milks
Water flavoured with Artificial sweeteners		Butter Milks
Hot chocolate

And unfortunatley these acidic beverages do not count towards your daily water intake either as they actually encourage your body to eliminate fluids.  Even though they are liquid and contain water, they dehydrate the body rather than effectively providing the cells with the fluid they need.

However by increasing your water intake will dilute the acid from the acid-forming drinks that you do consume.