Coffee with Cream

I know a person who drinks coffee with cream. Whenever the opportunity arises with people who drink coffee this way, I will mention that I have heard this is a problem for your digestion and should be avoided. Since this person knew of Edgar Cayce, I decided to look through the readings to find out more, and to see if I could find the reason it is harmful. According to my search for "coffee," there were 524 places in the readings where this term was mentioned. (Many of the readings had to do with soaking your feet in coffee grounds.) Here are some quotes from the readings that I extracted for coffee and cream:

From Reading 133-4:
5. Mornings - citrus fruit juices (either the juice of one or the other of such fruit), with browned whole wheat toast that may be buttered if so desired, and a little coffee; or preferable to coffee would be Ovaltine or any CEREAL drink, though if coffee is taken it should be without cream or milk.

From Reading 243-22:
9. (Q) Does it hurt me to use sugar in my coffee?
(A) Sugar is not near so harmful as cream. May use sugar in moderation.

From Reading 257-159:
3. And during the whole period keep more of an alkalin diet. No white bread. Principally use fruit juices, and citrus fruit juices at that! A little coffee without cream may be taken as a stimulant, or a little whiskey and soda later in the evening may be taken.

From Reading 257-210:
17. (Q) Does black coffee with sugar have bad effect on body?
(A) No.

From Reading 275-45:
13. (Q) Is the chemical reaction of raw milk in coffee the same as cream in coffee in relation to the digestion in the stomach?
(A) Well, this depends - to be sure - upon the activity of the system at the time. Cream, to be sure, is less hard, or more easily digested and produces LESS of that hard to be assimilated by portions of the system. But in coffee it is PREFERABLE for the body to use neither cream nor milk. Of course, cream is less harmful - and of course carries more food value, of a different nature. But there is a portion in same that becomes gradually hard upon the activity of the juices from the pancreas and spleen to the activities upon the system through the lacteals in their absorbing from digestion.

14. (Q) What about sugar in coffee?
(A) Brown sugar, of course, is preferable. Sugar is NOT as harmful, provided there is of course not too much sugar taken in other sweets.

From Reading 295-10:
16. (Q) Should coffee be entirely eliminated for the better physical functioning of the body?
(A) Coffee without cream is NOT harmful for the body, if taken in moderation.

From Reading 303-2:
40. (Q) Is tea and coffee harmful to the body?
(A) Tea is more harmful than coffee. Any nerve reaction is more susceptible to the character of tea that is usually found in this country, though in some manners in which it is produced it would be well. Coffee, taken properly, is a food; that is, WITHOUT cream or milk.

From Reading 326-6:
12. (Q) Is coffee harmful for this body?
(A) With cream or milk, yes; without same not so harmful - rather a stimulant.

From Reading 349-10:
9. Mornings - citrous fruits, or stewed fruits with cereal, or fresh fruits with cereal - but not both; that is, not the citrous fruit AND the cereal with the fruit in same. Or cereal, OR a citrous fruit may be taken, with a coddled egg - but do not eat other than the YOLK of the egg, with coffee or tea - but no milk in the coffee or tea, and little sugar.

From Reading 379-2:
19. (Q) Are tea and coffee injurious?
(A) An excess is. Do not drink coffee or tea with milk or cream.

From Reading 404-3:
20. (Q) Should I drink coffee and when?
(A) Coffee is not harmful to the body, provided it is FRESH coffee.

From Reading 412-11:
13. In the diet, do not combine great quantities of cheese with macaroni or the like; for these are IRRITATING to the skin. Milk, coffee and tea may be taken in moderation, but do not mix them during the same meal. Use neither milk nor cream in the coffee or tea, but they may be taken separately or on different days.

From Reading 462-2:
10. (Q) Is coffee or tea good for this body?
(A) Coffee is better than tea, though the body may prefer the tea. Coffee without milk and without sugar is preferable; but coffee without cream or milk IS a food value. There is very little food value in tea, though it is a stimulant. Coffee is preferable.

From Reading 462-17:
14. (Q) Would it be best to cut out coffee? If so, what would be a good substitute for me?
(A) Not necessarily cut it out, just so there is not milk or cream taken in same. The quantity may be reduced, but we would not cut same out. There is a good stimulant in same, and some food values.

From Reading 555-8:
Mornings - either citrus fruit juices or cereals dry or cooked. Do not take citrus fruit juices and cereals at the same meal. A little very crisp bacon, coddled egg or the like. Milk OR coffee, but do not mix coffee and milk together before drinking. It's alright to be mixed after it is drunk, by taking them at the same meal but not together; for it's the variation in the activity of the gastric juices of the system causing disturbance. Sugars may be taken in moderation. Toast brown or whole wheat or rye bread. Any of these may be taken.

From Reading 613-1:
26. (Q) Should he take coffee at all? If so, should cream be taken in it?
(A) When coffee is taken, if milk or cream is used in same it is NOT a food. Without milk or cream it IS a food to the body. For this body, LITTLE of coffee; rather a cereal drink is preferable.

From Reading 684-1:
24. (Q) Can she drink coffee?
(A) Coffee, fresh - without cream, is a food. In excess, WITH cream - or with quantity of sugar, it becomes as a poison, or hard for a digestive system - if taken in excess. This may be taken in moderation.

From Reading 816-5:
12. (Q) Can coffee and tea be used by this body without harmful effects?
(A) No one can use them without AFFECTING the body. As to whether they are harmful or not depends upon the extent to which they are used. Use one or the other; don't use them both. Tea is more harmful than coffee. Coffee is a food if it is taken without cream or sugar, and especially without cream; and if taken without the caffeine - as Kaffa Hag, or the like - it's really a food for the body.

From Reading 877-28:
15. (Q) What about coffee and tea?
(A) No milk OR cream in coffee OR tea, this in moderation will not be harmful for the body. A little sugar may be used if desired, but NO cream or milk.

From Reading 942-1:
18. Mornings - citrus fruit juices. Coffee or ten may be taken in moderation, or Sanka coffee or those compounds with the toxic forces removed; such as Kaffa Hag and the like. Do not OVER use cream or milk in the coffee taken, for it forms that which is detrimental to the gastric flow of the stomach itself.

From Reading 975-1:
As to the drinks; drink plenty of water - six to ten glasses full each day. Do not take quantities of tea, but a very small quantity once a day may be taken. Coffee may be taken in moderation provided milk or cream is NOT used in same. Without the cream coffee is a food; WITH milk or cream it is very hard on the system.

From Reading 983-1:
Not great quantities of tea or coffee, but these may be taken in moderation provided they do not carry milk or cream in same when taken. These are as foods without same, and are more nourishing. While the food values in the milk or cream may be considered of an equal value alone, when used together they form a condition in the lactic juices of the stomach itself that does not make for the proper eliminations carried on through the whole of the alimentary canal. Keep rather an alkalin diet, adhering to the one raw vegetable meal each day.

From Reading 1073-1:
Coffee or tea should preferably be without milk or cream, for again we find that the combination of the acids - or the tannic forces, the chickory, or the properties there are the food values to the digestive forces - becomes disturbing, when combined outside of the body. However, if milk and coffee are taken at the same meal - but not combined before they are taken - the gastric juices flowing from even the salivary glands in the mouth so taking these CHANGE the activity so that the food values of both are taken by the system, in the activity through the alimentary canal.
Coffee or tea may be taken then at the same meal, but NOT with the milk IN same. Little sugar, for this - as indicated, of course - makes for an activity upon the pancreas that, unless there is a great deal of physical exertion, creates the tendency for the increase of avoirdupois throughout the whole body itself.

From Reading 1224-3:
Coffee may be used if desired, but NOT with milk or cream in same! for this is hard upon the heart, as well as the digestion. If a little sugar is desired, it is very well, but no milk or cream in the coffee.

From Reading 1236-1:
Coffee, tea, milk - do not combine milk with tea or coffee; these make for an acidity, and especially are hard on the digestive forces where acid is superactive in the system from the general disturbances.

From Reading 1830-2:
11. (Q) Any other advice?
(A) A far as any coffee, tea or the like is concerned, - these in moderation, of course, are not harmful. Much - or too much of either of these would become hard on the digestion. Any cereal drink is preferable. Coffee once a day. Do not take any carbonated drinks.

From Reading 2472-1:
Coffee may be taken, but no sugar or cream or milk in same. If sweetening is desired for this, use either honey or saccharin.

From Reading 2868-2:
15. (Q) Is coffee or tea harmful?
(A) With milk or cream, harmful.

From Reading 5190-1:
19. (Q) Does coffee affect my nervous system?
(A) Not necessarily. If you think so, yes!

From Reading 5211-1:
6. There are conditions surrounding the body, just as there have been those suggestions to the body. There may be, just as is indicated in many an individual consciousness, those who can drink coffee and it never hurts them; there are those whose consciousness is such that this if taken late of an evening would prevent sleep. There are those who would not sleep if they didn't take it, for they would have the headache. For certain properties stimulate certain activities.