The trouble is that we mostly live in a modern world where it is awfully difficult to socialise with people unless one is willing to compromise a little. I know of certain people who I try to avoid like the plague partly because they only are willing to go out to eat at McDonald's and refuse to eat any high-quality cooked foods of any kind. With other more sensible people, I sometimes have to compromise, such as at dinners with various acquaintances - it's just considered really rude to ask the host to provide an alternative dish acceptable to me (and SAD-eaters) such as a raw salad. I take care to eat something raw before or after a dinner, usually, sometimes using "high-meat" to counter any ill-effects from the cooked foods. If I can, on those occasions, I will drink mineral water or tapwater, otherwise it's clear, transparent alcohol or tea.
All that said, I have personal experience of how coffee really helps damage one's adrenals. Sure, it makes one wide awake, but (herbal) tea is a better alternative, though not necessarily all that beneficial either.
