Coffee not only helps clear the mind and perk up the energy, it also provides more healthful antioxidants than any other food or beverage in the American diet, according to a study released Sunday.
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In February, a team of Japanese researchers reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that people who drank coffee daily, or nearly every day, had half the liver cancer risk of those who never drank it. The protective effect occurred in people who drank one to two cups a day and increased at three to four cups.
Last year, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health found that drinking coffee cut the risk of developing the most common form of diabetes.
Men who drank more than six 8-ounce cups of caffeinated coffee per day lowered their risk of type 2 diabetes by about half, and women reduced their risk by nearly 30 percent, compared with people who did not drink coffee, according to the study in Annals of Internal Medicine.
And it tastes bettter than broccoli.
Hat tip: my mom.
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Interesting. I've only met one other person who preferred the smell of broccoli to the smell of coffee, and he turned out to be a paedophile.
Posted by: See-Dubya at September 05, 2005 12:44 AM (VvIKz)
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See-Dubya:
Actually, I like broccoli. It's about my favorite vegetable, if you exclude potatos. Anyway, six cups of coffee is a lot, isn't it? I drink one very large mug of coffee in the morning, made with two large heaping scoops of beans. Since restaurant coffee tends to be a lot weaker than that, maybe my big cup is iquivalent to 4 or 5 regular cups. But if not, I'll have to step up the dosage.
The other thing that occurs to me is that they might not have run a regression that included other independent variables, such as weight. And the coffee and weight variables might be very highly, and negatively, correlated. (The more coffee you drink the thinner you are.)
Anyway, a high correlation between coffee drinking and resistance to Diabetes Type 2 doesn't necessarily imply that the coffee is a cause of the resistance. For that they'd need a panel study, and my guess is they didn't spend that kind of money. You need pretty deep pockets to fund a panel study.
Posted by: Demosophist at September 05, 2005 08:47 AM (nCA/o)
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I hasten to add that broccoli doesn't smell very good, it just tastes good. And Brussel sprouts smell terrible as they're cooking, but also taste pretty good. Or the thing that appeals to me may be that eating broccoli and sprouts is like eating little trees and small heads of cabbage. It make me feel like shouting: "Fee, fie, foe, fum!" Or maybe watching all the little tiny Japanese people scurry away from me as I wade out of Tokyo Bay.
Posted by: Demosophist at September 05, 2005 08:55 AM (nCA/o)
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The only thing better than the smell of hot coffee is the smell of a hot gun, with traces of oil and powder smoke. A freshly fired shotgun shell is the best, with military propellants coming in second. Call me crazy, but if you haven't tried it, you should.
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 05, 2005 09:11 AM (0yYS2)
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I can see IM climbing out of bed, stretching his arms and saying, "Ah. I love the smell of napalm in the morning." (Just yankin yer chain, IM) ;-)
Posted by: Oyster at September 05, 2005 09:27 AM (YudAC)
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Well, it does smell like victory...
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 05, 2005 03:03 PM (0yYS2)
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I dont drink coffee but in the winter when its cold i drink hot cocoa and it beats that nutricious puke stuff the health freaks want us to drink
Posted by: sandpiper at September 05, 2005 08:52 PM (JyNSh)
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Ans Mrs Olson is a good lady her coffee is saving lives and throw in a little credit to juan valdez and his donkey
Posted by: sandpiper at September 06, 2005 09:08 AM (O2c+K)
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I like bitter and tart tastes, so coffee is right up my alley, but hold the cream and sugar, and if you can't stand a spoon in it, it's too weak!
Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at September 06, 2005 06:51 PM (0yYS2)
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