On Jan 5, 2008 10:00 AM, Paul G. Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SJS wrote: > > > > >> Caffeine comes to mind :) See > > > > Yup. Turns out, if I drink a couple of caffeinated sodas today, tomorrow > > I will be mean. (Some might append an "-er", but don't pay attention to > > them.) Then the headaches will start. > > > > As a kid, I was warned about getting addicted to all those evil drugs; > > nobody ever pointed out that caffeine was an addictive drug as well. > > > > The consequences of abuses in our youth last long after youth is gone. > > > > I used to drink a minimum of 1.5 liters of Pepsi every day, usually > more. One summer I got a bad cold and was sick in bed for a few > days.When I get sick, I don't drink soda. After about a week of not > drinking soda, I decided I didn't really need to start again. My wife > turned me on to Arizona Green Tea. > > I've been drinking the green tea ever since, usually more than 1.5 > liters per day (I have a thermal cup that holds that much). I have not > been sick, even the slightest sniffle, since. It's been three years now. > My family catches colds whenever there's a whisper of a cold around, but > I do not. > > I also find I can think better, do not have as much trouble waking up in > the morning, and do not need as much sleep. > > PGA
I drink quite a lot of coffee. Perhaps we all seek to justify habits that we enjoy but I have come to believe that coffee is a rather healthy beverage. Here are examples of why I believe this to be true. "Drinking coffee may shield the liver from the worst ravages of alcohol, a study of more than 125,000 people suggests. The risk of developing alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver dropped with each cup of coffee they drank per day." "Exactly how coffee could protect the liver is also unknown. Klatsky speculates that caffeine could have a protective effect, although his study found no link between tea drinking and a decreased risk of cirrhosis." http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9330.html " After analyzing data on 126,000 people for as long as 18 years, Harvard researchers calculate that compared with not partaking in America's favorite morning drink, downing one to three cups of caffeinated coffee daily can reduce diabetes risk by single digits. But having six cups or more each day slashed men's risk by 54% and women's by 30% over java avoiders." http://men.webmd.com/features/coffee-new-health-food So for my part I will stick with my relatively heavy coffee habit. BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
