Bob La Quey wrote:
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
Well, at 54%, it might be time for my imbibing to increase heavily
(currently at about a cup a month, *maybe*).
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Ralph
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