On Jan 7, 2008 9:19 PM, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bob La Quey wrote: > > On Jan 7, 2008 8:23 AM, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Ralph Shumaker wrote: > >> > >>> Bob La Quey wrote: > >>> > >>>> But having six cups or more each day slashed men's risk by 54% and > >>>> women's by 30% over java avoiders." > >>>> > >>> Well, at 54%, it might be time for my imbibing to increase heavily > >>> (currently at about a cup a month, *maybe*). > >>> > >> 54% of what? What was the risk originally in the first place? Never make > >> a health decision based on percentages alone. That goes for all > >> statistics including all of the ones Bob posted. Not saying coffee is > >> or isn't healthful, just commenting on the loose use of such statistics. > >> > >> > > > > > > For the record, from the Harvard study > > > > "During the span of the study, 1,333 new cases of type 2 diabetes were > > diagnosed in men and 4,085 among the women participants. The > > researchers also found that for men, those who drank more than six > > cups of caffeinated coffee per day reduced their risk for type 2 > > diabetes by more than 50 percent compared to men in the study who > > didn't drink coffee. Among the women, those who drank six or more cups > > per day reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by nearly 30 percent. > > These effects were not accounted for by lifestyle factors such as > > smoking, exercise, or obesity. Decaffeinated coffee was also > > beneficial, but its effects were weaker than regular coffee." > > > > Note, "compared to men in the study who didn't drink coffee." > > > > http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/archives/2004-releases/press01052004.html > > > > BobLQ > > > > One thing they didn't spell out, and I wonder about, is if the food > choices made by the heavy drinkers of coffee were affected by their > heavy drinking of coffee. Fruit is appealing unless you just ate some > chocolate. I wonder if the high levels of caffeine (or other substance > from the coffee) affected their food choices. > > > > -- > Ralph
I had the same wonder. My wonder went this way. People who drink coffee often take it with sugar. They also (like me) often like a donut or bagel, and so load up on carbs. Maybe the magic mix is coffee and carbs :) I keep trying to do without the carbs though, but I do not always like it ;( My dream diet, coffee, bagels, red wine, cheese and steak. Ok, maybe I can live without the bagels. Or maybe the people with good genetic luck just happen to like coffee. How the hell does one sort this out? Is taste preference genetic? BobLQ "The questions just keep getting worse." -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
