Comments please re: Coffee Graduates to Health Food Status

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Interesting. Of course the ayurvedic body types also allow for coffee ...

kaffa, especially. When pita or vata are out of balance,

coffee is not usually prescribed. But kaffa types need coffee. I am curious

to see how this relates. Perhaps you have someone

very well versed in ayurveda who might comment.

 

The one worry is that the coffee association paid for the research.

 

Coffee Graduates to Health Food Status

Your favorite morning brew has a surprising new perk.

 

Good news for the 80 percent of Americans who down an average of 3.2 cups of

java a day: Your liver loves it. And because the liver is your body's vital

detox center, that's a big health plus. It's not the caffeine. Apparently,

it's the antioxidants or other compounds in coffee that keep your liver

humming. So if you were just thinking you could do with a cup of joe, go for

it.

 

The liver is a major multitasker. It's a housekeeper: It filters toxins from

the blood, cleaning pollutants, alcohol, useless residues, nicotine, and

other garbage out of the body. It's also a stock clerk: It keeps extra

carbohydrates on hand and releases them when blood sugar levels are low,

plus it warehouses fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K for future use. It's

a body builder, too: The liver makes proteins to build muscles, and it

produces bile, which is needed to digest fat.

 

Evidence that coffee takes some stress off the liver was discovered when

scientists determined that coffee lovers have fewer liver enzymes in their

blood than do coffee shunners -- and that's a good thing. Liver enzymes are

an indication of liver damage. What's more, coffee's protective effect was

even more pronounced in moderate to heavy drinkers, even though alcohol can

be particularly taxing on the liver (however, there's no way coffee can make

up for the damage that long-term heavy alcohol consumption does to the

liver). Ready for a refill?

 

Originally published on 08/24/2006.