Is Coffee Healthy?

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Just like

statistics can be manipulated to look like anything, it is more than possible

to make anything look " healthy " or " unhealthy " , like all we

have heard about how organic is not what it is cracked up to be. Wonder who is

behind that information.

 

If you like coffee, then have that one cup in the morning

and be happy. Don't need to rationalize, don't need to turn your stomach into

knots trying to avoid the harm of one cup. You want 6 cups a day- well, then

like the rest of life: buy your ticket and take your chances, maybe your

constitution can handle it, maybe it can't.

 

But most of all consider that your mind, your perception

is a highly valued commodity in the world around us- and information (or

perceived information) is how it is controlled.

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Hi all,

 

I've read many people stating that coffee is not healthy

yet green and

black teas are. After doing research I have found that

coffee contains

more antioxidants than green and black tea. Also coffee

is the highest

source of antioxidants in the US diet.

 

If anyone has info on the negative effects of coffee I'd

be really

interested in them. I think that I have a bias because I

really like

coffee and feel great after drinking it.

 

thanks, Devon

 

Here are some facts (website reference at bottom):

 

-In the sleep-deprived, says Harris Lieberman, PhD, a

leading caffeine

researcher, caffeine improves scores on a range of

cognitive tasks,

such as decision making, memory, learning, and attention.

 

-A tall latte may keep you out of the dentist's chair. In

lab tests,

researchers in Italy recently found that coffee's

antibacterials slow

the growth of Streptococcus mutans, the culprit in tooth

decay. Coffee

also contains compounds that keep bacteria from sticking

to tooth enamel.

 

-It's no secret that coffee makes your bladder more

active. While that

can be bothersome, it can also help reduce the risk of

kidney stones,

according to the Nurses Health Study. Women who drank the

most coffee

had the lowest risks. Caffeine increases the flow of more

diluted

urine, which lowers the chance of a kidney stone forming.

Prefer

decaf? No problem: It was shown to have similar effects.

[Drink water

processed decaf]

 

-At least six independent studies have confirmed a link

between coffee

drinking and the prevention of Parkinson's Disease. The

research shows

that people who drink coffee on a regular basis are 60 to

80% less

likely to develop Parkinson's. Three of the studies also

show that the

more they drink, the lower the risk.

 

-If a woman downs about 3 cups a day, she can reduce her

risk of type

2 diabetes by 20 to 30 percent, recent research has

found. Experts

suspect that coffee's antioxidants, such as chlorogenic

acid and

caffeic acid, deserve the credit. Coffee may help promote

the delivery

of insulin to the tissues. When that happens efficiently,

explains

Frank Hu, PhD, associate professor of nutrition and

epidemiology at

Harvard University, insulin resistance—a major risk

factor for

diabetes—is less likely.

 

-Coffee has four times the antioxidant content of green

tea, according

to a study conducted in Switzerland by the Nestle

Research Center and

recently published in the Journal of Agricultural and

Food Chemistry.

 

-Japanese researchers reported earlier this year that

people who drank

coffee every day over 10 years were half as likely to get

liver cancer

as those who didn't drink it at all. And the more you

drink, it seems,

the lower your risk.

 

-Just one cup 8oz cup of coffee can contribute up to 1.5

grams of

soluble fiber.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.health.com/health/article/0,23414,1047150,00.html

 

http://www.coffeescience.org/

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070226095451.htm