Posted on 11/26/2015 4:44:19 PM PST by rickmichaels
WASHINGTON - When an expert federal panel concluded earlier this year that drinking five cups of coffee a day can be part of a "healthy lifestyle," even hinting that coffee is good for you, the announcement prompted a glut of headlines extolling the national habit.
"Do you love coffee? You should probably be drinking even more," one news outlet crowed.
This burst of coffee enthusiasm was set off by the conclusions of the federal advisory committee that helps write the government's Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
"Strong and consistent evidence shows that consumption of coffee within the moderate range (3 to 5 cups per day...) is not associated with increased risk of major chronic diseases," the panel's report said. "Moderate coffee consumption can be incorporated into a healthy lifestyle."
Yet at least for some scientists, it's far from clear that coffee is harmless. In fact, emerging findings from genetics suggest a very different take on America's favorite drink: while coffee might possibly be beneficial for some people, it very well may be harmful for others.
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I don’t care.
I love my coffee.
I’m not going to quit it so I can add three friggin’ weeks to my lifespan.
Coffee is way down the list of things that could shorten your lifespan.
Who cares what the latest and greatest news is about coffee? If you like it drink it. If you don’t like it, don’t drink it. Time totell these people to shut up, we’re not interested!
It is essential to life.
I dont feel healthier in the least due to the debate over coffee.
Much higher on the list of things that will shorten your life is telling people that smoking, or drinking coffee is bad for them.
My lack of coffee may be hazardous to their health.
The problem with all these studies:
“And in those with the gene variant for handling caffeine slowly - roughly 50 percent of people - more coffee has been linked in separate studies to a higher risk of hypertension and heart attacks.”
Linked. Associated with.
Then there is this:
“The finding of the federal advisory panel is supported by dozens of studies showing that, on average, people who drink coffee are no worse off than those who don’t. In fact, several suggest that coffee drinkers may be more resistant to heart disease and other health troubles. Those studies, however, do not examine whether the test subjects process caffeine differently, or how genetics affects how people handle the stimulant.”
IOW, on average, any increased risk is so small as to disappear in the noise. Do I change my habits based on the possibility of a statistically invisible increase of risk? Hell no!
I don’t think coffee is injurious to people who drink it.
What is bad for coffee drinkers is all of the high calorie sugar and high calorie high fat coffee creamers that they add to their coffee. And I think the caffeine tends to burn people out too.
Most of the coffee drinkers I know are well over 65, and are getting along just fine.
How much damned $$$ are these ‘coffee studies’ bilking the taxpayers? I’m sick of hearing about them.
When I was a child and I asked for coffee, they told me no! Drinking coffee would make me short and brown! I would sneak a cup occasionally and I drank enough to make me short but not enough to make me brown.
Coffee is health food!
Coffee is not bad for your health. The calorie-laden, coffee-flavored specialty drinks loaded with sugar, whipped cream, and other extras ARE bad for you. Thinks of them as king-sized, drinkable candy bars. That being said, I am not giving up my coffee...EVER. A good drip brewed, locally roasted coffee from a roasting company I have done business with for the last three decades is my brew of choice.
How old are most of the people you know?
If only you had ignored your elders, drank coffee, and turned brown! Think of all the benefits you missed out on. You would have enjoyed a life without the shame of white privilege! You would have been able to hurl accusations of micro aggressions to anybody in earshot and retreat to the comfort of your safe space. If only we could turn back the hands of time.
Coffee is good for you. Numerous double blind studies.
Other people’s lives are in danger if I do not have my daily ration of coffee.
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