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Coffee as medicine? Japanese scientists show it improves blood flow
Los Angeles Times ^
| November 20, 2013, 4:22 p.m.
| Karen Kaplan
Posted on 11/20/2013 5:15:52 PM PST by Olog-hai
The next time you take a coffee break, you might want to consider a triple espresso. The extra caffeine will help get your blood flowing—and possibly reduce your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
A study presented Wednesday at the American Heart Assn.’s Scientific Sessions meeting offers new evidence that coffee boosts the function of small blood vessels in people who are already healthy. …
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: aha; bloodflow; cardiovascular; coffee
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posted on
11/20/2013 5:15:52 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
I thought caffine was a vasoconstrictor.
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
I dunno what that is ... but it keeps my pee flowin’
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posted on
11/20/2013 5:18:29 PM PST
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
To: Olog-hai
The more I hear, the happier I am with my caffeine addiction.
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posted on
11/20/2013 5:18:52 PM PST
by
skeeter
To: Olog-hai
I love coffee
I wish I could still afford the good stuff !
The more the merrier .
Our troops run on coffee
It beats government issued little white pills
To: Olog-hai
Coffee =
Good
Bad
Good
Bad
Good
Bad
Good
Bad
Good
Bad
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posted on
11/20/2013 5:20:57 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
Coffee keeps me from being arrested in the mornings. I'm a little grumpy without it. ;)
/johnny
To: JRandomFreeper
I thought caffine was a vasoconstrictor.
Only initially.....
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posted on
11/20/2013 5:32:25 PM PST
by
S.O.S121.500
(Case back hoe for sale or trade for diesel wood chipper....Enforce the Bill of Rights. It's the Law!)
To: skeeter
The more I hear, the happier I am with my caffeine addiction.
I hear you. My blood vessels should be clean as a whistle!
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posted on
11/20/2013 5:49:00 PM PST
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
11/20/2013 5:52:13 PM PST
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: Olog-hai
Coffee also reduces liver damage from drinking.
So drink up! And have a cup of coffee to treat the hangover!
To: Olog-hai
After hearing for years about how bad coffee was supposed to be for your blood pressure and heart, I was surprised two years back during a brief hospital stay to see the little “Heart-healthy” sign beside coffee on the hospital menu - who knows what they’ll be saying about it two years from now???....
To: Intolerant in NJ
Reminds me a bit of a scene from the Woody Allen movie
Sleeper . . . the protagonist who runs a health-food store is put into cryogenic sleep and wakes up two centuries later in a future where deep fat, cream pies, hot fudge and especially tobacco are the healthiest things for one’s body.
Dr. Orva: Resisters to mind reprogramming will be exterminated for the good of the state.
Miles Monroe: What kind of government you guys got here? This is worse than California!
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posted on
11/20/2013 10:03:09 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
I could live in a future without coffee, fats, or tobacco, just give me an Orgasmotron and I’ll be good to go.
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