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Green tea, coffee may reduce stroke risk by 20 percent
CBS News ^ | March 15, 2013 | Michelle Castillo

Posted on 03/16/2013 9:54:26 PM PDT by Innovative

Coffee or green tea drinker? Don't put that cup down: Those beverages may lower your stroke risk if they're a regular part of your daily diet.

Researchers discovered that people who drank at least one cup of coffee a day lowered their stroke risk by about 20 percent compared to those who drank it rarely.

Compared to those who rarely drank either beverage, those who drank at least one cup of coffee or two cups of green tea a day had a 32 percent lower chance of having an intracerebral hemorrhage, a type of stroke that occurs when a blood vessel bursts and bleeds inside the brain. Intracerebral hemorrhages account for 13 percent of strokes.

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KEYWORDS: coffee; greentea; health; medicine; stroke
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ODE TO COFFEE
1 posted on 03/16/2013 9:54:26 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Next week there will be a story about how coffee and tea will kill you.


2 posted on 03/16/2013 10:00:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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To: Innovative

YES! MORE COFFEE!


3 posted on 03/16/2013 10:01:24 PM PDT by wastedyears (I'm a gamer not because I choose to have no life, but because I choose to have many.)
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To: Innovative

A cup of coffee makes me feel like i was just charged with rape and murder......Meaning VERY nervous.

I hate that because i realllllly like coffee......


4 posted on 03/16/2013 10:02:45 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: Innovative
Actually donating blood twice a year does even better at reducing stroke and an incredible job of reducing heart attacks. Maybe those medieval blood letting doctors knew something after all.

“...The study shows that men who donate blood every six months or so may reduce their risk of having a heart attack by up to 88 percent, and their risk of having a stroke by 33 percent...”

http://www.talkingaboutmenshealth.com/want-to-reduce-your-heart-attack-and-stroke-risk-donate-blood/

5 posted on 03/16/2013 10:07:11 PM PDT by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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To: mowowie

Maybe you can find the right strength — possibly mixing regular coffee with decaf, so you can enjoy the taste, without the negative side effects...


6 posted on 03/16/2013 10:07:34 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Robert357

This is very interesting, I haven’t heard of this.

Thanks for posting it.


7 posted on 03/16/2013 10:08:29 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Robert357
“...The study shows that men who donate blood every six months or so may reduce their risk of having a heart attack by up to 88 percent, and their risk of having a stroke by 33 percent...”

Fresh cells. I donate four times a year.

I still think exercise and diet matter more.

8 posted on 03/16/2013 10:13:49 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (An economy is not a zero-sum game, but politics is.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Next week there will be a story about how coffee and tea will kill you.”

Yeah, but the cause of death will be different. It’s like all the “Ambulance Chasing Shyster Lawyer” commercials on the tube. This drug you are taking to fix this or stop that, causes you other problems or kills you. I really like it when they essentially list all the problems for which you can sue, including death, and then they say “call us.” Just wonder how they are collecting from the dead people who call for assistance?


9 posted on 03/16/2013 10:15:12 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: Innovative

I think I’d have a stroke if the coffee ran out.


10 posted on 03/16/2013 10:15:13 PM PDT by Track9 (hey Kalid.. kalid.. bang you're dead)
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To: Innovative

Eh....I rather just avoid it nowadays.
One cup of coffee can ruin my entire day.
I don’t even drink Coke anymore.

Flavored Seltzer is my bev of choice nowadays....and beer.
it’s good but still kinda sucks.... :)


11 posted on 03/16/2013 10:15:41 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: Innovative

teat drinker at v20% vs the guy that drinks 8 double jack and cokes a night?

I wants them to spend a few weeks and see who wins.


12 posted on 03/16/2013 10:17:52 PM PDT by Monty22002
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To: Innovative


13 posted on 03/16/2013 10:19:00 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: JoeProBono; Darksheare

Paging Dark.

Please pick up the red courtesy phone.


14 posted on 03/16/2013 10:28:28 PM PDT by Salamander (We're all kinds of animals comin' round here...occasional demons, too.)
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To: Innovative

That’s good. I’m a coffee and green tea drinker who’s danger of stroke goes up 20% every time I see or hear Obama.


15 posted on 03/16/2013 10:29:05 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Salamander

16 posted on 03/16/2013 10:37:51 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: Monty22002
Teat drinker...

Hmm...

17 posted on 03/16/2013 10:39:53 PM PDT by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
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To: James C. Bennett

18 posted on 03/16/2013 11:01:54 PM PDT by Daffynition (The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. — D.H.)
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To: Innovative

bookmark


19 posted on 03/16/2013 11:06:30 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: Robert357

Few people who would benefit — older people — would find their blood accepted (due to medications they take). Your statistics are based mostly on younger people who have very few heart attacks and strokes anyway.


20 posted on 03/16/2013 11:12:43 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
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