Posted on 06/16/2008 6:46:40 PM PDT by Kaslin
LONG-TERM coffee drinking does not appear to increase a person's risk of early death and may cut a person's chances of dying from heart disease, according to a study published today.
Previous studies have given a mixed picture of health effects from coffee, finding a variety of benefits and some drawbacks from the popular drink. The new study looked at people who drank caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee.
Researchers led by Esther Lopez-Garcia of Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in Spain followed 84,214 US women from 1980 to 2004 and 41,736 US men from 1986 to 2004.
They found that regular coffee drinking - up to six cups a day - was not associated with increased deaths among the study's middle-aged participants. In fact, the coffee drinkers, particularly the women, experienced a small decline in death rates from heart disease.
The study found no association between coffee consumption and cancer deaths.
"Our study indicates that coffee consumption does not have a detrimental effect," Ms Lopez-Garcia, whose research appears in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, she said. "It seems like long-term coffee consumption may have some beneficial effects."
There has been a debate among scientists about the health effects of drinking coffee, which typically contains the stimulant caffeine and a number of other important compounds.
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Life without coffee just might not be worth living.
It only feels like an early death before that first cup.
Preach it!
Ummmm......Boca Java, Maple Bacon Morning....All is right with the world.
Life back in the Pacific Northwest was great that way, we had wonderful microbrews in every supermarket, and on tap at every bar. We had espresso coffee on every commercial street corner. Here in NY, people just suffer from stress. It's a darn good thing that I've been able to recreate my lifestyle here!
Move to Williamsburg. It is filled with transplants from the west coast who share your "lifestyle." I guess you feel the same way I did when I lived in Seattle for two years, and was amazed how superficially polite and bland everyone was. ;-)
I will live to 120!
The virtuous circle sounds great!
But ...
A virtuous circle can transform into a vicious circle if eventual negative feedback is ignored.
I am assuming negative feedback can be ... like running out of coffee in the morning ... and substituting a brew?
What? I drink a couple of cups of good coffee, and I go home and have a couple of microbrews. Otherwise, I'm a productive citizen, even let people ahead of me from onramps on the highway!
I just noticed your thread
I linked them after I saw that you had already posted (different title) on the subject.
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