snip of question to Dr. Diet from Juan Valdez
Coffee & Gallstone Prevention
http://www.drdiet.com/articles/131.htm
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.. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, reporting in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 281, 2106–2112, found a relationship between gallstones and coffee: The more caffeinated coffee one consumed, the less the chances of developing gallstones. Preparation did not seem to matter; brewed, instant, and espresso all showed benefit.
In addition to caffeine, coffee contains cafestol—a coffee bean lipid (fat). The researchers discussed how these food chemicals affect bile metabolism and lithogenicity (stone formation). It appears that coffee products keep the bile free of cholesterol crystals.
One of the benefits of coffee as a recreational drink is its lack of calories. Without sugar or cream, coffee is virtually calorie-free. However, you must be careful of the calories in the sugar or “creaming products,” including the artificial “non-dairy” creamers, which often contain fats with concomitant calories.
Use STEVIA!!!
I have been using this since I was gestationally diabetic with my daughter, who is 17 now.
NO INSULIN RESPONSE with stevia at all.
;)