Drink Brave.
Posted on 10/20/2004 7:58:42 AM PDT by truthandlife
Consuming moderate-to-high amounts of coffee is associated with increased levels of several inflammatory markers, a finding that could help explain previous reports linking the beverage to heart disease. Ongoing, low-level inflammation is thought to be an underlying factor in the development of heart disease.
The latest findings, which appear in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, are based on a study of about 3000 subjects with no history of cardiovascular disease. A food-frequency questionnaire was used to assess coffee intake, and blood samples were tested for levels of various compounds that are known to promote, or are a marker of, inflammation.
Compared with subjects who did not drink coffee, those who consumed more than about 1 cup of the beverage per day had significantly higher levels of all the inflammatory markers tested, Dr. Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, from Harokopio University in Athens, and colleagues report.
The results held true even after factoring in age, gender, smoking, body weight, physical activity, and other potential confounders, the researchers point out.
Although the findings provide a mechanism by which coffee intake could promote heart disease, the authors note that not all previous studies have identified an association between the two. Hence, further studies are needed to confirm the present findings.
SOURCE: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, October 2004.
Takin' a big gulp and refusing to be intimidated!
I may die of heart disease... but at least I'll be awake when I do it, dammit.
Drink Brave.
Guess I'll just chew my coffee beans straight up from now on.
Why do these morons even bother to present a study if they have disclaim it like this?
In other words, "we got not idea what the hell coffee does or does not do, we just want our fifteen minutes of fame".
In other words, they don't know any more than they did prior to the publishing of this report. A "mechanism" by which coffee intake could promote heart disease.
I bet we will never hear another peep about this, ever.
Living is dangerous.
Gave up cigarettes; will not give up coffee!
We're not going to get out of this world alive.............
Scientists prove that Saliva causes Disease. But, they reassure that it is only a problem when swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time.
Hey, the jitters just help me type faster on FR! Java in the computer, java in Frank!
:)
"Living is dangerous."
Apparently, it is indeed a terminal condition.
They can have my cup of coffee, when they pry it from my cold dead fingers!
Coffee has chemicals in it that act similarly to aspirin.
Folks who self-medicate with coffee would need to be identified first!
Hey, who paid for this study? Was it Lipton's, or what?
AMEN I AGREE, I WOULD RATHER DIE DRINKING COFFEE THEN WANTING IT.
It's Bush's fault!
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