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2006/04/08, 06:26 PM
Coffee is fine, no worry about calories...in fact, excellent for you...some good reading....
A pair of items in the news over the last few weeks proves yet again that one of my favorite beverages - a steaming hot Cuppa Joe - is the tonic of life most drugs and so-called "health foods" WISH they were. Here's the latest scoop:
According to a recent Reuters online article, of the two types of coffee (caffeinated and decaffeinated), the high-octane, full-strength version is associated with LOWER levels of LDL "bad" cholesterol than its neutered brother beverage. This is good news for folks who've been going without all the other benefits of caffeine consumption - like sharper mental acuity, greater alertness, and less stress - under the misguided belief that decaf is better for your heart.
Now, whether or not low levels of LDL in the blood is truly a boon to your heart is a matter open to debate. But I digress...
As if this weren't enough "grounds" for joy, the January issue of the Journal of Nutrition published a study showing that the consumption of full-strength, caffeinated coffee was linked to a 40% reduction in the risk of breast cancer among pre-menopausal women when compared to decaffeinated varieties, which had no measurable decrease in risk.
Hmm. Looks like it isn't just the hefty dose of antioxidants in coffee that translates into a reduction in cancer risk. Mainstream-maligned caffeine clearly helps a bit too.
This comes on the heals of reports I've shared with you in the recent past that coffee reduces risk of colon and liver cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's and more. I've said it before and I'll say it again now: Coffee is the best thing you can drink in large quantities every day for better health (except raw milk, of course). As much as 6 cups a day can do most folks nothing but good, and brewing it into coffee is the VERY BEST thing you can do to make ordinary water healthy for you.
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